Overview
- Amazon said it will eliminate about 14,000 corporate roles, describing the step as a push to reduce bureaucracy and shift resources to its biggest bets.
- An internal note from Beth Galetti pointed to generative AI as a key driver of productivity gains and indicated further reductions are likely next year.
- Earlier reports, citing people familiar, had suggested up to 30,000 cuts starting Tuesday, with the final scope described as subject to change.
- Reductions are expected across People Experience and Technology, operations, and devices and services, with AWS also cited in some reports; most affected staff will have 90 days to seek internal roles.
- The cuts follow roughly 27,000 layoffs in 2022–23; Amazon still plans to hire about 250,000 seasonal workers, and shares rose about 1.2% ahead of Thursday’s Q3 earnings.