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Prime Video Staff Face Layoffs In Europe As Job Consultations Begin


Prime Video is today beginning job consultations with staff in Europe. The Amazon layoffs will impact less than 5% of staff.

It’s understood a figure of less than 5% of staff face layoffs through the cuts, which were triggered earlier this year when Barry Furlong unveiled a restructure that impacts Europe, MENA and Africa. The move split Europe in two clusters, with “emerging” territories such as Benelux, the CEE and the Nordics getting new investment, and funding for Africa and MENA slashed. Amazon is hardly the only media company to have made redundancies in the past year, as economic headwinds and a move to profitability over subscriber growth in streaming have led to tough decisions across the board.

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