The job cuts arrive a few months after the company announced it was excising 14,000 roles. The move came after Amazon announced plans to cut about 16,000 corporate employees, ratcheting up efforts to streamline bureaucracy amid rising competition over artificial intelligence. The job cuts arrive a few months after the company announced it was excising 14,000 roles. Combined, the total number of terminations echoes the rolling lay-offs Amazon instituted in late 2022 and early 2023 that ultimately snared about 27,000 people. Amazon initiated a big round of job cuts in October, removing 14,000 corporate roles and gutting its video games division.

Source: The Irish Times January 28, 2026 10:34 UTC