Amazon’s 14,000 employee layoffs impact managers, applied scientists, software engineers and recruiters as thousands of laid off Amazon staff begin to be notified of their termination.

The company cited AI as a reason for letting 14,000 corporate workers go, but is that the whole story? Last week, Amazon became the latest company to announce massive layoffs. In a memo, senior vice president of people experience and technology,

The AI-related layoffs at Amazon and some other firms reflect a "hollowing out of middle-skilled workers," Lynn Wu, a professor of operations, information and decisions at the University of Pennsylvania, told ABC News.

In addition to its cuts in San Francisco, Amazon is laying off 391 people in Sunnyvale, 176 in Palo Alto and 76 in Santa Clara, according to separate letters Appukkutty sent to state and local officials last week. Statewide, the company is cutting 1,540 people, including those based in San Diego and Irvine.

GeekWire reported Tuesday on a new filing from the Washington Employment Security Department revealing that the tech giant is laying off 2,303 corporate employees, mostly in Seattle and Bellevue. The cuts are part of broader layoffs announced Tuesday that will impact about 14,000 workers globally.

Amazon said on Oct. 28 that it is cutting thousands of corporate jobs. What does this mean for its Floridian employees?

Amazon announced Tuesday that it plans to cut 14,000 corporate jobs as part of a broader effort to become leaner in an era shaped by AI.

The CEO of Atlanta-based Cousins Properties, whose largest office tenant nationwide is Amazon, told investors Friday he’s not concerned about the e-commerce giant’s plans.

The move comes amid similar cuts at Meta and Applied Materials, signaling a broader tech industry shift toward automation and AI investment.

Amazon has categorically refuted claims that its cloud computing platform, Amazon Web Services (AWS), suffered another major outage on October 29, 2025. This denial comes in the wake of recent mass layoffs that saw hundreds of employees from critical infrastructure teams lose their jobs.