Overview
- Amazon says most affected employees will have 90 days to pursue internal transfers, with hiring continuing in priority AI and cloud roles.
- State notices indicate layoffs in California take effect starting Jan. 26, with hundreds of software engineering positions cut in Sunnyvale, Palo Alto and Santa Clara.
- Departments reported to be hit include devices, advertising, Prime Video, human resources, operations, Alexa and AWS, reflecting a pivot toward automation and fewer management layers.
- Reuters has reported the corporate reductions could ultimately reach about 30,000 roles, a figure not confirmed by the company.
- Employees described abrupt notifications and immediate laptop collection in social media posts, while Amazon frames the move as streamlining to move faster.