Amazon layoffs in India may be higher than other tech majors: Report

Amazon’s layoffs, announced on Monday, could result in job losses of “deeper than hundreds” of employees in India. The tech giant operates several businesses in India, including e-commerce, web services and video streaming. According to a report by TheEconomic Times (ET), the job cuts in India may be higher than the layoffs by other giants like Facebook.

Amazon is likely to let go of 10,000 employees globally in this round of layoffs.

“The retrenchment is happening here (India) and discussions are underway on the numbers,” a person aware of the matter told ET.