Amazon Layoffs: Luxembourg EU HQ Faces Biggest Ever Job Cuts As E-Commerce Giant Embraces AI; 370 To Be Affected
Amazon has announced its largest-ever layoffs at its European headquarters in Luxembourg, with 370 employees set to be affected. The job cuts, linked to business restructuring and increased adoption of artificial intelligence, will mainly impact software roles and are scheduled to take effect from February, following required consultations under European Union labour laws.
Luxembourg City, December 18: E-commerce giant Amazon has laid off several thousand employees this year and recently reduced its Seattle and Bellevue workforce by cutting 84 jobs. Now, the company has announced another large-scale round of layoffs at its European headquarters in the last month of the year. The latest round of Amazon layoffs will impact 370 employees, about 8.4% of the workforce at the company’s European headquarters in Luxembourg. In October, Amazon laid off about 14,000 employees globally amid the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI).
As per reports, the e-commerce giant initially intended to cut 470 jobs; however, it later decided to lay off 100 fewer people. According to European Union law, the company will have to negotiate the job cuts with employee representatives and, in some cases, the government. Amazon Layoffs Continue: E-Commerce Giant Cuts 84 Jobs in Seattle and Bellevue as Part of Routine Organisational Restructuring.
Amazon Layoffs Largest Ever in EU HQ
Amazon told its European HQ employees that the layoffs were part of adjustments that reflected business needs and local strategies, as reported by Bloomberg. The report mentioned that the job cuts would primarily affect the software engineers. The reason for this is tech industry moving towards AI for coding for faster and cost-efficient outputs compared to hiring humans. One of the employee told that the it would be difficult for the workers to find alternative employment in the country of 6,80,000 people. Payal Gaming Viral Video Real or Deepfake? Gamer Payal Dhare Issues Statement on ‘MMS Leak’ Controversy, Says ‘It’s Not Me’.
Amazon workers who relocated from other countries will be given a three-month deadline to secure a job in Luxembourg or leave. Prash Chandrasekhar, a representative of the staff delegation, said that 370 was a big number considering where they started. The Amazon layoffs will not be sudden and will not take effect until February next year. The layoffs are concerning in 2025, as so far the number of affected tech employees has reached 122,549, according to Layoffs.fyi.
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