New Delhi: Filming a “day-in-my-life” vlog on TikTok, an Amazon employee inadvertently captured the moment he was laid off from the company. Jennifer Lucas, who worked as a recruiting manager at Amazon in the US for eight years, wrote at the beginning of the video: “I was trying to film a cute Wes Anderson style WFH and accidentally filmed myself deleting “
The TikTok video begins with him getting out of bed in the morning, making himself coffee and brushing his teeth before going to work from home. ,Also Read: Anand Mahindra Birthday: Top Cars Owned By The Business Tycoon – Check List,
In the following scene, she opens her work email and realizes it has been turned off. As she reads the message that Amazon has terminated her employment, she gasps in disbelief. ,Also read: Another US bank closed, JP Morgan will buy the assets of Republic Bank first,
Lucas also shared the news of his layoffs on LinkedIn, saying: “Yesterday I was one of 9,000 employees affected in Amazon’s layoffs. I joined Amazon in 2015 as a bright-eyed college graduate who couldn’t believe it.” I was working for the best.” Tech company in the world. I started my career as a Recruitment Coordinator with 2 goals in mind – get promoted to L6, become a manager.
“Last year, I accomplished both. I often joked with friends and family, “Now what??
Amazon announced its second round of layoffs in March, with 9,000 jobs to be cut.
In a memo to employees on March 20, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said it was a “difficult decision” taken for the long-term benefit of the company. These layoffs come over and above the 18,000 roles that were eliminated just months ago.
In March, Amazon announced layoffs of another 9,000 employees across Amazon Web Services (AWS), Twitch, advertising and HR.
In a memo, JC said that as the company concluded the second phase of its operational plan (“OP2”) last week. “I am writing to share that we intend to eliminate approximately 9,000 more positions over the next few weeks – mostly in AWS, PXT, AdWords and Twitch.”
Amazon initially eliminated 18,000 positions in January and “we completed the second phase of our plan this month, leading us to cut these additional 9,000 roles”.