Bad news for Amazon employees: In massive development coming from Amazon and a matter of bad news for the IT sector employees across the world Amazon a global IT giant has reportedly laid off hundred employees within its Devices and Services division. As per the statement of the company quoted by a report covered by CNBC the jobs within its Devices and Services division represented a small number of the total jobs in the unit and the reported layoff was a part of the regular business review of the company. Here are all the details you need to know about the recent news from Amazon. Amazon sacks employees in Devices and Services unit For a background information about the role that the Devices and Services unit is responsible for readers should note that their role includes that of developing popular hardware products such as the Echo smart speakers Fire TV devices and Ring security systems. “As part of our ongoing work to make our teams and programs operate more efficiently and to better align with our product roadmap we’ve made the difficult decision to eliminate a small number of roles” Amazon spokesperson Kristy Schmidt was quoted as saying in her statement by Times of India. “We don’t make these decisions lightly and we’re committed to supporting affected employees through their transitions the CEO added in her statement about the company. Amazons cost-cutting plan Readers should also note that Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has been on a mission to cut costs across the company. In the process of the cost cut the company has laid off 27000 employees since the beginning of 2022 the CNBC report said. The reason for this massive wave of layoffs in the Information and Technology world is the economic down turns the companies across the world are facing at this point in time. Readers also note that an official statement specifying the recent layoff at Amazon has not been issued and an official confirmation is awaited.