Amazon cuts 16,000 corporate roles; laid-off employees get 90 days pay and benefits

Amazon began notifying employees on Wednesday morning that it will eliminate 16,000 corporate roles, according to messages from impacted staff shared with Business Insider. Emails from SVP of People Experience & Technology Beth Galetti, sent to employees in the US, UK, and India, said the company made the decision after a review of its organization and priorities and that affected roles are being eliminated as part of those changes.

The notice says impacted employees will receive a non-working transition period with full pay and benefits for 90 days, a severance package offer and transitional benefits, external job placement support, and 12 months of complimentary access to AWS Skill Builder. Internal Slack messages viewed by Business Insider suggested some layoffs include teams within Amazon Web Services — such as Bedrock, Redshift, and the ProServe consulting team — as well as retail teams including Prime subscriptions and the last-mile Delivery Experience team.

The company previously cut about 14,000 roles in October; Amazon employs more than 1.5 million people globally, with roughly 350,000 in corporate roles. Amazon did not respond to a request for comment.

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