Posted on 01/28/26
| News Source: FOX45
Amazon confirmed on Wednesday morning that it would cut about 16,000 jobs as part of "additional organizational changes."
Beth Galetti, a senior vice president at the ecommerce company, said in an update on the organization that U.S.-based employees would be offered 90 days to look for a new internal role. Staff who are unable to find one at the company or who choose not to look into it will be provided transition support, including severance pay, outplacement services, health insurance benefits (as applicable), and more.
“While we’re making these changes, we’ll also continue hiring and investing in strategic areas and functions that are critical to our future,” Galetti said.
It is the latest round in reductions following job cuts in October when Amazon laid off 14,000 workers.
Galetti added that while the company hopes for no further cuts, every team will continue to "evaluate the ownership, speed, and capacity to invent for customers, and make adjustments as appropriate."
The layoffs are Amazon's biggest since 2023, when the company cut 27,000 jobs.
Hiring has stagnated in the U.S., and in December, the country added a meager 50,000 jobs, nearly unchanged from a downwardly revised figure of 56,000 in November.
Labor data points to a reluctance by businesses to add workers even as economic growth has picked up. Many companies hired aggressively after the pandemic and no longer need to fill more jobs. Others have held back due to widespread uncertainty caused by President Donald Trump’s shifting tariff policies, elevated inflation, and the spread of artificial intelligence, which could alter or even replace some jobs.