US retail and tech giant Amazon has announced thousands of job cuts, citing a need to restructure and a focus on AI.
The company will cut about 14,000 corporate jobs, a 4% reduction in its office workforce, according to a statement published on Tuesday, adding that AI is “enabling companies to innovate much faster than ever before.”
Staff in the US, Canada, and Europe have been informed of the layoffs, according to internal Slack posts viewed by Business Insider.
The layoffs are the company’s biggest since 2023, when 27,000 jobs were cut globally.
Since 2024, the tech giant has committed about $40 billion to four data center projects in the US…
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