Amazon to Lay Off Up to 30,000 Employees, Largest Layoff Round in Company History

Amazon is preparing to cut up to 30,000 corporate positions, affecting 10% of its 350,000 corporate employees and only a small fraction of its total workforce of 1.55 million people. The layoffs will impact multiple divisions, including human resources, devices and services, operations, communications, and podcasting units. This is part of CEO Andy Jassy's broader cost-cutting initiative to cull excess bureaucracy and pandemic-era overhiring.