Overview
- Amazon confirmed it eliminated a relatively small number of jobs this week in Selling Partner Services, the team that helps third‑party sellers run their businesses on its marketplace.
- The company said affected employees will get transitional health care, a separation payment, and outsourced job-placement support.
- Selling Partner Services handles seller onboarding, logistics coordination, and account help, so leaner staffing could slow responses to merchants and lengthen setup times for new sellers.
- The reduction follows about 30,000 layoffs announced in October and January and a smaller cut in the robotics division in March as Jassy keeps pressing for efficiency.
- Amazon is ramping up AI investment with a roughly $200 billion capital plan for data centers, and leaders are urging teams to automate routine work, which has fueled employee concern that more roles could be reduced over time.