E-commerce giant Amazon on Wednesday announced a fresh batch of 16,000 job cuts, the company's second round of layoffs in four months. Earlier, Amazon had announced that it was cutting 14,000 jobs, taking the total number of layoffs since October 2025 to 30,000. Also Read | Platform paradox: Why Amazon is helping sellers bypass its own marketplaceWhich geographies are likely to be the hit? Amazon's latest round of job cuts are very likely to impact impact the US, UK, and India. Which departments will be hit by the job cuts?

Source: Mint January 29, 2026 19:27 UTC