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IBNS-CMEDIA: Amazon has announced major layoffs, with engineers bearing the brunt of the cuts, according to reports.
In October, the e-commerce giant revealed plans to eliminate 14,000 jobs across nearly all business segments.
Documents filed in New York, California, New Jersey, and Washington showed that roughly 40% of the more than 4,700 job cuts in those states involved engineering roles, CNBC reported.
The data, submitted through Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) filings, represents only a portion of the total layoffs.
Human Resources chief Beth Galetti said in a memo that the company aims to innovate more efficiently with a leaner workforce.
Amazon joins other tech firms in large-scale layoffs this year.
According to Layoffs.fyi, 231 tech companies have reduced staff in 2025. Earlier, Microsoft announced multiple rounds of layoffs totaling 9,000 employees, roughly 4% of its global workforce.
