Amazon is set to begin a fresh wave of layoffs across nearly all its business units, making this the biggest corporate downsizing in its history. According to reports, affected employees will be notified via email starting Tuesday morning.
The cuts are expected to impact around 30,000 corporate roles, a massive reduction for a company that currently employs roughly 350,000 in white-collar positions. Amazon declined to comment on the reports.
The company, which employs more than 1.54 million people globally including warehouse staff, has already shed over 27,000 jobs since 2022 through smaller rounds of layoffs. Its cloud, devices, communications, and retail divisions have all faced workforce reductions in recent months.
The layoffs come as part of CEO Andy Jassy’s multi-year cost-cutting strategy, launched during the pandemic and intensified amid slowing e-commerce growth and a shift in corporate priorities. Jassy has repeatedly emphasised the need to “remove layers and flatten organisations” to make Amazon more agile.
The timing coincides with a broader wave of tech job cuts, as companies pivot toward AI-driven efficiency. According to Layoffs.fyi, more than 200 tech firms have laid off about 98,000 workers this year. Microsoft has eliminated around 15,000 jobs, Meta cut 600 roles in its AI unit, Google trimmed 100 positions in its cloud design team, and Intel topped the list with 22,000 layoffs.
Jassy has previously signalled that AI adoption would reshape Amazon’s workforce structure. In a June memo, he told staff that generative AI will “reduce our total corporate workforce” in the coming years, as automation takes over routine functions.
The company’s decision underscores a larger trend sweeping through the global tech sector — where rapid AI integration is driving both new opportunities and deep job uncertainty.
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