Amazon’s Biggest Job Cuts Since 2022: Why 30,000 Employees Are Losing Their Corporate Roles in a Shocking Move

The global IT sector is witnessing some of the biggest mass layoffs in 2025, with several tech giants like Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and more tightening their belts amid rising automation and AI integration. In a new report, Amazon has done the biggest round of job cuts since 2022. The e-commerce giant is preparing to mass lay off nearly 30,000 of its employees starting Tuesday, 28 October. The move is part of the company’s broader strategy to streamline its operations and reduce costs.

Why Amazon Plans to Cut 30,000 Corporate Jobs

Amazon’s layoffs are expected to impact the vast majority of employees in the company, nearly 10% of staff. The company has a global workforce of 1.55 million, and hence, this layoff marks one of the most significant corporate reductions in recent years.

Departments that are affected include People Experience and Technology or PXT, operations, devices and services, and Amazon Web Services.

Managers who are part of these departments were informed last week about these layoffs and have been trained on how to communicate the news with the affected employees. According to reports, official email notifications to impacted staff are set to roll out starting Tuesday morning.

Reason Behind Amazon’s Laying Off Thousands

The company says it is managing the overhiring that happened during the time of the pandemic, and as demand stabilized after the pandemic, the company began cutting in several departments and areas. Additionally, the company’s most profitable arm, AWS, has also witnessed its slowest growth compared to rivals like Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud.

Global Tech Layoffs Continue in 2025

The job cuts at Amazon align with a broader trend across the global tech sector. Data from Layoffs. Fyi shows that nearly 98,000 tech jobs have already been lost in 2025 across 216 companies, following massive layoffs in 2023 and 2024.

Amazon’s Hiring Outlook Remains Positive

Irrespective of this lay-off, Amazon is now looking into a successful holiday season, and it has announced that it will employ 250,000 seasonal staff to run its warehouse and logistics business. The company is reorganizing the PXT division, as well as the diversity and inclusion teams.

This move will see Amazon enter the ranks of other tech giants such as Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Intel to embrace the emerging trends of AI-based automation, changing priorities, and cost-optimization, which is yet another step in the existing paradigm shift in the global tech industry.