Amazon is reportedly planning a second round of job cuts as part of plans to reduce its workforce by 30,000 corporate workers as its use of AI increases, according to Reuters.
Last year the company cut around 14,000 white-collar jobs, and sources told Reuters that roughly the same amount of cuts could begin as soon as Tuesday.
The affected roles will reportedly be across Amazon Web Services, retail, Prime Video and human resources, known as People Experience and Technology. Sources told Reuters that the full scope of affected roles was unclear and that plans could change, however.
Last October, Amazon cut around 14,000 corporate jobs worldwide as part of a restructuring drive linked to the growing use of artificial intelligence (AI), raising uncertainty for the company’s 75,000 UK workers.
Prior to this, Amazon’s largest previous round of job cuts came in January 2023, when it announced 18,000 redundancies, including reductions across its consumer retail operations such as Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go.
Earlier this year, CEO Andy Jassy said that he expected Amazon’s corporate workforce to shrink over time as a result of efficiencies gained from the use of AI. The company previously unveiled its latest AI models during its annual AWS cloud computing conference in December.
According to Reuters, the 30,000 affected jobs as part of the streamlining would represent a small portion of Amazon’s 1.58 million employees but nearly 10% of the corporate workforce, as the majority of Amazon’s workers are in fulfillment centers and warehouses.
Amazon has been contacted for comment.
