Overview
- The reduction equals roughly 4% of Amazon’s approximately 350,000 corporate workforce, with notifications beginning Tuesday via company email.
- Amazon says the move will remove layers and shift resources to its highest‑priority bets in generative AI and cloud, echoing CEO Andy Jassy’s guidance that AI will shrink some corporate roles.
- The company will prioritize internal candidates during the 90‑day redeployment period and offer severance, outplacement services, and health benefits to those who do not transition.
- While Reuters previously reported cuts could total up to 30,000, Amazon confirmed about 14,000 today and signaled continued hiring in key areas alongside further headcount adjustments into 2026.
- Reporting points to impacts across units such as HR/PXT, devices and services, operations, AWS, advertising, and Prime Video, as Amazon also pursues large AI and data‑center investments and plans to hire about 250,000 seasonal logistics workers.