Amazon: HR News, Trends & Workplace Insights

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Updated on: Aug 2023

Hiring

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Aug 30, 2023

Amazon offers free ML course for graduates - last date Sep

Amazon India has launched the third edition of Machine Learning ML Summer Schoolan immersive prog...

Industry

Aug 25, 2023

Amazon offers free ML course for graduates - last date Sep

Netflix, Amazon offering upto Rs . Cr annual salary for AI experts

Amazon is also actively seeking skilled individuals in the field of artificial intelligence AI. Th...

Industry

Aug 16, 2023

Netflix, Amazon offering upto Rs . Cr annual salary for AI experts

Amazon devices and services head Dave Limp retires after . yrs

Dave Limp, head of Amazon devices and services has been with the company for . years has announce...

Movement

Aug 16, 2023

Amazon devices and services head Dave Limp retires after . yrs

Layoffs

Amazon employee sacked after 9 yrs: being part of layoff isn’t easy

An American multinational technology company, Amazon has sacked an employee after 9 years of service she said that being part of a layoff isn’t easy. Shylo Staats, shared a post on LinkedIn saying, “After 9 years, I’m bid farewell to Amazon. Being part of the layoffs isn’t easy, but I’m filled with gratitude.” “I am grateful […]

Aug 14, 2023

Industry

Amazon created over 13 lakh direct & indirect jobs in India

An American multinational technology company, Amazon India shared updates on the pledges it had announced as part of its commitment to India. The company has shared that it has cumulatively digitized over 62 lakh (6.2 million) micro small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), enabled nearly $8 billion in cumulative e-commerce exports and created more than 13 […]

Aug 12, 2023

Work Model

Amazon is asking some employees to relocate, here’s why

An American multinational technology company focusing on e-commerce, Amazon is asking some corporate workers to relocate to other cities as part of its return-to-office policy. The announcement follows when the company earlier mandated employees to work from the office three days a week. As per reports, however, the company hasn’t decided the number of employees […]

Jul 24, 2023

Industry

Google takes legal action against CCI, alleging favour to Amazon

The tech giant Google takes legal action against India’s Competition Commission, alleging favouritism towards the e-commerce company Amazon. Earlier, Amazon had complained about its struggles to develop a modified version of the Android system due to Google’s restrictions. According to Google court filing consists of a comprehensive 1,004-page document. The CCI’s directive was aimed solely at […]

Jul 8, 2023

Hiring

Amazon launches Early Internship in India, 8 weeks paid program

Amazon Future Engineer (AFE), the flagship philanthropic computer science education program by Amazon, has launched an early internship program exclusively for AFE Scholars. The AFE Internship offers a unique opportunity for girl students from low-income families to gain valuable work experience, preparing them to become future leaders in the tech industry. 68 AFE Scholars, who […]

Jul 7, 2023

Hiring

Amazon to create 20 lakh jobs and invest $15 billion in India

An American multinational technology company, Amazon has committed to invest an additional $15 billion in India over the next seven years. This will take the company’s total India investment across all businesses to $26 billion, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy told Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the latter’s US month. Andy Jassy shared a tweet saying, […]

Jun 27, 2023

Industry

Tata Power, Amazon India’s most attractive employers in 2023

Tata Power emerged as the most attractive employer brand in India in 2023, followed by Amazon and Tata Steel, according to research by HR organization Randstad India. The top 10 most attractive employer brands in India: The Randstad Employer Research Report 2023 is an independent survey that is a representative employer brand research based on […]

Jun 22, 2023

Appointments

MediBuddy appoints Seema Vijay Singh as SVP- People & Culture

MediBuddy, a digital healthcare platform has appointed Seema Vijay Singh as Senior Vice President- People & Culture. In this role, she will be responsible for helping in building the team and culture to drive the next phase of growth at the organization. Satish Kannan, Co-Founder, and CEO, MediBuddy, “We are thrilled to have Seema join […]

May 31, 2023

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Amazon defers joining of new hires from IITs/ NITs campus

An American multinational technology company, Amazon has postponed the joining of new hires from India’s prestigious colleges including Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and National Institutes of Technology (NITs). According to Business Today, the Offer letters of NIT students have also been deferred and some have also been revoked it. The impacted graduate from IIT expressed concerns […]

May 25, 2023

Industry

Amazon employees in Seattle plan May 31 walkout

According to Washington Post, the e-commerce company Amazon employees are planning for a walkout in Seattle on May 31 in protest of layoffs. A Los Angeles-based Amazon employee who plans to participate said, “Morale feels like it’s at an all-time low.” “In meetings and one-on-ones with colleagues, there’s so much uncertainty and lack of clarity […]

May 23, 2023

Layoffs

Woman laid off by Amazon rejoins same team after 4 months

A Woman named Paige Cipriani was laid off by the layoffs at Amazon in January and rejoined the same team after 4 months. As per LinkedIn profile, Paige Cipriani, Product Marketing Manager, Social Marketing at Amazon shared a post saying, “I am so happy to announce that on Monday. I started back at Amazon on the […]

May 22, 2023

Industry

5 tips to get interview calls from tech giants like Google, Microsoft…

Getting an interview call from tech giants like Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Goldman Sachs etc is really tough but it is also not impossible. As per her LinkedIn bio, Deeksha Pandey Software Engineer who is currently employed with the Google Hyderabad office for the past 11 months. She shared a LinkedIn post sharing five things […]

May 17, 2023