Amazon to cut 16,000 roles as it looks to invest in AI, remove ‘bureaucracy’

Amazon said Wednesday it will cut approximately 16,000 roles across the company as part of an organizational overhaul aimed at "reducing layers, increasing ownership, and removing bureaucracy," while continuing to invest heavily in areas such as artificial intelligence.

In a message to employees, Beth Galetti, Amazon’s senior vice president of people experience and technology, said the reductions affect teams that were still finalizing restructuring efforts first announced in October.

Most U.S.-based employees whose roles are cut will be given 90 days to look for new positions internally, while those who do not transition will receive severance pay and other forms of support.

Galetti said the changes are not intended to signal a recurring cycle of broad workforce reductions and that Amazon will continue hiring in strategic areas.

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