Amazon Prepares to Eliminate up to 30,000 Corporate Roles Amid Pandemic Overhiring Correction

Amazon is set to cut as many as 30,000 corporate positions starting this week, Reuters reported. Although the figure affects only a small portion of Amazon’s total workforce of 1.55 million, it amounts to nearly 10% of its 350,000 corporate employees, marking the company's largest job reduction since late 2022.

Earlier this year, Amazon confirmed cutting around 100 jobs in its devices and services division — a small fraction of the workforce behind products like Kindle, Echo, Alexa, and its autonomous vehicle arm, Zoox.

The layoffs will span multiple divisions, including People Experience & Technology (PXT), operations, devices and services, and Amazon Web Services (AWS). The move follows years of smaller cuts as the company shifts to trimming costs and correcting the pandemic-era surge in corporate hiring.

As part of the rollout, impacted team managers completed communication training on Monday ahead of email notifications beginning Tuesday. An Amazon spokesperson declined to comment.

CEO Andy Jassy has been steering a push to reduce bureaucracy, install leaner team structures, and harness AI-driven productivity. Earlier this year Jassy announced that automation and generative AI would lead to reductions in the corporate workforce.

Despite these steep cuts, Amazon plans to hire 250,000 seasonal workers this year, matching previous holiday season staffing levels