Amazon launches a second wave of corporate layoffs

Al Jazeera
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Amazon said it will cut 16,000 corporate jobs, with affected US employees given 90 days to secure another internal role.
Amazon launches a second wave of corporate layoffs
A What happened
The reductions were reported as a second round of layoffs within three months, following 14,000 redundancies in October, and are expected to hit teams including Prime Video, Amazon Web Services, and human resources; the company also described broader restructuring that includes closing some Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go physical grocery locations.

Why it matters

  • Restructuring is spanning both corporate functions and physical retail formats: The job cuts are paired with store closures, indicating the reorganization is not limited to a single business line.

  • A defined internal-placement window shapes near-term workforce movement: The 90-day period for US employees to find new roles concentrates transfers and exits into a fixed timeline.

  • Multiple major units are in scope: Prime Video, AWS, and HR being named as affected areas signals that the reductions are distributed across core and support organizations.

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