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January 29, 2026
Amazon to axe thousands more jobs
Amazon has announced it plans to eliminate 16,000 jobs as part of a broader restructuring linked to its growing focus on AI
TL;DR
- Amazon is cutting about 16,000 jobs in a second round of layoffs.
- Combined, the two rounds of layoffs will amount to roughly 10% of Amazon's office workforce.
- The company is restructuring to focus on artificial intelligence, reduce layers, and remove bureaucracy.
- Amazon plans to close its remaining brick-and-mortar Fresh grocery stores and Go markets, and abandon its Amazon One biometric payment system.
- These layoffs mark the largest downsizing in Amazon's history, surpassing previous cuts of 27,000 positions.
- Amazon has committed about $40 billion to four US data center projects since 2024.
- UPS announced it would cut an additional 30,000 positions, partly due to scaling down its collaboration with Amazon.
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