Nov 13 (Reuters) – Amazon.com (AMZN.O) has cut around 180 jobs in its games division, at least the second round of cuts in under a week, as part of a broader restructuring, according to an email viewed on Monday by Reuters.
“After our initial restructuring in April, it became clear that we needed to focus our resources even more on the areas that are growing with the highest potential to drive our business forward,” according to the email dated Nov. 13 from Christoph Hartmann, vice president of Amazon Games.
The company began informing employees Monday morning that their roles had been eliminated. It represents the second cut to the division this year.
Amazon last week also began cutting jobs in its streaming music and podcast division, acc…
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