‘People crying in office’: Amazon India employee describes scene amid layoffs

An Amazon employee has described grim scenes at the company’s India offices amid widespread job cuts. The e-commerce giant has begun layoffs that will affect 1 percent of its workforce in India, according to a Times of India report. Around 1,000 employees are expected to be sacked this month and the process has already begun for some.

According to a post on the anonymous community app for Indian professionals, Grapevine, purportedly made by an Amazon India employee, people are “crying in office” after receiving news of layoffs.

The post titled “Amazon India Current Condition” was made one day ago by an employee writing under the pseudonym ‘Batman1’.

In his post, he said 75 percent of his team had been let go, and that he felt no motivation to work even though he still had his job. The employee did not reveal which department he works in.

“75% of my team is gone. Although I’m in the remaining 25% I don’t feel motivated to work anymore,” the Amazon employee wrote in his Grapevine post. “They are firing people in cabins. People are crying in the office.”
A screenshot of the post has gone viral on Twitter, racking up over 4.5 lakh views and scores of comments.