Tech companies around the world have seen tens of thousands of layoffs in recent weeks. Leading the list is e-commerce giant Amazon which earlier this month announced 18,000 job cuts, which is about 1.2% of its total million employees.
Among the affected employees was Omprakash Sharma, a senior development engineer at Amazon. The Gurugram-based techie had been working for the company for almost five years when he became one of the many affected by the massive layoffs.
“The year 2022 has been the most challenging year of my life. First I lost my father, after struggling in ICU for two-three months, due to which I was away from work for about four months. Now on January 11, I am impressed with the recent layoffs by Amazon,” he shared on LinkedIn.
Sharma, however, bears no ill will towards the company, writing that his five-year stint was “the most wonderful time of my working life”.
“I’ve had the pleasure of working with some of the smartest people in the industry, and have learned great lessons from corporate life. I had the opportunity to work on large scale, complex and innovative design problems facing clients.”
He urged those who have gone through a similar test to stay motivated and called upon netizens to spread the word and help him grab a new opportunity.
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