{"id":102181,"date":"2025-10-28T11:14:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T11:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/102181\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T11:14:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T11:14:08","slug":"amazon-makes-it-official-that-it-is-cutting-thousands-of-jobs-read-amazon-hr-heads-open-letter-on-layoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/102181\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon makes it official that it is cutting thousands of jobs: Read Amazon HR head’s open letter on layoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Amazon Online commerce giant Amazon has announced that it is cutting around 14,000 corporate jobs. Amazon’s senior vice president of people experience and technology, Beth Galetti shared a blog post announcing the job cuts. In the post, Galetti said the company is making “organizational changes across Amazon\u201d that will result in an \u201coverall reduction in our corporate workforce of approximately 14,000 roles\u201d. Galetti also quoted Amazon CEO Andy Jassy who hinted in June this year that the AI-driven efficiency gains will lead to Amazon workforce reduction in future. \u201cLast year, Andy posted a note about strengthening our culture and teams \u2013 explaining how we want to operate like the world\u2019s largest startup, the importance of having the right structure to drive that level of speed and ownership, and the need to be set up to invent, collaborate, be connected, and deliver the absolute best for customers,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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Reason behind Amazon job cuts<\/p>\n

Explaining the reason behind one of the biggest rounds of layoffs in the company’s history, she said:\u201cThis generation of AI is the most transformative technology we\u2019ve seen since the Internet, and it’s enabling companies to innovate much faster than ever before (in existing market segments and altogether new ones). We\u2019re convicted that we need to be organized more leanly, with fewer layers and more ownership, to move as quickly as possible for our customers and business.\u201d\u201cThe reductions we\u2019re sharing today are a continuation of this work to get even stronger by further reducing bureaucracy, removing layers, and shifting resources to ensure we\u2019re investing in our biggest bets and what matters most to our customers\u2019 current and future needs,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n

Amazon\u2019s letter to employees on job cuts<\/p>\n

I want to let you know that we’re making organizational changes across Amazon that will impact some of our teammates. There will be communications from leaders to those teams and individuals today, but we also wanted to share the broader context about what\u2019s happening and why.Last year, Andy posted a note about strengthening our culture and teams \u2013 explaining how we want to operate like the world\u2019s largest startup, the importance of having the right structure to drive that level of speed and ownership, and the need to be set up to invent, collaborate, be connected, and deliver the absolute best for customers. Many of you have put significant effort into that work of strengthening your organizations by reducing layers, increasing ownership, and helping reduce bureaucracy. We’re already seeing the results, with teams moving faster and many Amazonians feeling more ownership, and the S-team and I appreciate all the work you’ve done. The reductions we\u2019re sharing today are a continuation of this work to get even stronger by further reducing bureaucracy, removing layers, and shifting resources to ensure we\u2019re investing in our biggest bets and what matters most to our customers\u2019 current and future needs.While this will include reducing in some areas and hiring in others, it will mean an overall reduction in our corporate workforce of approximately 14,000 roles. We\u2019re working hard to support everyone whose role is impacted, including offering most employees 90 days to look for a new role internally (the timing will vary some based on local laws), and our recruiting teams will prioritize internal candidates to help as many people as possible find new roles within Amazon. For our teammates who are unable to find a new role at Amazon or who choose not to look for one, we\u2019ll offer them transition support including severance pay, outplacement services, health insurance benefits, and more.Looking ahead to 2026, as Andy talked about earlier this year, we expect to continue hiring in key strategic areas while also finding additional places we can remove layers, increase ownership, and realize efficiency gains.Some may ask why we\u2019re reducing roles when the company is performing well. Across our businesses, we’re delivering great customer experiences every day, innovating at a rapid rate, and producing strong business results. What we need to remember is that the world is changing quickly. This generation of AI is the most transformative technology we\u2019ve seen since the Internet, and it’s enabling companies to innovate much faster than ever before (in existing market segments and altogether new ones). We\u2019re convicted that we need to be organized more leanly, with fewer layers and more ownership, to move as quickly as possible for our customers and business.I don\u2019t know of any other company with the breadth of Amazon, the number of exciting bold bets we\u2019re making, and all the ways we can make customers lives better and easier around the world. I\u2019m inspired by what I see across the company every day, and the S-team and I appreciate all that you do.Beth<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Online commerce giant Amazon has announced that it is cutting around 14,000 corporate jobs. 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