Overview
- TechCrunch reports, citing a company memo, that Amazon will eliminate 14,000 roles in its corporate ranks to reduce bureaucracy and refocus on AI.
- Separate reports from Reuters and Chinese outlets say the total corporate reductions could reach up to 30,000, with email notifications expected to begin Tuesday.
- Impacts concentrate in corporate functions including People Experience & Technology, Devices & Services, and Operations, rather than frontline fulfillment roles.
- Affected employees are offered a 90-day internal transfer period, with severance, outplacement support, and healthcare for those who do not land new roles.
- The move follows roughly 27,000 job cuts since late 2022 and accompanies continued investment in AWS compute capacity and automation tied to AI services.