Amazon to Lay Off 30,000 Employees in Major AI-Driven Restructuring
Amazon to Lay Off 30,000 Employees in Major AI-Driven Restructuring
In its biggest round of job cuts ever, Amazon plans to lay off around 30,000 corporate employees this week as part of a large-scale restructuring effort led by CEO Andy Jassy and driven by AI automation and cost-cutting.
According to reports, the layoffs will affect workers across several divisions — including cloud services, devices, communications, and retail — with termination emails expected to start going out Tuesday morning. The cuts represent nearly 10% of Amazon’s corporate workforce, which totals about 350,000 employees globally.
The decision is part of Jassy’s long-term plan to simplify operations, reduce costs, and integrate AI more deeply into the company’s structure. This strategy began during the pandemic and has accelerated amid slower e-commerce growth and a greater focus on automation.
“We need to remove layers and simplify our organizations to make Amazon more agile,” Jassy said earlier this year, hinting at how AI will reshape company operations.
Amazon, which employs over 1.54 million people worldwide, has already reduced its headcount by 27,000 since 2022 through smaller job cuts.
The announcement comes as the tech industry faces widespread layoffs in 2025. Data from Layoffs.fyi shows that more than 200 tech companies have let go of over 98,000 workers so far this year, with major firms like Microsoft, Meta, Google, and Intel also cutting staff due to restructuring and AI adoption.
In a recent internal memo, Jassy noted that AI-driven automation will continue to reduce corporate jobs at Amazon in the coming years, as machine learning takes over many routine tasks.
The move underscores a broader shift in the global tech sector — where artificial intelligence is driving both innovation and major workforce changes.
