First the company announced Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go was shutting down. A day later, an additional 16,000 corporate jobs are getting axed too.
SEATTLE — Even as Amazon reports record earnings, the company is eliminating thousands of positions.
Wednesday, the company announced it was laying off 16,000 corporate employees to streamline operations and free up money for investments into artificial intelligence. The company did not specify which business units would be affected or where the cuts would be made.
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