Amazon has confirmed about 16,000 job cuts in its second big round of layoffs in just three months.
The company plans to implement generative artificial intelligence technology for handling specific office duties. Amazon has reduced its workforce because it needs fewer employees after the company expanded its staff during the pandemic.
Beth Galetti, a top Amazon executive, wrote in a blog that the company is trying to “reduce extra layers, give employees more responsibility, and remove unnecessary rules,” according to foreign media reports.
According to foreign media reports, Colleen Aubrey, who serves as senior vice president for applied AI solutions at AWS, confirmed through email that ‘changes like this are hard on everyone’ while she explained that the business needed those changes to achieve its ‘future success’ goals.
The message reportedly referenced a post by Amazon HR chief Beth Galetti and suggested that some employees had already been informed about their status.
“Project Dawn” raises questions
The subject of the email read “Project Dawn” but the email was immediately recalled after being sent. Amazon has not provided any further clarification about “Project Dawn” or whether the email was sent prematurely.
October 2025 layoffs as a benchmark
Amazon executed its first round of workforce reductions in October 2025 when the company terminated 14,000 white-collar workers which represented approximately 50 per cent of their planned 30,000 layoffs.
Amazon confirmed 16,000 corporate job cuts on Wednesday, completing most of its plan to reduce about 30,000 roles since October. The company needs to terminate almost 10 percent of its corporate staff which equals 15000 employees although the number represents only a fraction of its total workforce that exceeds 1.58 million employees.
The internal letter from October, which announced layoffs connected the workforce reductions to increased adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) technology, IANS reported.
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy told analysts during the company’s third-quarter earnings call that the layoffs had no connection to financial reasons or AI technology. He described the reductions as cultural changes, which he believed had happened because Amazon had expanded into a bureaucratic organization.
Largest layoffs in company history
The planned job cuts will create Amazon’s biggest layoffs in its three-decade history if they affect 30,000 employees because the previous record in 2022 reached 27,000 layoffs.
The company will lose only 30,000 employees from its total workforce which consists of 1.58 million employees.
Reports suggest that affected employees by the layoffs will remain on the payroll for 90 days during which they can apply for other job roles within the country or look for work elsewhere.
Investors watch closely ahead of earnings
Investors are closely monitoring Amazon before its fourth-quarter earnings report, which will be released after markets close on February 5, to learn about updates on profit margins, AI expenses, and cost management strategies.
The market will monitor how the company manages its technology spending for AI while executing cost-control measures.
The unintentional email leak has renewed talks about upcoming possible layoff’s at Amazon’s, as it revealed new information about the company’s impending workforce reductions.
The company has announced organizational changes to prepare for future growth while employees anticipate these upcoming changes. Investors and industry experts now await official Amazon announcements because the company stands as one of the world’s most significant technology organizations and major employment providers.
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