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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has said that the e-commerce giant made "the very difficult decision" to eliminate about 27,000 corporate roles and like most leadership teams, it will continue to evaluate what "were seeing in our business and proceed adaptively". 📲 Amazon Layoffs: ‘We Will Continue to Evaluate What We Are Seeing in Our Business and Proceed Adaptively’, Says CEO Andy Jassy.

Amazon.com Inc’s first-quarter revenue beat estimates on Thursday, helped by resilient demand for online shopping and cloud services businesses.

Risher had previously stated that the company would 'significantly' cut jobs, without giving specific numbers

Amazon said it will be shutting down Halo, its health and fitness device line, starting July 31. 

The company has announced two rounds of layoffs, cancelled products, and nixed physical store expansions, according to CNN Business.

Amazon Layoffs Continue: Amazon is laying more people off their global workforce. This time around, Amazon is terminating people from various HR verticals in the companies its owns, along with several engineers at its AWS or Amazon Web Services team.

The company has stated that it will stop supporting Halo services from July 31st, and will fully refund Halo device purchases made in the preceding 12 months

For employees who are impacted by this decision, Amazon is providing packages that include a separation payment, transitional health insurance benefits, and external job placement support. �� Layoffs Continue in Amazon: E-Commerce Giant Shuts Down Health-Focused Halo Division, Lays Off Employees in US and Canada.

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said the latest layoff round would affect around 9,000 employees.

Last month, Google's Chief Financial Officer, Ruth Porat, announced the rollbacks in a company-wide email last month