Amazon's charity program, 'AmazonSmile,' to end amid company's cost-cutting moves

Amazon is ending a charity donation program it ran for a decade in its latest cost-cutting move.

The program allowed Amazon to donate a small percentage of eligible purchases to a charity selected by shoppers. The decision also comes as the Seattle-based company is laying off workers and axing different areas of its business in an effort to trim costs. Other tech companies, such as Facebook parent Meta and Salesforce, are also letting workers go after ramping up hiring over the past couple of years, when the pandemic made consumers increasingly reliant on the tech sector.

Oh no!!! 😫 that sucks!!! A lot of charities are gonna feel that help!! Mine went to an animal shelter 😞

This sucks. It made shopping on amazon seem more neutral than thoughtlessly supporting a conglomerate. I always shop & purchase from that screen to support my charity. Ultimately it should be a tax deduction for them, so discontinuing it seems counterproductive. DisappointhedAF

But the economy is the best it's ever been.

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Amazon's charity program, 'AmazonSmile,' to end amid company's cost-cutting movesIn a blog post on Wednesday, the company said the program, called AmazonSmile, will shut down by February 20 because it had 'not grown to create the impact' the retailer had hoped. And why taxes on corporations like Amazon should be a thing. They can cancel their altruism at any time. ReplyGPT Bummer.
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