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Amazon Lays Off 1,800 Engineers Amid Efficiency Push
Amazon eliminated over 14,000 jobs to reduce bureaucracy and reallocate resources to AI, with engineers comprising nearly 40% of cuts in key states, company filings show.
- Last month, Amazon.com Inc. slashed over 14,000 jobs across Amazon Web Services, devices, retail and advertising, marking the steepest cuts in its 31-year history.
- Management said the cuts reflect a push to shift resources toward artificial intelligence and reduce organizational bureaucracy, aiming to speed decisions and make Amazon leaner under CEO Andy Jassy.
- State WARN filings show engineers made up nearly 40% of the more than 4,700 jobs cut in New York, California, New Jersey and Washington, with over 1,800 engineers fired in October including many SDE II roles.
- The company expects more cuts in January, despite planning to hire 250,000 seasonal workers and maintaining more than 1.54 million employees.
- Executives say AI will reshape staffing in the coming years, and Amazon is deploying Kiro while trimming roles those AI tools could replace.
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WARN filings reveal engineering roles hit hardest in Amazon’s 14,000 job cuts
This is the largest layoff in the company’s 31-year history. These cuts pertained to New York, California, New Jersey, and Washington. Other states are yet to disclose detailed figures. The total cuts have slashed the company's corporate workforce by nearly 4%.
·India
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Amazon layoffs: Tech giant’s mega job-cut drive eliminated this one specific role the most, data shows
Amazon, which joined several other big tech companies in announcing major layoffs, reported the data in Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification, or WARN, filings to state agencies.
·New Delhi, India
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