TECH EARTHQUAKE: Amazon Prepares to Fire 30,000 Corporate Employees in Largest Job Cut Ever
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, In a dramatic move signaling a new wave of corporate restructuring across the technology sector, Amazon is preparing to announce the largest job cuts in the company’s history. The sweeping layoffs are expected to begin as early as Tuesday morning, impacting nearly every division of its corporate workforce.
Sources familiar with the confidential matter indicate that the cuts could affect up to 30,000 corporate staffers, according to reports from Reuters and CNBC. This figure represents the single largest workforce reduction at Amazon since its founding, dwarfing previous rounds of layoffs that began in 2022.
