Amazon plans to cut around 30000 corporate jobs

Question

Amazon is preparing for one of its most significant corporate job cuts ever, targeting roughly 30,000 jobs. This new restructuring plan is aimed at cutting costs and increasing profitability. The recent increase in AI is also a factor in the job cuts, as Amazon sees many opportunities for AI to take over human jobs, reducing costs. These changes are all for Amazon’s effort to streamline its management system.

This claim is valid because Reuters received information directly from insiders and internal documents that show Amazon’s new job-cutting plan. Multiple anonymous sources confirmed an estimate of 30,000 job cuts, and the timing aligns with Amazon’s cost saving measures, which they publicly announced before the article. The number of layouts matches up with Amazon’s shift in cost priorities, which confirms the claim

Answer 1

I was able to find many sources claiming that Amazon is making a major layoff this year. AP news is claiming that the layoff is going to be about 14,000 workers but on the other hand Reuters is claiming the layoff is going to be 30,000 beginning on tuseday which is about 10% of Amazon's corporate staff. Most of these information came from inside the company, who said Amazon was preparing for a very large reduction of the workers. 

Later Amazon confirmed that about 14,000 corporate jobs were going to be eliminated now and the company workers had 90 days to find a new role inside amazon. 

Amazon also included a explanation of this layoff. The company claims that they are trying to cut down costs and use AI to make operations more efficient. Many departments such as HR, devices, operations and, Amazon Web services were hit the hardest with this layoff.

In conclusion this claim is partially correct. They are cutting off thousands of jobs but not 30,000. It was officially, around14,000 jobs. 

Answer 2

This claim is true. After further research I also came to the conclusion that Amazon was going to be laying off nearly 30,000 employees. This would represent the largest job cut across the tech industry since 2020 according to CNBC. Although Amazon is laying off a lot of employees, the company has yet to comment on the issue including the exact number of layoffs, leaving us questioning why they are deciding to do this. It is reasonable to make the assumption that Amazon is laying off its employees for cost-cutting and restructuring purposes probably due to the introductions of AI in the workplace. Until Amazon provides an official statement, the exact scale and motivation behind the cuts remains uncertain, but the current reports strongly suggest that a lot of people will lose their jobs. 

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/27/amazon-to-announce-sweeping-corporate-job-cuts-starting-tuesday.html

Answer 3

The claim that Amazon is cutting off 30k employees is true. According to Reuters, "Amazon is planning to cut as many as 30,000 corporate jobs beginning on Tuesday, as the company pares expenses and compensates for over hiring during the peak demand of the pandemic, according to three people familiar with the matter." CNN reports that the CEO of Amazon, Andy Jassy, claims that as AI further develops, Amazon will rely less on human employees and utilize AI more. , opens new tabis planning to cut as many as 30,000 corporate jobs beginning on Tuesday, as the company pares expenses and compensates for overhiring during the peak demand of the pandemic, according to three people familiar with the matter.

 is planning to cut as many as 30,000 corporate jobs beginning on Tuesday, as the company pares expenses and compensates for overhiring during the peak demand of the pandemic, according to three people familiar with the matter.

Answer 4

Your claim is mostly true that Amazon plans to cut thousands of corporate jobs. Reuters, the source you provided, is an overall reliable source and the author of the article you linked, Greg Bensinger is a technology correspondent and seasoned journalist. Bensinger reports that Amazon has plans to cut many corporate jobs in attempts to reform operations and heavily invest in Artificial Intelligence. However the number 30,000 itself is not definite as admitted in the Reuters article itself that “the people familiar with the matter said the number could change over time as Amazon's financial priorities shift” (Bensinger, 2025). It seems the statistic of 30,000 is more of an estimate which could be exaggerated, but the overall suggestion that massive layoffs are occurring within Amazon is correct. 

Amazon has released a statement about the situation by Senior Vice President of People Experience and Technology Beth Galetti, claiming that their goals are to reduce bureaucracy, remove layers, and shift resources to ensure investments are their “biggest bets and what matters most to our customers’current and future needs”. In terms of layoffs they have stated “this will include reducing in some areas and hiring in others, it will mean an overall reduction in our corporate workforce of approximately 14,000 roles” (Galetti, 2025). They provide a number that is nearly half of that provided by Reuters, but both are provided as estimates. An article from AP News also reports on Amazon’s released statement, echoing the 14,000 statistic and further supporting the notion that these layoffs are to make way for AI investment. 

 

Your claim is mostly true, but the number 30,000 should be interpreted as a heavy estimate until more information is released. 

Bensinger, G. (2025, October 27). Exclusive: Amazon targets as many as 30,000 corporate job cuts, sources say. Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/busin%20ess/world-at-work/amazon-targets-many-30000-corporate-job-cuts-sources-say-2025-10-27/

Chapman, M. (2025, October 28). Amazon cuts 14,000 corporate jobs. AP News. https://apnews.com/article/amazon-layoff-ai-14000-artificial-intelligence-cb64af47ebb794541fbdfa8fd264932c

Galetti, B. (2025, October 28). An update from SVP Beth Galetti on Amazon workforce reduction. Aboutamazon.com; US About Amazon. https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/amazon-workforce-reduction

Answer 5

The source you used, reuters.com, is very credible. Mediabiasfactcheck.com says it has a very low bias, and states that is highly credible. I found a cnn article that states that amazon has previously cut 14,000 people, which isnt close to reuter’s 30,000, but still significant. The only person they quote is Sky Canaves who is an eMarketer Analysis, which doesn’t serve a lot of credibility toward amazon. The Cnn article quotes Andy Jassy, Amazon’s chief executive, which does serve a lot of credibility. It also states that the cuts were not AI driven.