Tech giant Amazon is planning to cut about 15 percent of its human resources staff with potentially more layoffs in other departments, reports Fortune, according to multiple sources familiar with the plans. Not only Amazon's human resources division—known internally as PXT or the People eXperience Technology team- will be hit but other divisions of the company will also be affected, the report said. It is not yet known how many employees in total Amazon plans to let go, nor the exact timing of the cuts.
The company is pouring more resources into artificial intelligence while lowering employee costs. Earlier this year, Amazon laid-off its staff in its consumer devices unit, Wondery podcast division, and Amazon Web Services. Amazon’s PXT division, which reports to senior VP Beth Galetti, has over 10,000 people globally. It deals with recruiting, technology, and traditional HR roles.
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CEO Andy Jassy previously led Amazon through its largest layoffs in history between late 2022 and 2023, eliminating over 27,000 corporate roles — a high single-digit percentage of its office workforce. The move mirrored similar mass layoffs across Big Tech as pandemic-driven demand cooled and consumer habits shifted.
Amazon is increasingly adopting AI to handle daily tasks and even more complex task. In June, Jassy encouraged employees to make the most of AI, emphasizing that those who develop AI skills and contribute to internal AI projects will have more opportunities in the coming days.
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Jassy also made a point to note that there won’t be room on the bus for everyone: “We expect that this will reduce our total corporate workforce as we get efficiency gains from using AI extensively across the company.”
Andy Jassy alluded to the possibility of layoffs in a June company email that was published on Amazon’s corporate blog explaining that he expected the company’s workforce to reduce in the next couple of years with the company using AI to manage more tasks.
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Forbes noted that Jassy also expressed that there may not be room for everyone at the organization, writing, "We expect that this will reduce our total corporate workforce as we get efficiency gains from using AI extensively across the company."
While Amazon plans these layoffs of corporate roles, the company announced its typical holiday hiring spree of warehouse staff on Tuesday. This year, the company will hire 250,000 seasonal employees across its US warehouse and logistics networks.
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The company is pouring more resources into artificial intelligence while lowering employee costs. Earlier this year, Amazon laid-off its staff in its consumer devices unit, Wondery podcast division, and Amazon Web Services. Amazon’s PXT division, which reports to senior VP Beth Galetti, has over 10,000 people globally. It deals with recruiting, technology, and traditional HR roles.
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The latest round of cuts comes as Amazon continues tightening employee costs while ramping up its massive investments in artificial intelligence — both to enhance internal operations and to expand its enterprise offerings. The company plans to pour more than $100 billion into capital expenditures this year, primarily focused on building out its cloud and AI data centers.CEO Andy Jassy previously led Amazon through its largest layoffs in history between late 2022 and 2023, eliminating over 27,000 corporate roles — a high single-digit percentage of its office workforce. The move mirrored similar mass layoffs across Big Tech as pandemic-driven demand cooled and consumer habits shifted.
Amazon is increasingly adopting AI to handle daily tasks and even more complex task. In June, Jassy encouraged employees to make the most of AI, emphasizing that those who develop AI skills and contribute to internal AI projects will have more opportunities in the coming days.
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He also warned that workforce reductions are expected with an increase in AI. “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,” he wrote in a companywide email that was also published on Amazon’s corporate blog.Jassy also made a point to note that there won’t be room on the bus for everyone: “We expect that this will reduce our total corporate workforce as we get efficiency gains from using AI extensively across the company.”
Andy Jassy alluded to the possibility of layoffs in a June company email that was published on Amazon’s corporate blog explaining that he expected the company’s workforce to reduce in the next couple of years with the company using AI to manage more tasks.
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Forbes noted that Jassy also expressed that there may not be room for everyone at the organization, writing, "We expect that this will reduce our total corporate workforce as we get efficiency gains from using AI extensively across the company."
While Amazon plans these layoffs of corporate roles, the company announced its typical holiday hiring spree of warehouse staff on Tuesday. This year, the company will hire 250,000 seasonal employees across its US warehouse and logistics networks.
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