Amazon to axe 18,000 workers as more US tech firms cut jobs

Amazon boss blames economic uncertainty and recent rapid hiring while Salesforce cuts 8,000 roles, almost 1 in 10 staffThe jobs purge sweeping US tech firms has escalated as Amazon expanded staff-cutting plans to affect more than 18,000 workers and the software maker Salesforce said it would axe 8,000 employees.Amazon’s reductions are the biggest by a big tech firm over the past year and the largest set of layoffs in the company’s history. The online retailer’s chief executive