{"id":25026,"date":"2026-10-29T15:45:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T15:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/10\/29\/amazon-lays-off-250-employees-devices-unit-new-product-launches\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T15:45:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T15:45:18","slug":"amazon-lays-off-250-employees-devices-unit-new-product-launches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/10\/29\/amazon-lays-off-250-employees-devices-unit-new-product-launches\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon Lays Off Over 250 Device Unit Employees Amid New Product Launches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon recently laid off more than 250 employees from its Devices and Services unit, most of whom were working in software development. This move followed the launch of several new products, including Kindle e-readers and new tablets.<\/p>\n<p>In response to a Reuters inquiry, an Amazon spokesperson confirmed the layoffs, calling it a difficult decision made to reduce a limited number of positions. According to the spokesperson, this aims to improve organizational structure and align with the company&#8217;s product roadmap.<\/p>\n<p>Amazon recently unveiled an alarm clock equipped with the Alexa voice assistant and a digital photo frame. The vice president of Human Resources for the Devices and Services division stated that after a comprehensive review of the organizational structure, the company deemed the reduction in staff necessary.<\/p>\n<p>These layoffs come after Amazon cut about a thousand jobs in its core retail division earlier this month. The company is also expected to release its third-quarter earnings report tomorrow after the market closes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon has laid off over 250 employees in its Devices unit following new product releases, aiming to restructure and align with its product roadmap.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25025,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25026\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}