Amazon layoffs continue in October after 30,000 job cuts. Why is Amazon laying off people?

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has continued reducing its corporate workforce in October 2026, extending a restructuring programme that has already eliminated approximately 30,000 positions since late 2025.

The latest layoffs, confirmed on October 7, affected fewer than 1,000 employees, primarily within Amazon’s Stores division, which operates its main e-commerce business.

• Amazon confirmed another round of layoffs on October 7, 2026, affecting fewer than 1,000 employees, primarily in its Stores division across the US, UK and India.
• The latest reductions follow 14,000 corporate job cuts in October 2025 and 16,000 in January 2026, the largest restructuring in Amazon’s history.
• Amazon plans to invest approximately $220 bn in capital expenditure in 2026, while AWS revenue increased 37% to $42.2 bn in Q2 and operating profit reached $16.6 bn.

Affected teams included customer service, selling partner support and retail engineering. Employees in the United States,…