Amazon Laying Off Another 16,000 Staffers

Amazon is laying off another 16,000 staff members and is reported to have accidentally emailed one of its teams a day early with the news.

Amazon posted the news publicly via a note from Beth Galetti, Senior Vice President of People Experience, earlier today.

Galetti said the mass layoffs are about “working to strengthen our organization by reducing layers, increasing ownership, and removing bureaucracy,” which she previously raised in October 2025, at which point around 14,000 were let go.

The next round of layoffs, which brings the total up to 30,000 over the past four months, are reported by Reuters to be impacting the Prime Video team, along with Amazon Web Services (AWS), retail and HR.

“The reductions we are making today will impact approximately 16,000 roles across Amazon, and we’re again working hard to support everyone whose role is impacted,” wrote Galetti. “That starts with offering most US-based employees 90 days to look for a…