E-Commerce giant Amazon is reportedly planning to cut up to 30,000 corporate jobs, which could be its largest workforce reduction since 2022. According to a Reuters report, the cuts will target departments spanning HR (People Experience & Technology, or PXT), devices & services, operations, and AWS corporate roles.
The decision stems from ‘over-hiring’ during the pandemic-driven surge, a deceleration in cloud growth and heightened investment in AI/automation. CEO Andy Jassy has flagged earlier that efficiency gains via AI would ‘reduce our total corporate workforce’ over time.
Roles that could be impacted
While Amazon’s total workforce is about 1.55 million, these cuts apply mainly to the ~350,000 corporate/office employees. This makes up for about 8–10 % of its workforce. According to reports, about 15% of the cuts will happen across teams in HR / Internal systems. Devices & services like Echo, Alexa, and Fire tablets have also been flagged off due to lagging profitability. Back in July, Amazon’s AWS cloud computing units had witnessed job cuts; this time around, it’s likely to be their corporate teams.
Amazon hasn’t made any public statements about the upcoming layoffs. Reuters says the company told team managers to take communication training on Monday so they’re ready to notify employees by email starting Tuesday morning.
Tech layoffs turn systemic
Amazon’s planned job cuts aren’t isolated. The tech sector in 2025 continues to see large-scale layoffs as firms align staffing with slower demand, higher costs, and rapid automation. As part of its restructuring toward AI, Microsoft cut ~9,000 jobs or ~4 % of its workforce in 2025. Applied Materials is cutting about 4 % or ~1,400 jobs due to macro pressures on semiconductors. And more recently, Meta said that it will soon be laying off around 600 employees from its Artificial Intelligence team.