CNBCreportsthe cuts are expected to be the online giants largest-ever workforce reduction.

We typically wait to communicate about these outcomes until we can speak with the people who are directly impacted.

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Bezos, the companys founder and previous CEO, handed the reins to Jassy in July 2021.

We typically wait to communicate about these outcomes until we can speak with the people who are directly impacted.

Amazon has weathered uncertain and difficult economies in the past, and we will continue to do so.

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Companies that last a long time go through different phases.

Theyre not in heavy people expansion mode every year.

We often talk about our leadership principle Invent and Simplify in the context of creating new products and features.

There will continue to be plenty of this across all of the businesses were pursuing.

Both of these types of Invent and Simplify really matter.

You have made a meaningful difference in a lot of customers lives.