Amazon has made some jobs in communication and sustainable units

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Amazon An administrative department responsible for supervising the department announced on Wednesday is providing some employees to communicate and sustainable departments.

Drew Herdener, who supervised public relations in a notes for employees watching CNBC, he wrote that the company is canceling certain tasks in these groups. Part of the part.

"When we check the current organizational design and determine the transformation of the above summary, we have determined some roles. These roles are very narrow or introduced unnecessary levels. We cannot solve the challenges through a flat structure or transfer workload," Herdener wrote. "In order to solve this problem and do the right thing for business, we are eliminating a few roles in communication and sustainability. This is a difficult decision, and my leadership team and I will not take it easily. "

Amazon spokesman Brad Glasser confirmed the layoffs and said in a statement that layoffs will "help us move faster, increase ownership, enhance our culture, and make the team closer to customers." Essence Bloomberg reported the job earlier.

Herdener went on to say that the company may re -hire some employees at a lower level. "In other circumstances, we will reorganize the number of people in other areas in the organization." Herdener said that Amazon will provide fiscal employees with fiscal employees. Support, continuous benefits and job opportunities assistance.

As CEO Andy Jassy, ​​and worked hard to pay costs, Amazon lay off more than 27,000 jobs in 2022 and 2023. Its layoffs in 2024 are smaller and will continue this year this year. The company also continues to formulate some more experimental or unprofitable plans, including "try" clothing services and fast physical delivery plans.

Herdener said that after Amazon has "increased a lot" in recent years, Amazon is simplifying its communication and sustainable development department. In recent years, Herdener's role has expanded, and now he is still responsible for corporate responsibilities including sustainable groups.

Amazon conducted a recruitment publicity during the popular period of COVID-19, which increased employees' labor force and hundreds of warehouses throughout the United States. , 798,000 higher than the fourth quarter. As of the end of the third quarter, the company had more than 1.5 employees.

Herdener said that Amazon also made some changes to its "hub strategy", which determines the main use of the office team as part of the reorganization. He wrote that the goal is to let "more team members work in the same body position as most teammates and/or managers." Herdener said he directly reported to determine which location is meaningful to their team.

Earlier this month, Amazon began to ask company staff to spend five days a week in the office. In order to bring the employees back to the office, some employees were told to move to the hubs of different states. After announcing the "return hub" policy that they chose to leave the company instead of relocating, several Amazon employees told CNBC.

As part of the five -day office task, Amazon also sets a goal that can even level its company structure through managers in each organization.

Amazon has made sustainability a larger instruction within the company. It sets an ambitious climatic goal in 2019, including its commitment to carbon neutrality in 2040. It also aims to provide power for its business operations by 2025, and has accumulated more than 500 investment portfolios of more than 500 wind and solar projects worldwide.

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