Amazon is reportedly preparing to lay off as much as 15% of its Human Resources division (PXT), according to Fortune.
The move follows CEO Andy Jassy’s June warning that widespread AI adoption would reduce corporate headcount, even as the company continues to expand its operations workforce.
While Amazon plans to hire 250,000 seasonal warehouse workers across the U.S., it’s simultaneously freeing up capital for a $100 billion AI and cloud infrastructure push in 2025 — marking one of the largest tech CapEx cycles in history.
The People eXperience and Technology (PXT) team will be among the hardest hit, signaling deeper corporate restructuring beyond Amazon’s ongoing “unregretted attrition” (URA) policy.
Since 2022, Jassy has already cut 27,000 corporate roles, and insiders say this round falls outside normal attrition cycles, targeting efficiency as Amazon doubles down on automation and AI.
Earlier this year, layoffs also hit AWS, Devices, and Wondery, pointing to a rolling transformation rather than a one-time cut.
📉 Source: Fortune
