Amazon Will Cut 16,000 Jobs In Latest Layoffs
Amazon Will Cut 16,000 Jobs In Latest Layoffs
Publish Date: 2026-01-28 06:46:00
Source Domain: www.forbes.com
- Amazon Announces Second Round of Layoffs: Amazon announced the layoff of 16,000 corporate employees, expanding its restructuring efforts that began with 14,000 terminations in October last year.
- Offer of Internal Job Search: The impacted U.S.-based employees were given 90 days to look for new roles internally within Amazon.
- Compensation Offered: Staffers who cannot find a new role and those choosing not to search will receive severance pay, outplacement services, and continuing health insurance benefits.
- CEO’s Emphasis on AI’s Impact: CEO Andy Jassy linked the layoffs to the extensive use of artificial intelligence and its role in efficiency gains by reducing some jobs and increasing others, predicting the total corporate workforce would decrease in the next few years.
- Strategic Restructuring: Amazon’s senior vice president, Beth Galetti, cited the changes as part of efforts to “strengthen our organization by reducing layers, increasing ownership, and removing bureaucracy.”
- Overall Layoffs Total: The new layoffs bring Amazon’s total workforce reductions to 30,000 employees, marking a significant downsizing of the entire corporate workforce.
