Overview
- Amazon disclosed late Wednesday that it eliminated fewer than 1,000 white‑collar roles, saying the reductions were concentrated in its Stores organization.
- The cuts affected employees in the United States, India and the United Kingdom and included customer service, selling‑partner/marketplace support and retail engineering positions.
- An Amazon spokesperson said the changes were organizational adjustments intended to better align Stores with priorities and that the company will support affected workers through transitions.
- Workers used a large internal Slack channel to seek details about severance, internal job postings, medical leave and whether more notices would follow, reflecting active uncertainty inside the company.
- The small round follows earlier waves that removed roughly 30,000 corporate jobs and coincides with Amazon’s plan to spend about $220 billion on data centers, chips and AI infrastructure alongside recruiter outreach to some former employees for AI and AWS roles.