Amazon Continues Workforce Reduction for Operational Efficiency

Amazon is again making a move to “trim” its corporate force. As per the sources, around

100 jobs from Amazon devices and services division will be cut down soon. According to a

report by Bloomberg, this cut-down mainly includes workers involved with the Alexa voice

assistance and e-reader product Kindle. Amazon spokesperson Kristy Schmidt released a

statement on May 14 and confirmed about the layoffs. She said that it is a part of the

company's effort to “operate more efficiently “She also mentioned that “As part of our

ongoing work to make our teams and programs operate more efficiently, and to better align

with our product road map, we’ve made the difficult decision to eliminate a small number of

roles. We don’t make these decisions lightly, and we’re committed to supporting affected

employees through their transitions”.

Amazon CEO Andy Jessy Continues Workforce Reduction

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy started the layoffs in early 2022 and their biggest round of layoff

happened for 27,000 workers. Since then, several smaller rounds of layoffs in specific

departments have led to job cuts across the company's various departments, including some

cuts in the communication division in January 2025. According to reports, Amazon had 1.56

million workers as of March 2025.This number includes both full-time and part-time workers

on the company payroll. It represents a 3 percent increase compared to 2024. However, the e-

commerce giant’s workforce primarily consists of hourly wage earners or logistics

employees in its warehouse and delivery network. The job cuts within Amazon’s devices

team were earlier reported by Reuters. This development follows Microsoft Corporation’s

announcement on Tuesday, May 13, confirming that it is cutting 6,000 jobs across various

departments in an effort to “reduce management layers,” according to the Reuters.