Amazon proposes an ERE for 1,200 workers in its offices in Madrid and Barcelona
Amazon will launch a collective dismissal process, which would affect a maximum of 1,200 workers of its corporate offices in Spain, as reported by EP from knowledgeable sources. Specifically, the American multinational, which announced this week globally an adjustment that will affect 14,000 members of its corporate workforcehas opened two employment reduction files (ERE) in Spain in the companies Amazon Digital Spain, whose offices are located in Madrid, and Amazon Spain Services, located in Barcelona.
The adjustment announced today will focus on the employees that the multinational has in its corporate offices in Madrid and Barcelona and this measure, according to the same sources, would have no impact on the multinational’s operations nationally or in other Spanish cities. Amazon Spain has a total of 28,000 workers. This movement occurs days after the departure of approximately 14,000 people from the corporate workforce worldwide was announced. It must be taken into account that, around the world, Amazon employs about 1.5 million peopleof which about 350,000 are dedicated to corporate work.
Which contrasts with the results of the third quarter of the year at a global level. Amazon closed this period with a net profit of 18,213 million euros (21,187 million dollars)which represented an improvement of 3.8.2% compared to what was recorded between July and September of last year. For its part, the turnover In this period it reached 154,879 million euros (180,169 million dollars) and increased 13.4% compared to the same time in 2024. All of this, with the boost of the sale of products which climbed 9.6% to 63,663 million euros (74,058 million dollars) and the marketing of products, which increased 16.3%, to 91,216 million euros (106,111 million dollars).
