ReportedOctober 28, 2025· Technology
Amazon
On October 28, 2025, Amazon announced 14,000 job losses. The company is reported to have cut roles in connection with AI.
Jobs lost
14,000
US jobs
14,000
Workforce
350,000
% of workforce
4%
Editorial note
On October 28, 2025, Amazon announced about 14,000 corporate job cuts, its largest white-collar reduction to date. The company framed the move generically — running "leaner" with fewer management layers — and CEO Andy Jassy said it was "not even really AI driven... It's culture." This is tagged Reported because the AI link came chiefly from press coverage, which cast the cuts as tied to Amazon's accelerating AI spending rather than from the company's own stated rationale.
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Market reaction
On the day of announcement, Amazon stock moved -8.2%.
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