Amazon Layoffs: What Employees Are Affected & Which Jobs Are Cut?

Amazon confirmed its company-wide layoffs in a statement on Tuesday, October 28, 2025, citing artificial intelligence and the need for “fewer layers” in the business.The announcement came months after Amazon announced a five-day return-to-office requirement.

However, the company’s latest statement vowed that its “reductions” are Amazon’s path to “get even stronger by further reducing bureaucracy, removing layers and shifting resources to ensure we’re investing in our biggest bets and what matters most to our customers’ current and future needs.” The layoffs are coming right on the heels of the widespread Amazon Web Services outage that impacted banks, airlines and multiple online platforms earlier this month.Below, find out which jobs are being cut and why.

How Many Layoffs Are Happening at Amazon? About 14,000 jobs are being cut at Amazon, Senior Vice President of People Experience and Technology at Amazon Beth Galetti announced on October 28, 2025.However, Reuters reported that the figure is actually higher, with about 30,000 jobs going down.

The outlet cited three sources familiar with the situation.According to Galetti’s announcement, Amazon is offering “most employees 90 days to look for a new role internally (the timing will vary some based on local laws), and [its] recruiting teams will prioritize internal candidates to help as many people as possible find new roles within Amazon.” For those unable to land another role at the company, Galetti said Amazon will offer “transition support including severance pay, outplacement services, health insurance benefits and more.” What Amazon Job Cuts Happened From the Layoffs? Although Amazon’s statement on the layoffs did not specify which job titles are being cut, multiple corporate areas were already announced to be in the process of layoffs earlier the year.

Per CNBC, jobs in sales operations, marketing and global service organizations in the Amazon Web Ser...