“Once all processes related to this action are complete, the removal of these roles will impact hundreds of roles in specific areas of our sales, marketing, and global services organizations, as well as hundreds of roles in our brick-and-mortar technology teams. ” said an AWS spokesperson. he told CRN.
Amazon Web Services, the world's largest cloud company, is cutting hundreds of jobs within its sales, marketing and global services organizations, as well as laying off hundreds of employees from Amazon's brick-and-mortar technology teams.
These AWS job cuts primarily impact training, certifications, and sales personnel, AWS confirmed to CRN. The $97 billion Seattle-based company said the job cuts were necessary to “streamline” some business units while shifting efforts to more “key strategic areas.”
“Once all processes related to this action are complete, the removal of these roles will impact hundreds of roles in specific areas of our sales, marketing, and global services organizations, as well as hundreds of roles in our brick-and-mortar technology teams. ” said an AWS spokesperson. said in an email to CRN.
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A spokesperson said AWS has “identified several target areas of the organization that need to be streamlined to continue to focus on the key strategic areas where we believe they will have the greatest impact.”
AWS is the world's #1 cloud market share leader with a 32% global share of the cloud market.
AWS moves to “self-service” training
AWS is moving toward more digital training and training programs run by external partners, with a new focus on self-service training.
“Within our training and certification organization, we have evolved a strategy that prioritizes investments in self-service digital training and the delivery of instructor-led training through our AWS training partners,” a spokesperson said. .
These new AWS employee layoffs primarily impact employees within AWS' training, certification, and sales operations teams.
AWS said it found “duplication of duties in other areas of the business, including program management and sales operations,” which also spurred some layoffs.
Hundreds of people laid off across AWS physical stores Technology team
AWS will also lay off hundreds of employees from its brick-and-mortar technology teams.
“This decision in brick-and-mortar technology is the result of a broader strategic change in the use of some of Amazon's own applications. [stores] It is also sold in third-party stores,” said an AWS spokesperson.
These job cuts will impact Amazon's AWS development teams, which develop technology for physical stores.
The news comes as Amazon announced it would be discontinuing its “Just Walk Out” technology in its Amazon Fresh grocery store.
AWS lays off employees but gives them priority hiring
AWS emphasized that while it is laying off hundreds of employees, it is considering hiring thousands of new people in priority areas.
“While we are eliminating roles on some of these teams, we are prioritizing hiring in other areas,” an AWS spokesperson told CRN. “We continue to hire and grow, especially in core areas of our business. For example, we currently have thousands of job openings across AWS.”
The company said it is committed to finding new roles within and outside of Amazon and supporting affected employees. AWS said the decision to reduce its workforce was “difficult but necessary as we continue to invest, hire, and optimize our resources to deliver innovation to our customers.”
