Amazon Confirms 14,000 Corporate Job Cuts as It Refocuses on AI and Cloud

Overview

• Employees notified this week generally have up to 90 days to seek new internal roles, with severance and benefits if not placed.
• The reductions concentrate on office functions such as People Experience & Technology, Devices and Services, and Operations, with warehouse roles largely unaffected for now.
• The move follows reports that cuts could reach up to 30,000, and company messages signal further adjustments may follow into 2026.
• Amazon plans roughly $118 billion in capital spending this year, largely for artificial intelligence systems and cloud capacity, as leaders call generative AI a transformative technology.
• Shares rose about 1–1.5% after the news, while Senator Bernie Sanders questioned the broader employment impact of automation in a public letter.