The other thing that makes this seem different from past layoffs is who is affected. Amazon has already optimized its warehouses. It isn’t cutting the workers who handle packages—in fact, the company plans to hire 250,000 seasonal employees to ramp up for the holidays.

Amazon is reportedly set to eliminate a significant portion of its workforce. CEO Andy Jassy is on the hunt for AI-driven profits. Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) intends to slash as many as 30,000 corporate jobs,

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.

On Tuesday, Amazon began its first round of layoffs, firing around 14,000 employees, just a day after Reuters reported that a total of 30,000 layoffs were planned. CEO Andy Jassy has said that the company’s increasing reliance on artificial intelligence would likely lead to more job cuts in the coming months.

Amazon is set to cut 800-1,000 jobs in India, impacting finance, HR, and tech roles as part of a global AI-driven restructuring. This move aligns with