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Amazon Layoffs

October 2025

Amazon announced a layoff affecting 14,000 employees (1% of its workforce) in October 2025. The company operates in the Retail sector.

People Affected

14,000

Percentage

Announced Date

Oct 27, 2025

About

Amazon is laying off approximately 14,000 corporate employees, announced on Tuesday, marking the largest corporate job cuts in the company's history. This reduction affects about 4% of its roughly 350,000 corporate and tech workforce, as the tech giant aims to become leaner and less bureaucratic. The move is part of a broader cost-reduction strategy, with Amazon planning to reallocate resources toward significant investments, particularly in generative artificial intelligence, which it views as a transformative technology. While layoffs will continue into the coming year, the company also intends to keep hiring in key strategic areas. As the nation's second-largest private employer with over 1.54 million global staff, primarily in warehouses, these cuts reflect ongoing adjustments across the tech industry amid a shift toward AI-driven innovation.