Amazon Layoffs: The company had approximately 1.57 million employees as of September 30, 2025. A few months ago, the company announced the elimination of 14,000 positions. Previously, Amazon had planned to lay off approximately 27,000 people between late 2022 and early 2023.
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E-commerce giant Amazon is preparing to lay off thousands more employees. A Bloomberg report, citing people familiar with the matter, said the company plans to begin layoffs as early as next week. These layoffs will affect its corporate workforce, which numbers approximately 350,000 employees. A few months ago, the company announced the elimination of 14,000 positions. At that time, Amazon hinted that more layoffs could occur in 2026.
The company says these layoffs will make it a more agile and less red-tape organization. This is being done as part of its policy to reduce costs and promote artificial intelligence (AI). The impact of these global layoffs is also reaching employees in India.
At the end of September, there were 1.57 million people.
According to the report, managers at Amazon were given the option to begin layoffs in October or wait until the new year. The company will employ approximately 1.57 million people as of September 30, 2025, but most of them work in warehouses. Previously, Amazon had planned to lay off approximately 27,000 people between late 2022 and early 2023.
Layoffs are underway across the entire tech industry.
The sword of layoffs isn’t just looming at Amazon; the situation is similar across the tech sector. Companies are hiring for AI positions while laying off general engineers. Amazon is hiring in AI and cloud, and making strategic moves.
