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Amazon layoffs robots replacing 600000 workers: Amazon layoffs: Is Amazon replacing humans with robots? Leaked docs reveal company's plan to replace 600,000 workers with robots by 2027

Amazon layoffs just took a futuristic turn. Leaked internal documents suggest the company could replace 600,000 U.S. jobs with robots by 2027 — part of a $12.6 billion automation drive. By 2027, around 160,000 warehouse roles may vanish as machines take over picking and packing. Amazon says it’s not a mass firing — just “efficiency.” But the data paints a different story: fewer human hands, more robots, and a rapidly changing future of work.
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The American e-commerce company Amazon wants to replace 600,000 workers with robots in the long term. This way, it aims to fully automate 75 percent of its warehouse operations. US Senator Bernie Sanders wants to tax these robots, because they are taking away American jobs. According to leaked internal documents, approximately 600,000 jobs could be replaced or eliminated by 2033 by automating processes. This doesn't mean layoffs, but rather new …

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The Economic Times broke the news in on Friday, January 2, 2026.
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