Amazon Targets As Many As 30,000 Corporate Job Cuts
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Amazon.com Inc plans to eliminate roughly 14,000 corporate jobs just months after CEO Andy Jassy warned that AI will shrink the company’s workforce.
The decision to lay off 30,000 employees marks the largest corporate job cuts in Amazon’s history, according to CNBC. The layoffs will reduce “bureaucracy” and help Amazon invest “in our biggest bets”, Beth Galetti, senior vice president of people experience and technology at Amazon, wrote in a blog post.
Amazon is reportedly gearing up for one of the biggest job cuts in its corporate history, with plans to lay off around 30,000 white-collar employees across multiple divisions.
Amazon is laying off 14,000 workers, attributing the decision to AI investments and a push for leaner operations.