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Uma kubhekwa “umnotho ongaqinisekile esihlala kuwo, kanye nokungaqiniseki okukhona esikhathini esizayo esiseduze, sikhethe ukuhleleka kakhudlwana ezindlekweni zethu nokubalwa kwabantu abaningi,” kusho u-Jassy ephepheni elithunyelwe kubasebenzi futhi lashicilelwa ku-inthanethi.
Inkampani yaseSeattle yaduma phakathi nezinsuku zokuqala ze- i-coronavirus ubhubhane, lapho abathengi bencika eku-odeni kwe-inthanethi. Kodwa ukukhula isiphelile ku-Amazon kanye nama-tech giants Facebook, Google futhi Microsoftesezimemezele zonke ukudilizwa okukhulu ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule. (Umsunguli we-Amazon uJeff Bezos ungumnikazi weWashington Post.)
Ibhizinisi lamafu lase-Amazon lisakhula – likhuphuke ngamaphesenti angama-20 kwikota edlule – kodwa ngesivinini esincane, ngokwengxenye ngoba amakhasimende ayo ebhizinisi afuna izindlela zokonga imali.
“Kusukela emuva maphakathi nekota yesithathu ka-2022, sibone izinga lokukhula kwethu konyaka nonyaka lihamba kancane njengoba amabhizinisi abo bonke osayizi behlola izindlela zokusebenzisa imali yabo ngamafu ukuze babhekane nezimo ezinzima zomnotho,” kusho uCFO wase-Amazon uBrian Olsavsky. ocingweni lwemali engenayo yenkampani ngoFebhuwari.
Kuwushintsho olukhulu embonini abanye ababeyibone “njengobufakazi bokwehla komnotho.” Kepha abanye bathi izinkampani zikhule kakhulu, zashesha kakhulu futhi zidinga ukuqinisa ekusebenziseni imali. Ukudilizwa kuphinde kwathinta abaqalayo kanye namafemu amancane, futhi uxhaso belungafinyeleleki kancane njengoba lo mkhakha udonsa kanzima.
Umhlaba wezobuchwepheshe wawunjalo iphinde yabhekana nelinye igalelo kule nyanga ngesikhathi isikhungo sayo sezimali, iSilicon Valley Bank, sibhidlika futhi sithathwa ngabalawuli ngemuva kokuthi sizodinga ukudayisa amasheya ukuze kuqoqwe imali futhi amakhasimende athukile adala ukuthi kungene ibhange.
Ukudilizwa okusha kuzophinde kuthinte iyunithi yokukhangisa yase-Amazon, kanye nasebhizinisini lokusakaza imidlalo yevidiyo i-Twitch nezinye izigaba zezinkampani.
Ngesonto eledlule, umsunguli weTwitch u-Emmett Shear uthe uzokwehla esikhundleni sokuba yi-CEO, adlulisele izintambo kumengameli wenkampani uDan Clancy. Eposini le-blog ngoMsombuluko, uClancy umemezele ukuthi uTwitch uzodiliza abantu “abangaphezudlwana nje” kuka-400.
Iningi labasebenzi base-Amazon abayizigidi eziyi-1.5 basebenza ezindlini zayo zokugcina izimpahla, kepha ibinabasebenzi abangaphezu kuka-330,000 bezinkampani nabezobuchwepheshe emhlabeni wonke ngaphambi kokuthi iqale ukusika amashumi ezinkulungwane zabasebenzi abasebenza ngamakhola amhlophe.
I-Amazon isihlehlile nakwezinye izindawo – ekuqaleni kwale nyanga, ikumemezele ibimisa ukwakhiwa endlunkulu yayo yesibili elindelwe ngabomvu e-Arlington, Va.; iphinde yavala, yakhansela noma yalibazisa inqwaba yezinye imiklamo yentuthuko ezweni lonke.
Le nkampani isanda kwethula isimemezelo sokubuyela ehhovisi, okuyinto kwakhungathekisa izinkulungwane zezisebenzi ojoyine iqembu langaphakathi le-Slack ukuphikisana nesinqumo.
UJassy uthe ukuncishiswa kwakamuva kutholwe ngemuva kokuthi izigaba zithathe isinqumo ngezinto ezibaluleke kakhulu kuzo futhi zaveza ukutshalwa kwezimali konyaka olandelayo ohlelweni lokuhlela lwaminyaka yonke.
“Abanye bangase babuze ukuthi kungani singamemezelanga lokhu kwehliswa kwendima nalokhu esikumemezele ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule,” ebhala esimemezelweni ngoMsombuluko. “Impendulo emfishane ukuthi akuwona wonke amaqembu enziwe ukuhlaziya kwawo ngasekupheleni kwekwindla; futhi esikhundleni sokujaha lokhu kuhlola ngaphandle kokukhuthala okufanele, sikhethe ukwabelana ngalezi zinqumo njengoba sizenzile ukuze abantu babe nolwazi ngokushesha okukhulu.”
Amaqembu asathatha izinqumo mayelana nokuthi yiziphi izindima ezizonqanyulwa, wabhala, futhi abasebenzi abadiliziwe bazokwaziswa ngemuva kokuthi leyo nqubo iphothulwe maphakathi noma ngasekupheleni kuka-Ephreli.
Amasheya e-Amazon ehle ngaphezu kwamaphesenti angu-1.2 ngoMsombuluko, avala ngo-$97.71, ngosuku izinkomba ezinkulu zase-US zikhuphuke kakhulu. Inomkhawulo wemakethe enyakatho ye- $ 1 trillion.
