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Amazon to Cut About 16,000 Jobs Worldwide

The company says the reductions aim to simplify its structure to increase ownership.

Overview

  • Most of the roles affected are in the United States.
  • In a message to staff, Amazon said it will support impacted employees and, where possible, offer alternative roles.
  • The move follows a prior round about three months ago that eliminated roughly 14,000 jobs.
  • The disclosure comes after some layoff plans were inadvertently shared with employees earlier in the week.
  • Reporting situates the restructuring during a period of growing use of artificial intelligence across Amazon's operations.