Amazon to cut thousands of jobs

Amazon has revealed that they will cut 14,000 corporate jobs from this week as the company is looking to use artificial intelligence (AI).

Human resources, device and services, operations and Amazon Web Services (AWS) is expected to be targeted in the jobs culling, Reuters and the Wall Street Journal reported.

Amazon employs 75,000 workers in the UK and more than 1.5 million world wide, the majority of positions are warehouse roles.

Boss Andy Jassy said in a note to workers, “As we roll out more Generative AI and agents, it should change the way our work is done.

“We will need fewer people doing some of the jobs that are being done today, and more people doing other types of jobs.”

Beth Galetti, senior vice president of people experience and technology at Amazon, said, “The reductions we’re sharing today are a continuation of this work to get even stronger by further reducing bureaucracy, removing layers and shifting resources to ensure we’re investing in our biggest bets and what matters most to our customers’ current and future needs.”

She added: “The world is changing quickly.

“This generation of AI is the most transformative technology we’ve seen since the internet and it’s enabling companies to innovate much faster than ever before.

“We’re convicted that we need to be organised more leanly, with fewer layers and more ownership, to move as quickly as possible for our customers and business.”