Amazon has introduced one other spherical of job cuts, with round 16,000 folks impacted throughout the enterprise. Whether or not or not any cuts are coming at Amazon Video games is unknown however the division was lately rocked by layoffs and pullbacks from its MMO groups.
Amazon govt Beth Galetti announced the news in a memo to staff in the present day, January 28. Galetti mentioned the announcement of those layoffs in the present day got here after Amazon began a brand new effort targeted on “eradicating forms” on the firm, following an earlier round of thousands of cuts in October 2025.
“Whereas many groups finalized their organizational adjustments in October, different groups didn’t full that work till now,” Galetti mentioned.
Amazon had greater than 1.5 million staff final yr, with greater than 350,000 folks working at Amazon company.
Most Amazon workers within the US impacted by the most recent spherical of cuts will likely be given 90 days to hunt a distinct function internally at Amazon. People who don’t discover a new job at Amazon, or select to go elsewhere, will obtain severance pay, outplacement help, and ongoing medical insurance.
Galetti pushed again towards the concept that this new spherical of cuts is a part of a “new rhythm” when Amazon pronounces main layoffs each few months. “That’s not our plan. However simply as we all the time have, each staff will proceed to judge the possession, pace, and capability to invent for patrons, and make changes as applicable,” she mentioned.
Moreover, Amazon will proceed to rent for brand spanking new roles amid the layoffs, Galetti mentioned. “We’re nonetheless within the early levels of constructing each certainly one of our companies and there is vital alternative forward,” she defined.
Amazon will publish its subsequent earnings report on February 5. For the earlier quarter, Amazon made a profit of $21.2 billion, which was up considerably from $15.3 billion throughout the identical interval final yr.