SAN FRANCISCO — Amazon plans to cut up to 30,000 corporate jobs starting Tuesday, marking its biggest workforce reduction in three years, according to a report first published by Reuters.
The layoffs would impact 10% of the tech giant’s approximately 350,000 corporate employees and come after a series of smaller job cuts across its devices, services, communications, and human resources divisions over the last two years. The entire company employs around 1.55 million people worldwide.
Sources told Reuters that affected divisions could include human resources—known internally as the People Experience and Technology unit—along with devices and operations teams. Managers were trained on Monday on how to communicate the layoffs, with notifications set to begin via email.
Chief executive Andy Jassy has prioritized reducing bureaucracy and boosting efficiency, launching an internal “inefficiency hotline” that has already resulted in hundreds of process changes. He also acknowledged that Amazon’s growing use of artificial intelligence is likely to automate more tasks and lead to additional job cuts.
The layoffs come as Amazon works to rebalance after pandemic-era overhiring and as it seeks to contain costs ahead of its third-quarter earnings report later this week. Shares rose 1.2% Monday to $226.80 following the news.
If confirmed, the move would be Amazon’s largest downsizing effort since it cut 27,000 jobs in late 2022.
