"Amazon.com Inc. announced plans to terminate about 16,000 corporate employees, ratcheting up efforts to streamline bureaucracy amid rising competition over artificial intelligence. The company will offer US-based employees 90 days to search for a new role internally, as well as severance and other transition support, Beth Galetti, Amazon's senior vice president of people experience and technology said Wednesday in a blog post."
"The eliminations take Amazon's announced job cuts to 30,000 in three months after an initial wave in October. Chief Executive Officer Andy Jassy has repeatedly said he's determined to cut management layers that began to concern executives after a pandemic-era hiring binge. Last year, he warned employees that AI will shrink the workforce as Amazon automates more of its operations. While the company employed about 1.57 million people as of Sept. 30, most of them work in warehouses."
"Employees were informed about the cuts earlier on Wednesday, though some had been given a heads up that they were coming. Amazon Senior Vice President Colleen Aubrey prematurely scheduled a meeting titled Project Dawn that referred to impacted colleagues based in the US, Canada and Costa Rica. The email, which said changes like this are hard on everyone, quickly spread on internal message boards and social media sites like Reddit where workers were discussing the anticipated job cuts."
Amazon announced elimination of about 16,000 corporate roles, increasing its total announced cuts to 30,000 in three months following an October wave. US-based employees will receive 90 days to pursue internal roles and will be offered severance and transition support. Leadership aims to reduce layers, increase ownership and remove bureaucracy amid rising competition in artificial intelligence. CEO Andy Jassy has prioritized trimming management layers after pandemic-era hiring and warned that AI-driven automation will shrink the workforce. The company employs roughly 1.57 million people, mostly in warehouses, with about 350,000 corporate staff, making these cuts about 4.6% of corporate headcount.
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