Overview
- NHK reports that Amazon has announced a plan to eliminate 14,000 positions.
- Earlier reports from Reuters and other Western outlets said the company was preparing to cut up to 30,000 roles, with email notifications to employees starting on October 28.
- The reported focus of the reductions is corporate and headquarters functions, including human resources, devices and operations teams.
- A cut of 30,000 would amount to roughly 8–9% of headquarters staff at a company of about 1.55 million employees and would be the largest reduction since the 27,000 layoffs in 2022–23.
- Coverage attributes the downsizing to post‑pandemic right‑sizing and efficiency gains from wider AI adoption, reflecting CEO Andy Jassy’s June message that overall headcount would likely decline over coming years.