Amazon to lay off more than 600 Bay Area employees
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The move comes amid similar cuts at Meta and Applied Materials, signaling a broader tech industry shift toward automation and AI investment.
At the Milpitas delivery center, NBC Bay Area’s Scott Budman got a preview of the next generation of Amazon robotics called "Bluejay.” A New York Times report cites documents that suggest Amazon will replace close to 160,000 humans with robots over the next few years.
A lease in Bolingbrook and plans for a massive new facility in Wilmington signal the e-commerce giant is regaining its appetite for industrial space.
Working with eBay and securing search warrants, detectives identified a residence in Turlock and two commercial properties in Modesto tied to the suspects. They recovered 25 pallets of stolen goods and arrested Ravinder Singh, 58, of Turlock, and Nepal Singh, 36, of Modesto, on suspicion of possessing stolen property.
On Tuesday, October 28, word spread like wildfire that Amazon was initiating a huge number of layoffs. While Amazon's Senior Vice President of People, Experience and Technology Beth Galetti said the decision would impact roughly 14,000 employees, insiders told national news outlets that number could be more than doubled.
Amazon CFO Brian Olsavsky has sold a waterfront mansion on Seattle’s Mercer Island for $25 million. The buyer is an entity tied to businessman and former Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver, according to King County property records.
Amazon is expanding its workforce in the Baltimore region ahead of the holiday season, adding thousands of temporary jobs as part of a nationwide effort.
Amazon is creating several thousand jobs across Texas and the Houston area ahead of the holiday season, according to a news release from the company.
Amazon Pharmacy’s same-day delivery service of medications will be available to nearly 200 small towns in the greater Chicago area.