Amid a wider effort to streamline its white-collar workforce, Amazon is expected to begin another round of corporate job cuts next week, according to 2 people familiar with the matter.
The company is working toward trimming about 30,000 corporate roles. In October, it cut around 14,000 white-collar jobs, which was about half of the 30,000 target earlier reported by a news agency. The new round is expected to be roughly similar in size to last year’s cuts and could start as soon as Tuesday, the sources said. They asked not to be identified because they are not authorised to discuss the plans.
An Amazon spokesperson declined to comment.
The reductions are expected to impact teams across Amazon Web Services (AWS), retail, Prime Video, and the human resources unit known as People Experience and Technology, the sources said. However, the full scope is still unclear, and the sources cautioned that details could change.
Amazon linked its October cuts to the rise of AI software. In an internal letter, the company said “this generation of AI is the most transformative technology we’ve seen since the Internet, and it’s enabling companies to innovate much faster than ever before.”
Later, CEO Andy Jassy told analysts during the company’s 3rd-quarter earnings call that the reduction was “not really financially driven and it’s not even really AI-driven.” He said, “it’s culture,” pointing to too much bureaucracy. “You end up with a lot more people than what you had before, and you end up with a lot more layers,” he said. Jassy had also said earlier in 2025 that Amazon’s corporate workforce would shrink over time due to efficiencies from AI.
Companies are increasingly using AI to write code and adopting AI agents to automate routine work as they try to reduce costs and rely less on people. Amazon highlighted its latest AI models at its annual AWS cloud computing conference in December.
A total reduction of 30,000 jobs would be a small share of Amazon’s 1.58 million employees, but nearly 10% of its corporate workforce. Most Amazon staff work in fulfilment centres and warehouses.
If completed, this would be the largest layoff in Amazon’s 3-decade history. The company cut about 27,000 jobs in 2022.
Workers affected in October were told they would stay on payroll for 90 days, during which they could apply internally or seek other jobs. That period ends on Monday.
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