Amazon lays off about 5% of workforce at Purchase with Prime unit

Amazon.com mentioned on Thursday it’s shedding fewer than 5% of staff at its Purchase with Prime unit. Launched in 2022, Purchase with Prime provides retailers, who will not be Amazon retailers, achievement and supply companies by means of its logistics community.

Amazon mentioned that the unit stays a high precedence and would “proceed investing important sources in Purchase with Prime.” It didn’t specify what number of staff are a part of this unit.

The minimize has affected just a little over 30 staff on the unit, a supply inside Amazon instructed Reuters.

Amazon, nonetheless, mentioned it’s supporting the laid-off workers to search out roles inside and out of doors the corporate.

The e-commerce large laid off a number of hundred staff in its streaming and studio operations final week. Many roles have been additionally minimize in its Twitch live-streaming platform and Audible audiobook unit, in response to media stories.

Earlier this week, Alphabet-owned Google introduced that it was shedding a whole bunch of staff in its promoting gross sales crew.