Amazon India: HR News, Trends & Workplace Insights

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Updated on: Dec 2022

Industry

Amazon shuts down its wholesale business in India

Dec 1, 2022

Amazon will Shut Down its Food Delivery Business in India

The e-commerce company, Amazon will shut down its food-delivery business in India on December thi...

Industry

Nov 26, 2022

Amazon will Shut Down its Food Delivery Business in India

Amazon to shut online learning vertical in India

An American multinational technology company focusing on e-commerce, Amazon has announced the closur...

Industry

Nov 24, 2022

Amazon to shut online learning vertical in India

Amazon layoffs are illegal, NITES says to labour minister

The Nascent Information Technology Employees Senate NITES has approached the Labour Ministry conce...

Industry

Nov 21, 2022

Amazon layoffs are illegal, NITES says to labour minister

Appointments

Amazon appoints Rohit Johar as HR Director, India

An American multinational technology company focusing on e-commerce, Amazon has announced the appointment of Rohit Johar as HR Director for India Business. Rohit has confirmed the development on social media and said, “I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as HR Director India at Amazon!” Rohit is a leader with diverse leadership experience across Human […]

Nov 21, 2022

Layoffs

Amazon confirms layoffs and sends emails to impacted employees

An American multinational technology company focusing on e-commerce, Amazon has confirmed the layoffs at the company. However, The company did not reveal the exact number of employees laid off however as per the earlier reports 10,000 employees or 3 percent of its workforce were expected to be laid off. Impact on India Team These cuts […]

Nov 17, 2022

Industry

Amazon holds hiring in corporate workforce due to slow economy

An American multinational technology company focusing on e-commerce, Amazon has announced the company will be freezing all its new hiring in its corporate workforce. Amazon has taken this step due to global economic uncertainty. The company’s CEO Andy Jassy has been looking for ways to cut costs across the company. Beth Galetti, Amazon’s senior vice […]

Nov 4, 2022

C-Suite Move

Tata Cliq CEO Vikas Purohit has resigned: Report

According to media reports, A multi-category e-commerce platform, Tata CLiQ Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Vikas Purohit has resigned. The announcement was made at a recent board meeting of the company. As per reports, Purohit is said to have signed an offer from a leading multinational in a non-competing sector to head its India business. He […]

Oct 20, 2022

Hiring

Amazon is hiring for various roles including HR & WFH jobs, Apply

An American multinational technology company that focuses on e-commerce, Amazon is hiring for various roles including HR & WFH Jobs in India. Commenting on the hiring process, the company said, “We seek top talent from all industries and a range of backgrounds to join our offices and operations centers around the world. People who succeed […]

Sep 27, 2022

C-Suite Move

WhatsApp Pay Head Manesh Mahatme quits, joins Amazon

The Head of WhatsApp Pay India payment business, Manesh Mahatme, has quit and is joining Amazon India as Director of Products. WhatsApp in a statement said Mahatme played an important role in expanding access to WhatsApp payments in India, adding the payments service was “a priority for Meta and we will continue to innovate and […]

Sep 23, 2022

Industry

Northeast India gets its first all-women delivery station by Amazon

Amazon has started its first all-women delivery station in Northeast India. The company has received the opportunity to start an all-women partner delivery station in Champhai (a district close to the Myanmar-India border). The station is run by Christina Rindiki, an entrepreneur who started a last-mile delivery company called Service with Amazon’s DSP program. Christina Rindiki […]

Aug 26, 2022

Appointments

Pine Labs appoints Amazon India’s ex-HR Head Vijayalakshmi as CPO

A leading merchant commerce platform, Pine Labs has appointed Vijayalakshmi Swaminathan as Chief People Officer. She takes over from Anu Mathew who will now transition into the role of the head of learning and development at Pine Labs. B Amrish Rau, CEO, Pine Labs said, “Our people are our Strength. A high-performance workforce will accelerate the progress […]

May 14, 2022

C-Suite Move

Amazon India appoints Nestle Veteran Rashi Goel as Director Marketing

Rashi Goel, ex-Director – Marketing and Consumer Communications, Nestle India has joined Amazon India as Director-Marketing, effective from September 2021. At Nestle, Goel worked for four years and led the media strategy and buying, along with brand communication across TV and digital. Additionally, she was also the business executive officer- breakfast cereals and was heading […]

Nov 8, 2021

Jobs

Amazon to hire 8,000 people in India this year, including HR, and IT

E-commerce, Retail, and Technology giant Amazon plans to hire more than 8,000 direct workforces across 35 cities in India this year including corporate, technology, customer service, and operations roles in cities like Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai, Gurgaon, Mumbai, Noida, among others. Deepti Varma, Amazon HR Leader – Corporate, APAC, and MENA said, “Amazon is also hiring for machine learning applied sciences […]

Sep 4, 2021

Industry

Amazon updates guidance on its plans for return to office

Amazon has issued new guidance on its return-to-work plans that indicates it doesn’t plan to ditch its offices anytime soon. The company has adjusted and updates Return to Office guidelines. Last week, the company said in a Memo, “we’ve adjusted our guidance on our plans for returning to the office and added more clarity. Going forward, […]

Jun 18, 2021

Jobs

Amazon is seeking to hire 75,000 people

Amazon is seeking to hire 75,000 people Amazon is seeking to hire 75,000 people in a tight job market and is offering bonuses to attract workers, including $100 for new hires who are already vaccinated for COVID-19. The jobs are for delivery and warehouse workers, who pack and ship online orders. Amazon, which already pays at least $15 […]

May 14, 2021