Amazon fires around 500 employees in India, here is all you need to know

By Sneha SahaAmazon employees have been facing a tough time since the beginning of this year. Amid the tough macroeconomic conditions, Amazon has fired thousands of employees across the globe including India. The company hasn’t officially revealed how many Indian employees have been impacted by the layoffs but as per a new report, there are hundreds of people.

According to some new reports making the round, Amazon has fired around 500 people working from India. Reports also state that the tech giant has fired employees working across several teams including Web Services, Human Resources, and Support. There are no specific numbers on how many employees have been removed from each of these departments. It should be noted that the job cut is part of CEO Andy Jassy’s initial job cut plan.

In January this year, Jassy announced to cut 18000 jobs as a part of cost-cutting measure. Following that, in March, the Amazon CEO announced cutting 9000 jobs across departments. Announcing the layoffs, CEO Jassy said in an email to staff that due the reason behind the situation is “uncertain economy”.

The CEO also announced to offer severance package to each and every laid off employee. He highlighted that impacted employees will receive “packages” that include a “separation payment, transitional health insurance benefits, and external job placement support.” However, it should be noted that the severance package depends on the local labour laws and employees’ positions. Additionally, the company also said that it would offer a separation payment, health benefits as applicable by country, and job placement. Now, such a severance pay package has been offered by most tech employees that announced layoffs recently.

Big Tech companies like Google, Microsoft, Meta, Twitter, and more have all announced layoffs. Most of these companies have stated tough macroeconomic conditions as the reason behind thousands of job cuts. Twitter boss Elon Musk has fired more than 50 per cent of the staff as soon as he officially acquired the company last year. In fact, it is said that Musk has shut down a few offices in India and fired hundreds of employees working out of the country, including the entire communications team. Additionally, many of these companies have also paused hiring and said that hiring will happen only for important roles throughout this year.