Following October’s reduction of 14,000 jobs, Amazon is now planning to let go of another 16,000 staff members, asserting these actions aim to foster “greater individual ownership and streamline bureaucracy.” Company leadership maintains there won’t be recurring, large-scale layoffs.
Amazon is set to dismiss approximately 16,000 corporate staff globally amidst intensifying competition in the artificial intelligence sector, according to Bloomberg.
These cuts will affect 4.6% of the roughly 350,000 corporate roles, while the tech giant’s total workforce stands at 1.57 million, the majority being warehouse personnel. When factoring in this latest round, the total number of employees laid off over a three-month span will reach 30,000, considering Amazon had already shed 14,000 individuals in October, the news agency pointed out.
Amazon Senior Vice President Beth Galetti stated that personnel in the U.S. are being granted a 90-day window to secure a new role internally, alongside receiving severance packages and various other forms of assistance. She clarified that these restructuring efforts are intended to “foster greater individual ownership and streamline bureaucracy,” while simultaneously assuring that Amazon does not foresee routine, extensive job eliminations.
Last year, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy cautioned that as artificial intelligence becomes integrated, the firm will require fewer workers for certain responsibilities.
Several other major tech firms announced workforce reductions earlier in 2026. For instance, Meta (which has been recognized as an extremist organization and banned in Russia) plans to cut over 1,000 employees from its Reality Labs division, focused on virtual reality development, with software producer Autodesk implementing similar reductions. Pinterest intends to downsize by “less than 15%” of its workforce and is optimizing office space to channel resources toward AI investments.
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