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Amazon is set to kickoff a round of layoffs that will affect more than 18,000 employees in the largest job cut in its history. The company had announced earlier this month that it was going to lay off people, joining the likes of Microsoft, Twitter and Meta. The jobs cuts are being attributed to the slowing online sales growth as the e-commerce to streaming conglomerate braces for a possible recession. The expected recession is likely to affect the spending power of its customers.

These are the first messages to employees as Amazon embarks on the largest layoffs in company history on Wednesday.

Amazon.com Inc. is set to begin a round of layoffs ultimately affecting more than 18,000 employees in the largest job cull in its history, which it announced earlier this month.

The abruptness is adding to the anxiousness Amazon employees are feeling over the layoffs.

Amazon reportedly has about 1 Lakh employees in India, but the company has reduced the headcounts by 1,000. Here is everything we know so far in five points.