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Amazon Cuts 9,000 More Jobs, Bringing 2023 Total to 27,000
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy is telling employees in a memo that the company plans to eliminate 9,000 more jobs in the next few weeks. The job cuts would mark the second largest round of layoffs in the company’s history. Amazon had already cut 18,000 in the past few months. In the memo on Monday, Jassy said the second phase of...
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These Carbon Monoxide Detectors Sold on Amazon May Not Alert You in Time, CPSC Says
Federal regulators are warning about two brands of carbon monoxide detectors, saying they fail to alert users of the presence of the deadly gas.
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Missouri Man Found Guilty of Shooting Amazon Driver Over Parking Spot
A suburban St. Louis man has been convicted of shooting an Amazon delivery truck driver during a dispute over a disabled parking spot.
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Prime Video to Air Free NFL Game on Black Friday
Prime Video will give an early Christmas gift to football fans for the coming season: Amazon announced Tuesday that the Black Friday game on Nov. 24 will be available for all fans to stream for free.
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Amazon Employees Express Dismay, Anger About Sudden Return-To-Office Policy
A group of Amazon staffers spammed an internal website with comments expressing their anger over CEO Andy Jassy’s return-to-office mandate
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Amazon Launches Rx Subscription Service for Prime Members
Amazon is adding a prescription drug discount program to its growing health care business.
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Man Discovers Kitchen Knife Sticking Out of His Amazon Package
It wasn’t what he ordered, but a West New York man found a knife jammed into his Amazon delivery — but it’s not clear how it go there. NBC New York’s Melissa Colorado reports.
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NJ Man Discovers Kitchen Knife Sticking Out of His Amazon Package
The order was very simple: a box of raisins. It arrived on time, but it included something the customer did not order and left the West New York man speechless after he found it.
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Amazon Says It Will Cut Over 18,000 Jobs, More Than Initially Planned
Amazon has decided to get rid of additional roles after committing to a round of cuts in its corporate workforce in November.
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Amazon May Be Held Liable for Trademark Breach Over Fake Louboutins Sold On Its Marketplace
Third-party sellers on Amazon regularly advertise red-soled shoes, and Louboutin brought cases against Amazon in Belgium and Luxembourg arguing that he did not give his consent for these products to be put on the market
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Amazon's ‘Thank My Driver' Program That Tipped $5 Maxed Out After 1 Day
Amazon kicked off its special promotion, which gave additional tips to delivery drivers, earlier this week.
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‘Alexa, Thank My Driver': How to Give Your Amazon Delivery Driver a $5 Tip for Free
Amazon will deliver thank you notes to delivery drivers on behalf of customers along with a $5 tip for the first million drivers to receive them.
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Amazon CEO Says Company Won't Take Down Antisemitic Film
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has said the company does not have plans to stop selling the antisemitic film that gained notoriety recently after Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving tweeted out an Amazon link to it.
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Laid Off From Your Tech Job? Here's What You Need to Do to Boost Your Chance of Getting Hired
There are still “many companies” who are hiring now and being the first to apply will give applicants an extra edge, said LinkedIn’s career expert.
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Amazon Starts Cutting Jobs, With Layoffs Hitting Alexa Unit and Cloud Gaming Division
CEO Andy Jassy has moved aggressively to cut costs across Amazon, and the company previously said it would freeze hiring in its corporate workforce.
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Amazon Plans to Cut 10,000 Workers; Twitter Layoffs Continue
Amazon is planning to lay off about 10,000 employees in corporate and technology roles starting this week, according to a report from The New York Times. Twitter continues cutting workers.
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Jeff Bezos Says He Plans to Give Away Most of His $124 Billion Fortune
Billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his partner, Lauren Sanchez, announced they will donate the majority of a $124 billion fortune within their lifetimes.
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A First Look at Amazon's New Delivery Drone, Slated to Start Deliveries This Year
After years of slow progress, Amazon says it’s ready to deliver orders under five pounds in less than an hour, dropping them from its 5-foot hexagonal drone.
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NYC Amazon Worker Pulls Fire Alarm, Sprays Colleagues With Extinguisher: Sources
An Amazon worker caused total chaos at a Staten Island warehouse early Friday, allegedly pulling a fire alarm — despite there being no fire — and spraying fire extinguishers on colleagues and throughout the building, according to people with direct knowledge of what happened. Cops and firefighters were called to the sprawling Bloomfield complex on Gulf Avenue around 6 a.m….