Jassy said the job reductions were a part of the company’s annual operating planning review.

Human resources and employee services were among the divisions that received the buyout offers.

While Amazon’sthird-quarter earningssaw improvement over earlier in 2022, overall profits were below expectations.

In the past few months,Jassyhalted testing onAmazon Scout, the company’s robot home delivery initiative.

He’s alsoshuttered the Amazon Caretele-health and nursing service, as well asFabric.com, a long-time online fabric retailer.

Amazon imposed a hiring freeze for small teams in September, followed by acorporate-wide freezeearlier this month.

Limp said that Amazon first mentioned economic issues in July in a company town hall.