Amazon is preparing to implement a second round of job cuts as early as next week as part of its broader plan to reduce approximately 30,000 corporate roles, according to people familiar with the matter.
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The company had already eliminated around 14,000 white-collar positions in October, roughly half of the total reduction target first reported earlier. Sources said the upcoming layoffs are expected to be of a similar scale and could begin as soon as Tuesday, though details may still change.
Roles across several divisions are expected to be affected, including Amazon Web Services (AWS), retail operations, Prime Video and the company’s human resources unit, known as People Experience and Technology. The full scope of the cuts has not yet been finalized.
Amazon previously linked the October layoffs to the rapid rise of artificial intelligence, calling AI the most transformative technology since the internet. However, Chief Executive Andy Jassy later clarified that the reductions were driven more by organizational culture than finances or AI alone, citing excessive bureaucracy and management layers within the company.
Jassy has also said that Amazon’s corporate workforce is likely to shrink over time as efficiencies from AI adoption increase. Like many large corporations, Amazon is increasingly using AI tools to automate routine tasks and software development in an effort to streamline operations and reduce costs. The company highlighted its latest AI models during its annual AWS cloud computing conference in December.
While the planned 30,000 job cuts represent a small portion of Amazon’s global workforce of about 1.58 million employees, they account for nearly 10 percent of its corporate staff. Most of Amazon’s workers are employed in fulfillment centers and warehouses.
If completed, the reductions would mark the largest layoffs in Amazon’s three-decade history. The company had previously cut about 27,000 jobs in 2022. Employees affected in October were informed they would remain on payroll for 90 days to seek internal transfers or alternative employment, a period that expires on Monday.
