FILE-An Amazon logo is displayed inside the Amazon's Robotic Fulfillment Centre on December 19, 2023. (Photo by Nathan Stirk/Getty Images)
Amazon is cutting roughly 16,000 jobs in its latest round of mass layoffs for the tech company in three months.
The company has said it intends to use generative artificial intelligence to supplant corporate workers. It has also been lowering a workforce that increased during the pandemic. These latest layoffs are the organization's largest since 2023, when the company cut 27,000 jobs.
Additionally, the new reductions in staff follow a round of job cuts in October, when Amazon said it was laying off 14,000 employees. The layoffs are Amazon’s biggest since 2023, when the company cut 27,000 jobs.
Amazon statement on layoffs
What they're saying:
Beth Galetti, a senior vice president at Amazon, said in a blog post Wednesday that the organization has been "reducing layers, increasing ownership, and removing bureaucracy."
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"The reductions we are making today will impact approximately 16,000 roles across Amazon, and we're again working hard to support everyone whose role is impacted," Galetti wrote. "That starts with offering most US-based employees 90 days to look for a new role internally (timing will vary internationally based on local and country level requirements). Then, for teammates who are unable to find a new role at Amazon or who choose not to look for one, we'll provide transition support including severance pay, outplacement services, health insurance benefits (as applicable), and more."
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, who has slashed costs since succeeding founder Jeff Bezos in 2021, said in June that he anticipated generative AI would lower the company's corporate workforce in the next few years.
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UPS said Tuesday that the organization planned to cut up to 30,000 operational jobs through attrition and buyouts in 2026 as it lowers the number of shipments from what was its largest customer, Amazon.
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Pinterest also said Tuesday that it plans to lay off under 15% of its workforce, as part of broader restructuring that arrives as the image-sharing platform pivots more of its money to artificial intelligence.
The Source: Information for this story was provided by an Amazon company blog post, previous LIVENOW from FOX reporting, FOX Business, and the Associated Press. This story was reported from Washington, D.C.