{"id":18278,"date":"2025-07-18T06:33:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T06:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/18278\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T06:33:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T06:33:12","slug":"aws-layoffs-confirmed-as-amazon-makes-difficult-business-decision-to-eliminate-some-roles-across-aws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/18278\/","title":{"rendered":"AWS Layoffs Confirmed As Amazon Makes \u2018Difficult Business Decision To Eliminate Some Roles\u2019 Across AWS"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cWe\u2019ve made the difficult business decision to eliminate some roles across particular teams in AWS,\u201d an Amazon spokesperson confirmed today.<\/p>\n

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AWS<\/a> confirmed it is making the \u201cdifficult business decision\u201d of laying off employees<\/a> inside the $117 billion global cloud market share leader.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve made the difficult business decision to eliminate some roles across particular teams in AWS,\u201d said an Amazon spokesperson in an email to CRN.<\/p>\n

Amazon said several groups within AWS<\/a> will be impacted by the layoffs, although the company did not specify which groups are impacted or how many AWS employees will be terminated.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese decisions are necessary as we continue to invest, hire, and optimize resources to deliver innovation for our customers,\u201d Amazon said. \u201cWe didn\u2019t make these decisions lightly, and we\u2019re committed to supporting the employees throughout their transition.\u201d<\/p>\n

[Related: AWS Launches AI Agents Marketplace And Bedrock AgentCore: AWS Exec On \u2018Huge\u2019 Partner Opportunity<\/a>]<\/p>\n

According to a report<\/a> from Reuters, the layoffs will impact at least hundreds of jobs at the Seattle-based cloud titan.<\/p>\n

On LinkedIn today, AWS\u2019 Sarah Storelli said some of her colleagues were impacted by the layoffs.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlthough I am not impacted by today\u2019s layoffs at AWS, some of my colleagues are,\u201d said Storelli, senior executive communications and customer programs marketing leader. \u201cFor all impacted, please let me know how I can be of help and support to you on your career. \u2026 For anyone hiring, AWS attracts and employs some of the best and brightest minds who have a relentless, intrinsic drive to deliver results with impact.\u201d<\/p>\n

CRN saw several AWS employees posting on LinkedIn about being laid off, which included positions in marketing.<\/p>\n

AWS generated $29.3 billion in sales during the first quarter of 2025, up 17 percent year over year. The company currently has an annual revenue run rate of $117 billion.<\/p>\n

AWS won<\/a> 29 percent share of the global cloud infrastructure services market in Q1 2025, followed by Microsoft<\/a> at 22 percent share, then Google Cloud at 12 percent share.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cWe\u2019ve made the difficult business decision to eliminate some roles across particular teams in AWS,\u201d an Amazon spokesperson…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18279,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[16158,191,74],"class_list":{"0":"post-18278","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-computing","8":"tag-cloud-platforms","9":"tag-computing","10":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18278\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}