Unfortunately this is a trend that appears to continue until global economics becomes stable again, inflation and businesses can say that there is a certainty of an uncertain future in the post-pandemic world that we are about to enter.

There is no other way to introduce another bad news for employment and specifically Twitch and AWS as Amazon confirmed this week that today, there will be effectively a new round of layoff focusing on both businesses.

There will be around 9,400 people that will be notified today if they had been let go and besides Twitch and AWS, Advertisement and Amazon’s own Human Resources department is also the affected business too.

In a memo, CEO Andy Jassy said that this was a difficult decision but one that is best for the company in the long-term.

"As part of our annual planning process, leaders across the company work with their teams to decide what investments they want to make for the future, prioritizing what matters most to customers and the long-term health of our businesses. For several years leading up to this one, most of our businesses added a significant amount of headcount. This made sense given what was happening in our businesses and the economy as a whole.

However, given the uncertain economy in which we reside and the uncertainty that exists in the near future, we have chosen to be more streamlined in our costs and headcount. The overriding tenet of our annual planning this year was to be leaner while doing so in a way that enables us to still invest robustly in the key long-term customer experiences that we believe can meaningfully improve customers’ lives and Amazon as a whole.”

Amazon claims that this is the second restructuring and is justified to be an additional round because by the time they announced the first round, not all business units finished their internal status report.

The company assured that all affected employees will be given severance packages and sourcing for landing a next employment.