Amazon’s massive layoffs include nearly 700 terminations in NYC: state

Amazon’s massive layoffs include nearly 700 terminations in NYC: state

Amazon’s massive October layoffs included 660 terminations in Manhattan, according to New York State authorities data.

The ax fell on 9 workplace addresses affecting company workers only, Amazon confirmed.

Two websites bore the brunt of the local cuts. The e-commerce large’s 450 W. thirty third St. workplaces close to Hudson Yards have been hit with 233 layoffs, while its 424 Fifth Ave. workplaces at the former Lord & Taylor flagship — which Amazon purchased in 2020 for $1 billion — noticed 182 terminations, according to Monday filings from the state Department of Labor.

Amazon’s New York Tech Hub is in the former Lord & Taylor flagship on Fifth Avenue. Christopher Sadowski

“I believe the vast majority of these cuts are tech layoffs for Amazon and NYC was not spared,” Wedbush Securities analyst Dan Ives told The Post. “The size of the Amazon cuts remains a head scratcher given the battle for talent and [the] AI revolution in motion.”

Amazon declined to share particulars of the cuts however said warehouse and supply employees weren’t among those laid off.

Late last month, the Seattle-based tech titan said it was eliminating 14,000 staffers as a part of restructuring. The transfer was aimed toward “reducing bureaucracy, removing layers, and shifting resources to ensure we’re investing in our biggest bets,” wrote Beth Galetti, senior VP of people experience in a weblog put up on Oct. 28.

The company is reportedly planning to slash a complete of 30,000 company jobs in the latest round of cuts – or about 9% of its global office-based workforce, sources told Reuters.

Amazon’s job cuts in NYC didn’t including warehouse or supply jobs. Christopher Sadowski

The layoffs are anticipated to continue in January, after the vacation procuring season, according to a New York Times report.

Amazon has slashed tens of hundreds of jobs since Andy Jassy took over the helm from the company’s billionaire founder, Jeff Bezos, in 2021. 

Amazon sometimes employs hundreds of employees at its areas and none of the 9 workplaces that noticed layoffs in New York City is predicted to shut.

As of 2023, Amazon employed 2,000 people inside the grand outdated Lord & Taylor constructing the place the tech company established its “New York Tech Hub.” The 11-story, Italian Renaissance Revival tower boasts a landscaped rooftop with bushes, an indoor eating space and even a canine run.

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has presided over a massive variety of job eliminations at the company. Bloomberg through Getty Images

Amazon’s current New York City layoffs include 91 jobs at 410 Tenth Ave, 58 positions at 7 W. thirty fourth St., 41 jobs at 330 W. thirty fourth St., 38 jobs at 237 Park Ave., 9 jobs at 315 Park Ave. S, seven at 215 Park Ave. S. and one unfortunate individual at 6 W. thirty fifth St., according to public data.

“Some may ask why we’re reducing roles when the company is performing well,” Galetti wrote last month. “This generation of AI is the most transformative technology we’ve seen since the Internet, and it’s enabling companies to innovate much faster than ever before.”

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