News Summary

• Internal Amazon messages suggest the company's latest round of layoffs has been more widespread than what has been previously made public, affecting roles in Amazon Pay and marketing.Amazon on Wednesday notified employees about plans to cut hundreds of employees from Prime Video and MGM Studios..
• We're grateful to these employees for their contributions, and we're committed to supporting them through this transition," an Amazon spokesperson told BI.Amazon said the impacted employees received 60 days of pay, were eligible for a severance package, and had access to job-placement support..
• Related stories "We regularly review the structure of our teams and make adjustments based on the needs of the business and, following a recent review, we've made the difficult decision to eliminate a small number of roles on our Amazon Pay team..
• "Amazon Pay seems to be focused on our account management, solution architect[s], and sales roles," the employee wrote in a subsequent message about the type of jobs that were cut..
• "Amazon laid off thousands of employees in 2023, starting with an announcement last January that it would cut 18,000 roles..
• Some Amazon employees have noticed an increasing number of Slack messages from colleagues who are quitting over the company's strict return-to-office mandate.Are you a tech-industry employee, or do you have insight to share?.