Amazon Reduces Corporate Workforce in Communications and Sustainability Units

The tech giant continues its cost-cutting measures with layoffs affecting corporate roles, part of ongoing organizational restructuring.

Amazon has laid off an unspecified number of employees in its Communications and Corporate Responsibility department, including its sustainability team.
These layoffs follow earlier cuts this month in Amazon's North America Stores division, which affected 200 employees, and the closure of seven warehouses in Quebec, impacting 1,700 workers.
CEO Andy Jassy has been leading efforts to streamline operations and reduce bureaucracy, including directives to flatten management layers and consolidate roles.
Amazon stated that the job cuts aim to improve efficiency, foster innovation, and bring teams closer to customers, while some affected employees may be offered relocation support or reassigned roles.
Since 2022, Amazon has laid off over 27,000 employees as part of broader cost-cutting efforts, with smaller rounds of layoffs continuing through 2024 and into 2025.