Amazon to lay off 9,000 more workers after earlier cuts, reports say

PARIS, FRANCE - JANUARY 08: PARIS, FRANCE - JANUARY 08: In this photo illustration the Amazon logo is displayed on the screen of a computer on January 08, 2019 in Paris, France. On Monday the US online trading giant Amazon became the most valuable public company in the world with a market capitalization of approximately 797 billion dollars (696 billion euros) which has surpassed Microsoft. (Photo Illustration by Chesnot/Getty Images) (Thierry Chesnot, 2019 Chesnot)

Amazon will lay off 9,000 more employees, CEO Andy Jassy said in a memo to staff on Monday.

The cuts are on top of the previous layoffs that commenced last November and extended into January. That round affected more than 18,000 employees.

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The latest round will primarily impact Amazon’s cloud computing, human resources, advertising and Twitch live-streaming businesses, Jassy said in the memo.

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