Seattle, U.S. — Amazon is set to begin laying off as many as 30,000 corporate employees starting Tuesday, marking its largest round of job cuts since 2022, according to a Reuters exclusive citing sources familiar with the matter.
The downsizing is part of a broader effort by the e-commerce and cloud services giant to cut costs, streamline operations, and rebalance its workforce after aggressive hiring during the pandemic-driven e-commerce surge.
The planned reduction represents roughly 10% of Amazon’s 350,000-member corporate workforce, though it accounts for only a small fraction of the company’s total global staff of about 1.55 million employees.
According to internal communications reviewed by Reuters, the layoffs will affect several divisions, including Human Resources (known internally as the People Experience and Technology (PXT) group), Operations, Devices and Services, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) — the company’s most profitable business unit.
Industry analysts say the move reflects continued pressure on major tech firms to maintain profitability amid slower growth, rising operational costs, and investor calls for tighter spending.
Amazon has not publicly commented on the reported layoffs, but company insiders say affected employees are expected to be notified this week, with severance packages varying by role and region.
The cuts follow a wave of similar retrenchments across the global tech sector, as companies recalibrate after the pandemic-era expansion gave way to more subdued demand and economic uncertainty.
