Amazon is preparing to cut up to 30,000 corporate jobs in a massive job cut aimed at cutting costs and compensating for additional hiring during the pandemic, a report said. Reuters monday
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The layoff notices will begin going out by email on Tuesday, according to Reuters, which cited people familiar with the matter.
An Amazon employee told GeekWire that the workforce is using “pins and needles” in anticipation of cuts.
As of early 2023, Amazon’s corporate workforce numbered around 350,000. Since then it has not provided an updated number
The company’s last significant layoff was in 2023 when it laid off 27,000 corporate workers. Since then the company has made a series of layoffs across various business units.
fate This month reported that Amazon plans to cut 15% of its human resources staff as part of a broader layoff.
The cut comes as Amazon invests heavily in artificial intelligence. The company said earlier this year that it expects to increase capital spending to $100 billion in 2025, up from $83 billion in 2024, with much of it going toward building AI capabilities on AWS.
Amazon CEO Andy Jasio hinted at the potential workforce impact from generative AI earlier this year. A memo to employees that was shared publicly.
“We will need fewer people to do the jobs we do today, and more people to do other kinds of work,” he wrote. “It’s hard to know exactly where it will be over time, but over the next few years, we expect it to reduce our total corporate workforce as we gain efficiency by using AI more broadly across the company.”
the amazon Report 1.54 million total employees as of June 30 – up 3% year-on-year. The majority of the company’s workforce is made up of warehouse workers.
Amazon employs about 50,000 corporate and technology workers in buildings throughout its Seattle headquarters, with another 12,000 in Bellevue.
The company reported its third-quarter earnings on Thursday afternoon.
Fellow Seattle-area tech giant Microsoft has laid off more than 15,000 people since May as it also invests in AI and data center capabilities. Microsoft cut more than 3,200 roles in Washington this year.
last week, The New York Times Cited internal Amazon documents and interviews to report The company plans to automate 75% of its warehouse operations by 2033 According to the report, the robotics team expects automation to “flatten Amazon’s hiring curve over the next 10 years,” so that it avoids hiring more than 600,000 workers even as sales continue to grow.