KEY POINTS
  • Amazon is preparing to cut jobs from its Amazon Care organization after announcing it will shutter the telehealth service at the end of this year.
  • About 159 Amazon Care employees will be laid off, while a standalone company that provided services for Amazon Care will cut 236 roles.
The Amazon Spheres in Seattle Washington on Sept. 20th, 2018. 

Amazon is preparing to cut more than 150 jobs as it winds down its telehealth offering known as Amazon Care, according to filings submitted in Washington state.

Amazon said 159 employees will be laid off from Amazon Care, based on Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) filings submitted late Thursday. The WARN Act requires employers to provide advance notice, generally within 60 days, of mass layoffs or plant closings.