The layoffs mark the second round of mass cuts at Amazon since last October, when the company laid off roughly 14,000 employees across its corporate workforce.

Amazon is cutting another 16,000 jobs as the technology giant continues to remake itself in “a world that’s changing faster than ever,” as noted in a memo to staff Wednesday from Beth Galetti, who leads human resources operations for the company.

Amazon will lay off 16,000 employees globally in its second major job cut in three months. Restructuring and increased use of AI tools are reported to be the reason behind the layoffs.

The e-commerce giant appears to have inadvertently tipped off some employees to layoffs planned for Wednesday, Jan. 28, by sending an errant email.

By Greg Bensinger Jan 28 (Reuters) - Amazon confirmed 16,000 corporate job cuts on Wednesday, completing a plan for around 30,000 since October while leaving open the possibility of further reductions.

Analysts and AWS watchers agree that the roughly 15,000 cuts are caused by ‘culture’, but there is disagreement about what that actually means.

A longtime leader for Fulfillment by Amazon retires and offers parting thoughts, while former executives with Oracle, Microsoft and LevelTen take new roles.

Amazon is set to lay off around 16,000 employees globally starting January 27, with corporate teams in India expected to be hit hardest. The expected job losses follow an earlier round in October 2025,

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