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Amazon has outlined plans to cut a further 16,000 jobs across its corporate workforce, as the company restructures and increases spending on AI.<\/p>\n
In a message to staff on Wednesday, senior executive Beth Galetti said the company was making \u201corganisation changes\u201d, including \u201creducing layers\u2009.\u2009.\u2009.\u2009and removing bureaucracy\u201d.<\/p>\n
The changes will affect about 16,000 jobs, and \u201cmost\u201d US-based employees would be given 90 days to look for a new role internally or offered severance pay, she added. <\/p>\n
The latest cuts will bring the total number of lay-offs at Amazon\u2019s corporate workforce to 30,000, after the company announced plans<\/a> in October to axe 14,000 jobs.<\/p>\n Amazon<\/a> does not disclose a figure for its corporate headcount, but it is estimated to be around 350,000 staff, most of whom work in the US. <\/p>\n The cuts come as chief executive Andy Jassy has sought to cut costs, including job losses and closing or delaying planned warehouses, after Amazon expanded aggressively during the pandemic to service a boom in demand for online services.<\/p>\n Last year, Jassy warned that advances in AI would \u201creduce\u201d<\/a> the company\u2019s corporate headcount over the next few years.<\/p>\n