The growing Amazon unusually "Why do you run" restructuring of hundreds of people "at Seattle headquarters?

byFlat Earth Theater

Amazon, which is becoming stronger in online shopping,Aggressive acquisitionsWe are further growing by expanding employment. SuchAmazon EmpireThe Seattle Times has taken up the news that Amazon, which burns as ambition to establish, "unusually executed hundreds of restructures in Seattle".

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According to a detailed person about restructuring this time, Amazon seems to have done hundreds of restructurings mainly for employees engaged in consumer retailing mainly at Seattle headquarters and other regions. According to The Seatle Times "Amazon is now one of the largest companies in the US,Tens of thousands of people restructuringAnd Boeing'sThousands of people restructuringCompared to the rest, there are few restructurings of hundreds of people this time, "he said.

But Amazon says "Reduce cost by introducing robot to warehouseIt is also known as a very severe company against cost reduction, such as tackling the problem. It is unusual for hundreds of people to be restructured in this way because people are allocated wastefully according to tasks and we are considering not to hold surplus personnel as much as possible. The restructuring of this time is also an arrowhead event that expanded the number of people in the Seattle headquarters, which was 5000 in 2010, to 40,000 people, which is a restructuring unrelated to Amazon.

byIvan Rigamonti

According to Amazon officials, Amazon that hired a large number of personnel with the rapid expansion in recent years seems to have occurred in a certain department where there are more personnel. So, in some sectors on AmazonStop new employmentWe have also taken measures such as this, there are also facts that the number of Seattle job openings has drastically decreased due to this influence.

To The Seatle Times Amazon says, "As part of the annual planning process, we are making small workforce reductions in some sectors and aggressive employment in other departments, as much as possible for affected employees I am trying to give a new role to the department we adopted. " It is expected that notifications to employees who have already been restructured have been completed and will leave Amazon within a few weeks.

Amazon's restructuring outside Seattle headquarters said that the policy of integrating Amazon's retail business is affected. Is a subsidiary of Amazon and involved in publishing businessCreatespaceIs planning to implement a 200-person restructuring in two years and will develop apparel business such as shoesZapposIt is likely that 30 people will be restructured. EC management site which we bought for 500 million yen in the pastQuidsiWe are working to streamline employment by closing down and restructuring more than 250 people.

bySebastian Celis

In spite of this restructuring, Amazon is expected to adopt it positively in the department where personnel is needed. Amazon employees worldwide exceeded 560,000 as of December 2017,Establishment of second head officeIt is said that it plans to hire up to 50,000 people in association with it. It is not going to take recruitment downwards due to the restructuring this time, but Amazon is expected to progress towards further expansion.