“The company’s global workforce swelled to more than 1.6 million by the end of 2021, up from 798,000 in the fourth quarter of 2019.”
Amazon doubled its headcount in two years and now cuts 9,000 more, mostly in AWS, HR, advertising and Twitch, on top of 18,000 in January. Andy Jassy blames the “uncertain economy.” Twitch loses about 400 people because its growth hasn’t “kept pace with our expectations.” Leadership set the expectations and 27,000 employees pay for missing them.