Amazon’s massive layoffs will reportedly affect 17,000 employees

Since then, Amazon admitted it was consolidating “some teams and programs” in its hardware and services division, as SVP Dave Limp put it in a November email. However, the company never officially confirmed the original number. CEO Andy Jassy did tell workers that there would be “more role reductions as leaders continue to make adjustments” in 2023, but the company’s been very vague about how many positions are being affected. Amazon didn’t immediately reply to a request for…