爆！硅谷困境？巨头亚马逊再裁员近万人！

背景：2020年3月至去年9月期间，由于新冠危机导致人们对数字服务的需求激增。但是，随着大流行相关限制有所缓解，人们回到了线下生活，在通胀长期处于高位以及经济衰退日益引发担忧之际，科技巨头纷纷收紧预算。今年一月，亚马逊宣布逊大规模裁员18，000人。就在昨天，亚马逊再次宣布裁减9,000个工作岗位。

新闻来源：AP News 美联社（节选）

翻译：麻辣英语烫

关键词：裁员（layoffs名词）（lay off动词） 或者job cuts或者eliminate jobs

Amazon cuts 9,000 more jobs, bringing 2023 total to 27,000

亚马逊再裁9,000岗位, 2023大裁2.7万人

NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon plans to eliminate 9,000 more jobs in the next few weeks, CEO Andy Jassy said in a memo to staff on Monday.

N EW YORK（美联社） - 亚马逊CEO安迪·贾西在周一给员工的备忘录中表示：计划在未来几周内再裁员9，000人。

The job cuts would mark the second largest round of layoffs in the company’s history, adding to the 18,000 employees the tech giant said it would lay off in January. 

这将是亚马逊历史上的第二轮大规模裁员，第一轮大规模裁员发生在今年一月，波及约18，000名员工。

The job cuts announced Monday will hit profitable areas for the company including its cloud computing unit AWS and its burgeoning advertising business. Twitch, the gaming platform Amazon owns, will also see some layoffs as well as Amazon’s PXT organizations, which handle human resources and other functions.

新一轮裁员涉及亚马逊的盈利部门如：云计算服务（AWS）、迅速发展的广告业务。游戏流媒体平台Twitch和负责人力资源的“人员、体验和技术”（PXT）部门也未能幸免。

亚马逊CEO安迪·贾西说：'Given the uncertain economy in which we reside, and the uncertainty that exists in the near future, we have chosen to be more streamlined in our costs and headcount,'

裁员是由于经济和未来的不确定性，我们必须保持精简。

消息发布后，亚马逊股价跌幅收窄，收跌1.25%报97.71美元。

最后，让我们复习一下含有关键词 “裁员”的句子：

Amazon plans to eliminate 9,000 more jobs in the next few weeks

The job cuts would mark the second largest round of layoffs in the company’s history

adding to the 18,000 employees the tech giant said it would lay off in January.

The job cuts announced Monday will hit profitable areas for the company