AI results in thousands more jobs cut at Amazon
Amazon is planning a second round of job cuts as part of its broader goal of trimming some 30,000 corporate workers, according to two people familiar with the matter.
According to a Yahoo Finance post, the company in October cut some 14,000 white-collar jobs, about half of the 30,000 target first reported by Reuters. The total this time is expected to be roughly the same as last year.
The Yahoo Finance post states that jobs in the company’s Amazon Web Services, retail, Prime Video and human resources, known as People Experience and Technology, units “are slated to be affected, the people said, though the full scope was unclear. The people cautioned that the details of Amazon’s plans could change.
“The Seattle online retailer tied the October round of job cuts to the rise of artificial intelligence software, saying in an internal letter that “this generation of AI is the most transformative technology we’ve seen since the Internet, and it’s enabling companies to innovate much faster than ever before.”
“However, CEO Andy Jassy later told analysts during the company’s third-quarter earnings call that the reduction was “not really financially driven and it’s not even really AI-driven.” Rather, he said, “it’s culture,” meaning the company has too much bureaucracy.
““You end up with a lot more people than what you had before, and you end up with a lot more layers,” he said.
“Jassy had said earlier in 2025 that he expected Amazon’s corporate workforce to shrink over time as a result of efficiencies gained from the use of AI.”
