According to company insiders, employees of Amazon are being told the company plans to slash up to 10,000 employees. It is not known at this time if that number is all permanent employees, or if contractors will be included.

Amazon now joins several other significant tech employers – Facebook parent company Meta, as well as Twitter – in making significant cuts to their staff. And while Amazon’s number is roughly equivalent to Meta and Twitters, they are a much larger employer. As of today, Amazon has laid off 3% of their population, Meta laid off 13%, and Twitter laid off 50%.

RecruitingDaily has reached out to Amazon for official confirmation, and will update accordingly.

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