US EditionAmazon cuts 14,000 corporate jobs as spending on artificial intelligence accelerates
Amazon plans to cut nearly 10% of its roughly 350,000 corporate workforce to reduce expenses and adjust for pandemic-era overhiring amid increased AI adoption, sources say.
- Reuters reported that Amazon plans to eliminate up to 30,000 corporate roles starting Tuesday, affecting devices, advertising, Prime Video, Human Resources, and Amazon Web Services .
- After rapid pandemic hiring, Amazon says it must reduce roles because executives link cuts to generative AI and efficiency drives, with CEO Andy Jassy saying AI will reduce corporate jobs in coming years.
- Amazon employs roughly 1.55 million people with about 350,000 corporate roles, and the cuts equal about a 4% reduction in Amazon's corporate workforce, following 27,000 workers cut in 2022–2023.
- Most impacted employees will have 90 days to search internally, and those who cannot find new roles will get severance pay, outplacement services and health insurance, Galetti said.
- Amazon plans continued hiring in key areas in 2026 while investing about 10 billion in data center projects, with AWS reporting 17.5% growth, according to statements.
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Amazon cuts 14K corporate jobs as spending on artificial intelligence accelerates
Most workers will be given 90 days to look for a new position internally, Beth Galetti, Senior Vice President of People Experience and Technology at Amazon, wrote in a letter to employees.
Amazon will cut around 14,000 corporate jobs, while the online retail giant increases its spending on artificial intelligence while reducing costs in other areas. In June, CEO Andy Jassy, who has sought to aggressively reduce costs since taking office in 2021, said he anticipated that generational artificial intelligence would reduce Amazon’s corporate workforce in the coming years. Jassy said at that time that Amazon had more than 1,000 generat…
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