Amazon announced on Tuesday that it will lay off roughly 14,000 employees in a significant reorganization fueled in part by the use of artificial intelligence. Additional layoffs will follow next year. According to a note distributed to staff members earlier in the day and published on the business website, this will assist the organization in “further reducing bureaucracy, removing layers, and shifting resources to ensure we’re investing in our biggest bets.”
Reuters broke the story first on Monday. Amazon was preparing to lay off up to 30,000 corporate employees starting Tuesday in order to make up for hiring too many people during the pandemic’s peak demand.
At the end of the previous year, Amazon employed over 1.56 million people, both full-time and part-time. Approximately 350,000 people work for the company. The company has been making sporadic layoffs in several departments over the last two years, including those that deal with books, gadgets, and its Wondery podcast.
According to Beth Galetti, senior vice president of People Experience and Technology, the corporation will continue to manage hiring by “reducing in some areas and hiring in others” going into 2026. This has already helped teams work more quickly.
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