[Closing the facility that's organizing; how convenient] <http://www.independent.co.uk/news/Digital/Update/2001-01/amazon310101.shtml> Amazon cuts hundreds of jobs after $90m loss By Andrew Gumbel in Los Angeles 31 January 2001 The leading online retailer Amazon.com announced yesterday it was cutting 15 per cent of its workforce – further proof that nobody is immune from the dot.com meltdown. The company said it was closing a distribution centre in Georgia and a customer service centre in Seattle, its home base, as part of an effort to reach profitability before the end of the year. It also planned to operate another distribution centre, also in Seattle, on a seasonal basis rather than full-time.
