Amazon India is set to lay off between 800 and 1,000 employees as part of a global restructuring, according to sources familiar with the matter. The downsizing is part of a larger, global workforce reduction of 14,000 corporate roles announced by Amazon, on Tuesday.

The workforce reduction is part of a larger, global workforce reduction of 14,000 corporate roles announced by Amazon, on Tuesday.

Sources told FE that the notifications in India are planned to be carried out in three phases over the next three days.

Internal sources at the company’s People Experience and Technology (PXT) and Prime Video operations teams in Bengaluru, confirmed receiving emails informing them of being laid off.

When contacted for this story, Amazon India did not provide a comment on the specific numbers

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