Overview
- Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification reports from New York, California, New Jersey, and Washington show nearly 40% of the 4,700-plus roles eliminated were engineering positions.
- Mid-level SDE II employees were the most affected engineering cohort, according to the state filings.
- An internal memo from executive Steve Boom detailed significant cuts across Amazon’s Irvine and San Diego game studios and a halt to much of its big-budget MMO development.
- Beyond engineering, more than 500 product and program managers were cut and over 140 ad sales and marketing roles were eliminated in New York.
- Amazon says the reductions aim to streamline layers and speed decisions as it reallocates resources to AI, and further job cuts are expected in January per prior reporting.