The Seattle e-commerce giant files WARN Act notices pinpointing job cuts in California that are part of its plans to eliminate 18,000 jobs globally.
Amazon is cutting 100 technology jobs and other positions in San Diego as part of a company-wide downsizing announced earlier this month.
Most of workers being let go in San Diego are in technical or human resources fields, led by software development engineers, according to the WARN notice. Applied scientists, data scientists and recruiters also were among the jobs eliminated.An Amazon spokesperson confirmed the WARN filings, which included 157 job cuts in Santa Clara County, 104 in San Francisco County, 86 in Orange County and 57 in Los Angeles County.
Other big tech companies also have been trimming their headcounts over fears of an economic slowdown. They include Facebook parent Meta Platforms, Google, Cisco Systems, Salesforce, Intel and Microsoft.
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