India, Nov. 17 -- An Amazon employee of three years who lost his job in a recent round of layoffs has opened up about the impact of being terminated. John Paul Martinez was one of the six laid-off Amazon workers who spoke to Business Insider about the moment he learnt he had lost his job and the aftermath.

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Martinez, 35, used to work as a technical support engineer with Amazon. Based in Orlando, US, he had spent three years working for the ecommerce giant.

Martinez said he was caught off-guard when he received a 5 am email saying he had been laid off.

Asked how surprised he was by the layoffs, the former employee told Business Insider: "Extrem...