Amazon Layoffs: 15 Percent Staff From This Wing To Lose Their Positions In the Latest Job Cut

This year has already seen a lot of layoffs, and things are going to end with that. In a recent development, it has been revealed that Amazon is planning to cut up to 15 percent of staff from its HR department.

As per the report by Fortune, the People eXperience and Technology team at Amazon will be the most affected one by these layoffs, along with other departments, also getting to see the impact. As of now, there is no confirmation regarding the total number of employees who will be affected by the latest round of layoffs. Amazon has been laying off employees in small clusters for almost the whole year. The company is moving towards efficiency and automation, which is a major reason why the restructuring is still going on, and speculations are that we will get to see more people getting removed by Amazon in the coming months.

What Is At The Core Of Amazon Layoffs?

Primarily, the layoffs are influenced by the large amount of investments that Amazon is making in the AI department, along with its cloud operations. As promised by Amazon, they are going to spend more than $100 billion this year on capital investments and a lot of it is dedicated to creating next-generation data centres to back AI infra for enterprise clients and internal usage.Also Read: Tech Layoffs 2025: Microsoft, TCS, Oracle, Salesforce Cut Down Thousands Of Jobs, Here Is Why Amazon CEO, Andy Jassy, said that the new age will be defined by AI, and not every employee can be a part of that transition. Jassy has already asked the employees to get familiar with the company's AI drive. He said, 'Those who embrace this change, become conversant in AI, help us build and improve our AI capabilities internally and deliver for customers, will be well-positioned to have high impact and help us reinvent the company.'But his message also had a clear warning attached to it. Jassy said, 'We expect that this will reduce our total corporate workforce as we get efficiency gains from using AI extensively across the company.'