Amazon: 494 jobs cut
Amazon is laying off 494 workers at its Florida warehouse as part of a $200 million expansion project that will introduce advanced robotics and conveyor systems. The layoffs are expected to be permanent, although the company hopes to rehire some employees once renovations are complete. This represents a 58% reduction in the workforce at the facility, which currently employs around 850 people.
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Why Amazon is laying off hundreds of workers at Florida warehouse - AOL
Why Amazon is laying off hundreds of workers at Florida warehouse - AOL Mon, July 20, 2026 at 9:08 AM UTC 0 PORT ST. LUCIE — Amazon will lay off more than half of its roughly 850 employees at a warehouse facility here in September, but is hoping those workers will come back. The company announced in May it would close its warehouse on Midway Road at Interstate 95 for a$200 million expansion project, and that workers would be impacted. Amazon had planned to keep employees within the company d