Amazon Layoffs 2025: The company is going to lay off 30,000 corporate employees. Is it just cost-cutting or a new era of increased use of AI? AWS, HR and device units have been hit, question – are machines replacing humans?
Amazon Layoffs 2025: Amazon is once again in the headlines, but this time not because of any new product or sale but because of the layoff of 30,000 employees. According to the report, Amazon is preparing for the biggest layoff after 2022. This step can prove to be a big blow for the people working in the corporate sector of the company. The question arises – is this just a move to reduce expenses or the beginning of a new era of AI Automation?
AI Automation or Corporate Cost Cutting?
- About 30,000 of the company’s approximately 1.55 million employees may now lose their jobs.
- This figure may seem small, but 10% of the corporate team employees will be affected.
- Amazon has been gradually making cuts in its device, podcasting and HR divisions over the past two years, but this time the scope is much larger.
- Experts believe that the company is now relying more on AI tools and automation. This means that repetitive tasks will no longer be done by humans, but by machines.
Which department was hit the hardest?
According to reports, this time the retrenchment will have the biggest impact-
- Human Resources (PXT Unit)
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- On Operations and Devices & Services.
Managers of affected teams have already been instructed on how to send notifications to employees via email.
What is CEO Andy Jassy’s strategy?
- Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has said many times that he is focusing on reducing bureaucracy and increasing work efficiency.
- They also launched an “anonymous complaint line,” which provided the company with over 1,500 pieces of feedback and led to changes in 450 procedures.
- Jassy also says that the increasing use of AI tools could lead to further job cuts.
- That is, AI is increasing productivity, but reducing jobs.
AWS’s speed is slow, competition is fast
- Amazon’s biggest source of income – AWS (Amazon Web Services) – now seems to be lagging behind Microsoft and Google.
- AWS sales were $30.9 billion in the second quarter, while Microsoft Azure grew 39% and Google Cloud grew 32%.
- That is, Amazon is facing huge competitive pressure in the race of AI technology.
Did the office return policy also increase layoffs?
- The report also said that Amazon’s strict “work from office” policy created additional pressure on employees.
- Employees who did not return to the office were asked to voluntarily leave the company—without any severance pay.
- Due to this the company also reduced additional expenses.
Age of AI or crisis for humans?
Tech analyst Sky Canvas says that this layoff by Amazon is a sign that the company is now getting more benefits from AI-powered productivity. That means, now machines are handling big tasks instead of humans. The question remains – “Will this move by Amazon determine the direction of future technology, or the beginning of the end of human jobs?”
Storm of change or new beginning?
- Amazon is moving towards an AI-driven future with cuts of 30,000 jobs.
- The company may be calling it Efficiency, but this move is a big psychological blow in the corporate sector.
- Now it remains to be seen whether this trend will be repeated in other tech companies in the coming months.