Twitch lays off 400 employees as part of latest Amazon cuts
More than 400 Twitch employees have lost their jobs as part of a further round of layoffs at parent company Amazon.
Amazon announced another 9,000 job cuts – in addition to the 18,000 layoffs it made in January – earlier today, with new Twitch CEO Dan Clancy confirming 400 employees at the streaming company would be affected by the decision.
As reported by Polygon, however, Twitch did not inform those impacted by the layoffs ahead of today’s announcement. Instead, Clancy told employees in an all-staff email that everyone affected will be informed “no later than early next week”.
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