{"id":259440,"date":"2026-01-23T08:30:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T08:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/259440\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T08:30:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T08:30:10","slug":"amazon-layoffs-announced-company-to-cut-thousands-of-jobs-in-what-ceo-and-jassy-said-not-about-cost-but","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/259440\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon layoffs ‘announced’, company to cut thousands of jobs in what CEO And Jassy said: Not about cost, but …"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AmazonAmazon is planning to cut approximately 14,000 corporate jobs starting next week, marking the second major layoff wave since October and bringing total reductions to 30,000 roles. CEO Andy Jassy clarified the cuts aren’t driven by AI or financial concerns but by excessive bureaucracy and organizational layers. The layoffs will affect employees across AWS, retail, Prime Video, and human resources divisions, representing nearly 10% of Amazon’s corporate workforce. Amazon<\/a> is preparing for another significant round of layoffs, with approximately 14,000 corporate positions set to be eliminated starting next week, according to Reuters. This would be Amazon\u2019s second biggest layoff since October 2025, bringing the company\u2019s total planned job cuts to around 30,000 roles\u2014the largest layoff in Amazon\u2019s three-decade history.The e-commerce giant initially cut about 14,000 white-collar jobs in October, and the upcoming round is expected to mirror that scale. Employees in Amazon Web Services (AWS), retail operations, Prime Video, and the human resources division\u2014known internally as People Experience and Technology (PXT)\u2014are among those likely to be affected, Reuters reported citing sources familiar with the matter.<\/p>\n

CEO shifts narrative from AI to company culture<\/p>\n

While Amazon\u2019s October layoffs were initially attributed to the transformative impact of artificial intelligence, CEO Andy Jassy<\/a> later clarified the real motivation during a third-quarter earnings call. \u201cIt\u2019s not really financially driven and it\u2019s not even really AI-driven. It\u2019s culture,\u201d Jassy explained, pointing to excessive bureaucracy and organizational bloat as the primary concerns.The contradictory messaging, analysts say, highlights Amazon\u2019s struggle to communicate its restructuring strategy. In an October memo, the company had described AI as \u201cthe most transformative technology we\u2019ve seen since the Internet,\u201d suggesting it was driving faster innovation and organizational changes. However, Jassy\u2019s subsequent comments reframed the cuts as an effort to eliminate layers of management and restore the company\u2019s startup-like agility.<\/p>\n

Workforce reduction amid strong business performance<\/p>\n

The planned reductions represent nearly 10% of Amazon\u2019s approximately 350,000 corporate employees, though they account for less than 2% of the company\u2019s total 1.58 million workforce, most of whom work in warehouses and fulfillment centers.Beth Galetti, Amazon\u2019s Senior Vice President of PXT, acknowledged the paradox in an internal memo: \u201cSome may ask why we\u2019re reducing roles when the company is performing well.\u201d She emphasized that staying competitive requires being \u201corganized more leanly, with fewer layers and more ownership.\u201dAffected employees from the October round were given 90 days to find internal positions or seek external employment\u2014a period that expires Monday. The company is offering similar support for the upcoming cuts, including severance pay, outplacement services, and extended health insurance benefits.Jassy has also implemented an anonymous complaint system to identify inefficiencies, which has generated over 1,500 responses and prompted more than 450 process changes. The CEO\u2019s broader initiative includes a strict five-day in-office mandate, among the tech industry\u2019s most stringent return-to-office policies, though sources told Reuters it hasn\u2019t generated the voluntary attrition Amazon anticipated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Amazon is planning to cut approximately 14,000 corporate jobs starting next week, marking the second major layoff wave…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":259441,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[220,3468,128738,128736,66761,128741,128737,52875,218,219,128740,61,60,12867,128739,80],"class_list":{"0":"post-259440","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-artificial-intelligence","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-amazon","10":"tag-amazon-corporate-employees","11":"tag-amazon-job-cuts-2025","12":"tag-amazon-layoffs","13":"tag-amazon-layoffs-2026","14":"tag-amazon-workforce-reduction","15":"tag-andy-jassy","16":"tag-artificial-intelligence","17":"tag-artificialintelligence","18":"tag-beth-galetti","19":"tag-ie","20":"tag-ireland","21":"tag-prime-video","22":"tag-pxt-division-layoffs","23":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259440\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}