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Amazon layoffs

30,000

Employees laid off

As the company stated them.

2

Layoffs

Since 2025.

Jan 28, 2026

Most recent

About 16,000 employees.

Employees laid off by year

05k10k15k20k 2025: 14,000 employees2026: 16,000 employees 20252026
Chart data
PeriodEmployees
202514,000
202616,000

Layoffs at Amazon

About 16,000 employees

Amazon is cutting about 16,000 corporate jobs, its second large reduction since October 2025, saying it wants to remove management layers and bureaucracy across the company.

Source
CNBC (opens in a new tab) News report, Jan 28, 2026

About 14,000 employees

AI · press

Amazon said it would cut about 14,000 corporate jobs so it could run more like a startup, giving most affected employees 90 days to look for other roles inside the company.

AI
Press reported AI: CBS tied the cuts to Amazon's AI push; the memo noted AI's pace of change but gave a leaner structure as the reason.

How we count

Each layoff is an announcement a company made or confirmed, with at least one source. Employee totals add the numbers as stated: “about”, “at least” and “up to” figures count as given, and layoffs without a number count toward companies and layoffs only. Headquarters filters use where a company is based, not where the cuts happen.

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