Amazon To Cut Up To 30,000 Corporate Jobs In Its Largest Layoff
Amazon is set to begin laying off thousands of corporate employees, marking the largest job reduction in theΒ companyβs history, according to reports from CNBC and Reuters. Reuters, which first broke the news, said as many as 30,000 employees, nearly 10% of Amazonβs 350,000 corporate workforce, could lose their jobs.Β The cuts are expected to span multiple divisions, including human resources, devices and services, and operations.Β Managers in affected departments have reportedly been trained on how to communicate with employees following the layoff notices. These cuts come after Amazon already eliminated more than 27,000 positions in a series of rolling layoffs.Β CEO Andy Jassy has framed the reductions as part of a broader post-pandemic cost-cutting strategy and a shift toward automation.Β βWe will need fewer people doing some of the jobs that are being done today, and more people doing other types of jobs,β Jassy wrote in a June memo to staff. Recent reports also indicate that Amazon is preparing to cut up to 15% of its HR staff and expand robotic automation to limit future hiring.Β Amazon spokesperson Kelly Nantel told the New York Times that the internal documents cited βdid not represent the companyβs overall hiring strategy.β The reported layoffs also come shortly after Amazon was revealed as one of the donors to US President Donald Trumpβs $300 million White House ballroom project.
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