Overview

• Amazon confirmed it eliminated hundreds of roles across specific AWS teams following CEO Andy Jassy’s June prediction that generative AI would drive efficiency gains.
• Affected groups included frontline support, training and certification, and the AWS Worldwide Specialist Organization.
• Impacted employees received termination emails, had their system access revoked and will receive at least 60 days’ pay, benefits and severance support.
• AWS posted 17% year-over-year Q1 sales growth to $29.3 billion and a 23% jump in operating income to $11.5 billion despite the cuts.
• Amazon plans to continue hiring in strategic AI and cloud infrastructure roles with thousands of open positions.