Amazon is again laying off thousands of corporate employees, mirroring broad cuts the company made to its workforce in October.
Amazon's head of resources Beth Galetti told employees in a memo Wednesday that the company was cutting 16,000 roles amid further corporate restructuring.
Echoing her statements from October, when the company laid off 14,000 employees, Galetti said reducing layers, increasing ownership, and removing bureaucracy" were driving the cuts.
Wednesday's layoffs, combined with October's, represent the largest workforce reductions in company history. The company had previously laid off 27,000 employees between late 2022 and early 2023.
Galetti said further large-scale cuts are not planned, but that teams would continue to evaluate and "make adjustments as appropriate."
"Some of you might ask if this is the beginning of a new rhythm — where we announce broad reductions every few months," Galetti said. "That’s not our plan.
Amazon is the second-largest employer in the world among private companies, with a workforce of about 1.57 million people. Most work in the company’s warehouses.
The layoffs will affect a smaller slice of Amazon's total head count as about 350,000 employees work in its corporate offices. In the Puget Sound area, the company has about 67,000 corporate employees between its Seattle, Bellevue and Redmond offices.
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