The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. November 15, 2022 Amazon Plans to Lay Off 10,000 Workers -------------------------------------- Amazon is planning to carry out massive layoffs and could cut as many as 10,000 jobs this week. That's according to multiple news outlets, including The Washington Post, which reports the layoffs are likely to target Amazon's corporate workforce. This follows recent mass layoffs at Facebook, Twitter and Salesforce. .