Human cost of layoffs: Without a job and racing against a 60-day deadline

06 Feb, 2023

Washington, Feb 6 (IANS) Raj Thakur is stressed, anxious and, above all, angry. A Seattle-based IT engineer, Thakur was among the 18,000 employees Amazon laid off in what has been the largest single-shot cut by any company since Meta set off off the continuing spate of firings with 11,000 in November 2022.

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