Amazon makes fresh job cuts, mainly in retail division

Jeff Bezos, the founder and executive chairman of Amazon, said in a Fox News interview aired Wednesday, ​that continued job cuts have been necessary because the ​company overhired ⁠during the pandemic.

Amazon confirmed on Wednesday it had cut what it said were a small number of jobs, primarily ​in its Stores unit, which oversees the main e-commerce website.

The internal Slack channel indicated that several divisions within Stores were involved, including customer service and selling partner services, and possibly other units across Amazon.