Overview
- State WARN filings in New York, California, New Jersey and Washington cover more than 4,700 October job cuts and identify roughly 1,800 engineers, or nearly 40 percent.
- Mid-level Software Development Engineer II roles were disproportionately affected, according to the state disclosures.
- Amazon’s games organization saw significant reductions in its San Diego and Irvine studios and central publishing, with most big-budget MMO development halted.
- Visual search and shopping teams tied to Amazon Lens were heavily reduced in Palo Alto, and more than 140 ad sales and marketing roles were eliminated in New York, about 20% of that state’s total cuts.
- Amazon says the reorganization targets bureaucracy rather than AI-driven job replacement, while it reallocates resources toward AI tools such as its Kiro coding assistant; WARN figures represent only part of the approximately 14,000 corporate cuts, and additional reductions have been reported as likely in January.