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Amazon planning job cuts next week after axing 14,000 due to AI: report

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https://nypost.com/2026/01/22/business/amazon-planning-thousands-of-job-cuts-next-week-after-axing-14000-due-to-ai-report/
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  • #AI
  • #Amazon
  • Amazon is planning a second round of job cuts next week, targeting around 30,000 corporate workers.
  • The company previously cut 14,000 jobs in October, citing AI as a transformative technology.
  • CEO Andy Jassy clarified that the cuts were due to bureaucracy, not financial or AI-driven reasons.
  • Affected departments include Amazon Web Services, retail, Prime Video, and HR (People Experience and Technology).
  • Amazon's corporate workforce is expected to shrink over time due to AI-driven efficiencies.
  • The total layoffs would represent nearly 10% of Amazon's corporate workforce but a small portion of its 1.58 million employees.
  • Affected workers from the October cuts have until Monday to find new roles internally or externally.
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