Amazon set for massive layoffs next week as part of 30,000 job cuts: Report

Amazon is reportedly set to implement another wave of job reductions next week, aiming to cut approximately 30,000 positions from its corporate workforce, Reuters reported, citing two sources familiar with the development.

Reuters noted that the layoffs could start as soon as Tuesday and are anticipated to be similar in scale to last year’s workforce reductions.

The company previously eliminated about 14,000 white-collar roles in October, representing half of the total cuts initially reported by Reuters. Amazon has not issued a public statement regarding the layoffs. The upcoming round is expected to account for the remaining 16,000 positions.

Major divisions such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), the retail segment, Prime Video, and the People Experience and Technology (PXT) human resources department are likely to be affected by these layoffs, according to Reuters’ sources. However, the precise scope of the cuts remains uncertain and could change.

Amazon’s global workforce currently stands at approximately 1.58 million, with the majority employed in warehouses and fulfillment centers. The proposed 30,000 job cuts would affect a small proportion of the overall staff, but would represent nearly 10 percent of the company’s corporate employees.

If carried out, this would constitute the largest single round of layoffs in Amazon’s three-decade history. In 2022, the company had cut around 27,000 jobs.

Amazon’s chief executive, Andy Jassy, has previously told employees that efficiency gains from artificial intelligence would reduce the size of the company’s corporate workforce. In a June companywide email, published on Amazon’s corporate blog, Jassy wrote that staff who adopt AI would be “well-positioned” while acknowledging that headcount would decline as technology is deployed more broadly.

Earlier in October 2025, The New York Times reported that Amazon is developing and deploying more advanced robots primarily to meet rising demand without increasing its headcount, a strategic shift that could replace up to 600,000 human jobs by 2033.