Amazon told employees on Tuesday that it’s cutting 14,000 corporate jobs as it invests billions of dollars into artificial intelligence.
Amazon’s head of resources Beth Galetti told employees in an internal memo made public that the layoffs are a way the company is “reducing bureaucracy, removing layers, and shifting resources to ensure we’re investing in our biggest bets.”
She also referenced Amazon CEO Andy Jassy’s comments from earlier this year when he said the company’s rapid AI adoption would restructure its corporate workforce and even shrink it.
“Looking ahead to 2026, as Andy talked about earlier this year, we expect to continue hiring in key strategic areas while also finding additional places we can remove layers, increase ownership, and realize efficiency gains,” Galetti wrote on Tuesday.
Amazon’s layoffs add to the thousands of tech jobs lost this year from industry giants like Microsoft and Meta, which have conducted layoffs as they pump more money into AI infrastructure.