Amazon to cut up to 16,000 corporate jobs
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Amazon begins notifying employees of corporate layoffs, offering 90 days pay, benefits, severance packages, job placement support, and AWS Skill Builder access.
Internal Slack posts and executive memos show Amazon’s latest layoffs hit key AWS and retail teams, filling in details missing from the company’s official announcement.
Amazon has launched one of its largest mass layoffs, affecting 16,000 corporate employees worldwide. HR head Beth Galetti’s memo mentioned reducing layers and improving efficiency but did not clarify which teams were impacted.