Overview

• 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.