These layoffs are part of a sustained push to reduce costs and bureaucracy.
The company is reallocating massive investment toward AI and data centers.
The cuts have severe ripple effects on partners and local economies.
This reflects an industry-wide shift funding AI by eliminating human roles.
In a cold corporate calculus that is becoming routine in the tech sector, Amazon is once again handing out pink slips by the thousands. The e-commerce giant announced on Wednesday that it is eliminating approximately 16,000 corporate jobs, a move that follows 14,000 job cuts from last October. This latest wave brings the total number of corporate employees axed since last fall to a staggering 30,000, representing nearly 10% of Amazon's corporate and tech workforce. The company cites a relentless drive to reduce bureaucracy and reallocate resources toward artificial intelligence, underscoring a harsh new reality for white-collar professionals.
This is not an isolated incident but part of a sustained corporate bloodletting. Amazon laid off more than 27,000 employees between 2022 and 2023, with smaller cuts continuing through 2024. CEO Andy Jassy has been openly pursuing a vision of a leaner, more automated corporation, stating last June that AI-driven "efficiency gains" would shrink the corporate headcount. The message is clear: the human workforce is increasingly seen as a cost center, while algorithms and data centers are the future....<<<Read More>>>....
