Amazon is planning to cut upwards of 30,000 corporate jobs beginning this week, Reuters reports. The company is working to “pare expenses and compensate for overhiring during the peak demand of the pandemic,” the outlet stated. BREAKING: Amazon to cut 30,000 corporate jobs beginning tomorrow — Reuters — Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) October 27, 2025 Reuters shared more: The figure represents a small percentage of Amazon’s 1.55 million total employees, but nearly 10% of the company’s roughly 350,000 corporate employees. This would represent the largest job cut at Amazon since around 27,000 jobs were eliminated starting in late 2022. An Amazon spokesperson declined to comment. Amazon has been trimming smaller numbers of jobs over the past two years across multiple divisions, including devices, communications, podcasting and others. The cuts beginning this week may impact a variety of divisions within Amazon, including human resources, known as People Experience and Technology, devices and services and operations, among others, the people said. News of the potential layoffs follows reports that the e-commerce giant allegedly has automation plans that will enable it to utilize robots to fill more than 600,000 jobs that would otherwise go to Americans. Amazon Allegedly Has Plans To Fill 600,000+ Future Jobs With Robots, Company Responds TechCrunch noted: In recent years, Amazon has made smaller job cuts across different divisions. In January, Amazon reduced a small number of positions in its Communications and Sustainability departments. This also follows a CNBC report discussing a memo from Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, which stated that, as Amazon continues to implement more AI agents, fewer corporate jobs will be needed.