Amazon May Lay Off 30k Employees to Replace with Mass Automation

6 months ago

Amazon is preparing to lay off up to 30,000 corporate workers, representing nearly 10% of its corporate workforce.
Internal documents suggest Amazon plans to replace 600,000 workers with automation tools like AI and robots by 2033.
The layoffs could be among the largest in company history, potentially surpassing the 27,000 jobs cut in 2022.
Despite job cuts, Amazon plans to hire 250,000 seasonal employees for the end-of-year shopping season.
If 30,000 jobs are cut, it would rank among the largest corporate layoffs in U.S. history, comparable to Boeing's post-9/11 cuts.
2025 has seen nearly 1 million job cuts in the U.S., driven by labor market stagnation, cost increases, and transformative technologies like AI.
Tech companies have cut over 100,000 jobs in 2025, with automation and AI explicitly linked to thousands of layoffs.
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is the fourth-richest person globally, with a net worth of $238.7 billion.
Amazon ranks No. 5 on Forbes' list of largest public companies, with a $2 trillion market value.

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