Amazon is reportedly set for another round of layoffs. According to a report in Fortune, the ecommerce giant is preparing to cut as much as 15% of its Human Resources (HR) staff. There are also additional layoffs reportedly planned in other divisions. The report quotes multiple sources said to be familiar with the Amazon layoff plans. The report said that while Amazon’s HR division, known internally as PXT or the People eXperience Technology team, is likely to be hit the hardest, some other teams that are part of Amazon’s core consumer business may also get affected. Amazon’s PXT division, which reports to senior vice president Beth Galetti, has more than 10,000 employees worldwide, and includes a large recruiting team, plus technology staff and other traditional HR roles. As of now, there are no details available about the number of jobs Amazon is likely to cut as well as the exact timing of the cuts.
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The new job cuts come as Amazon continues to look for ways to lower employee costs while investing aggressively in AI products and infrastructure. The company has said that it intends to devote upwards of $100 billion to capital expenditures this year, as it builds out its cloud and AI data centers.In a memo to employees, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy CEO warned that adoption of generative AI tools would trigger a workforce reduction. In the memo pasted on the company’s website, Jassy said, it is going to “reduce” the company’s workforce in the next few years. “As we roll out more Generative AI and agents, it should change the way our work is done,” Jassy said. “We will need fewer people doing some of the jobs that are being done today, and more people doing other types of jobs,” it added.“It’s hard to know exactly where this nets out over time, but in the next few years, we expect that this will reduce our total corporate workforce as we get efficiency gains from using AI extensively across the company,” he continued.
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In July, Amazon cut at least hundreds of jobs in its Amazon Web Services cloud computing unit. “We’ve made the difficult business decision to eliminate some roles across particular teams in AWS,” the Amazon spokesperson said in an emailed statement. “These decisions are necessary as we continue to invest, hire, and optimise resources to deliver innovation for our customers.”
