Amazon to lay off 30,000 in largest job cuts in company history
Amazon to lay off 30,000 in largest job cuts in company history
Amazon is poised to cut up to 30,000 corporate roles across multiple divisions, marking its biggest workforce reduction amid cost-cutting and a push to return staff to offices.
Amazon is preparing a broad reduction of up to 30,000 corporate roles across multiple divisions, in what would be its largest round of layoffs in its history. The cuts are part of a sweeping efficiency push led by CEO Andy Jassy, aimed at trimming expenses and reducing bureaucracy as the company doubles down on AI investments and a multi-year cost discipline. The affected areas include HR, Operations, and AWS, signaling a comprehensive rebalancing of the corporate structure to align headcount with slower-than-expected growth and shifting priorities.
The scale of the move would represent roughly 10% of Amazon’s corporate workforce, underscoring the headline-grabbing nature of the belt-tightening. Internal steps reportedly included urgent sessions for managers on training and communications ahead of notifying staff of potential layoffs, with notices expected to go out in the coming days and layoff actions expected to begin shortly after.
The layoffs come as the broader tech sector confronts post-pandemic recalibration, with executives citing the need to curb costs and streamline operations even as investments in artificial intelligence and cloud services advance. While some frontier initiatives may accelerate, the immediate effect is a significant reshaping of the professional ranks, potentially altering teams, project priorities, and office dynamics across the globe. The upheaval is also likely to reverberate in the company’s traditional hubs, including its Seattle base, where Amazon’s footprint remains deeply embedded in the local economy and job market.
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