""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 (in existing market segments and altogether new ones). We're convicted [sic] that we need to be organized more leanly [sic], with fewer layers and more ownership, to move as quickly as possible for our customers and business," she wrote."
""As we roll out more Generative AI and agents, it should change the way our work is done. We will need fewer people doing some of the jobs that are being done today, and more people doing other types of jobs. It's hard to know exactly where this nets out over time, but in the next few years, we expect that this will reduce our total corporate workforce as we get efficiency gains from using AI extensively a"
Amazon plans to reduce its corporate workforce by 14,000 positions to reduce bureaucracy, remove layers, and reallocate resources toward AI and other strategic priorities. The reduction is the company’s second-largest since the 22,000 layoffs in 2022. The company employed nearly 1.2 million people as of October 31, 2024, with more than 360,000 in corporate roles including administrative, sales, and executive positions. Rapid advances in generative AI are cited as transformational for work processes, prompting a push for a leaner organization with fewer layers and more ownership. Significant investments in compute capacity aim to support AI services and yield efficiency gains that reduce future corporate headcount.
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