Amazon cut at least hundreds of jobs in its Amazon Web Services cloud computing unit on Thursday, two sources said, just a month after CEO Andy Jassy warned that adoption of generative AI tools ... Amazon confirmed layoffs in its AWS cloud division following a strategic review, saying the cuts were not primarily driven by AI. The company continues to hire in key areas. Amazon is reportedly gearing up to lay off around 30,000 employees across almost all departments, from human resources to operations and AWS. The move, starting Tuesday, will reportedly slash nearly 10 per cent of the tech giant’s white-collar workforce. Amazon is yet to respond to the matter Amazon’s 14,000 employee layoffs impact managers, applied scientists, software engineers and recruiters as thousands of laid off Amazon staff begin to be notified of their termination.
