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Amazon to Cut 30,000 Corporate Jobs in Major Cost-Reduction Drive

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Business Honor
28 October, 2025

Amazon to cut 30,000 corporate jobs in major restructuring as CEO Jassy rationalizes operations and holds AI efficiency.

According to Reuters, Amazon is planning to remove some 30,000 corporate positions beginning on Tuesday as part of an important reorganization attempt to save expenses and simplify operations. The layoffs, which account for around 10% of Amazon's 350,000 corporate workers, are the company's largest employment cut since the 27,000 positions that were removed between late 2022 and early 2023.

The action comes after rumors that Amazon intends to reduce its human resources staff by up to 15%, with more reductions expected in a number of business divisions. The cuts follow years of fast hiring during the pandemic, when demand for e-commerce skyrocketed.

Over the past two years, Amazon has already made a few small staff changes in departments including electronics, communications, and its Wondery podcast business. The corporation had let go of hundreds of workers from its products and Amazon Web Services (AWS) divisions earlier in 2025. Departments like Operations, Devices and Services, and Human Resources (People Experience and Technology) will probably be impacted by this most recent round of cuts.

An internal initiative to simplify Amazon's organizational structure and cut down on what he refers to as "excess bureaucracy" has been spearheaded by CEO Andy Jassy. Based on employee feedback, the organization has already applied over 400 process changes. Jassy added that more duties will be automated by artificial intelligence (AI), which could result in future changes to the workforce. Amazon intends to hire 250,000 seasonal workers to maintain holiday operations in spite of these corporate cutbacks. Prior to the release of its third-quarter earnings, the company's shares increased 1.3% to $227.11 on Monday. So far in 2025, about 98,000 tech workers have lost their jobs across 216 companies, reflecting ongoing consolidation in the technology industry.