Amazon Announces 16,000 Layoffs Amid Restructuring and AI Integration
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CNBC Awaaz•28-01-2026, 17:43
Amazon Announces 16,000 Layoffs Amid Restructuring and AI Integration
- •Amazon announced 16,000 corporate job cuts globally, its second major layoff in three months.
- •The company attributes the layoffs to restructuring, normalizing pandemic over-hiring, and increasing AI tool usage.
- •These cuts follow previous layoffs of 14,000 positions and 27,000 employees in late 2022/early 2023.
- •Approximately 4.6% of Amazon's corporate workforce (350,000 employees) will be affected by the new layoffs.
- •Amazon CEO Andy Jassy believes AI will reshape the workforce, leading to reduced corporate employee count over time.
Why It Matters: Amazon is cutting 16,000 jobs as part of a restructuring driven by pandemic over-hiring and AI integration.
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