Overview
- Amazon confirmed the elimination of about 14,000 corporate roles, roughly 4% of its approximately 350,000 office-based workforce.
- Most affected employees receive 90 days to pursue internal roles with recruiter prioritization, with severance, outplacement services and health benefits for those not placed.
- Reporting from Reuters indicates the broader program could reach up to 30,000 corporate positions over time, and Amazon signaled additional reductions are possible into 2026.
- Cuts reach across human resources (PXT), devices, advertising, Prime Video and parts of AWS and operations, with many workers notified via personal email.
- The restructuring coincides with heavy spending on AI and cloud infrastructure, with coverage citing roughly $100–118 billion in annual capital outlays as Amazon continues hiring in priority areas.