Published: October 28, 2025 at 10:36 am
eCommerce giant Amazon is to cut up to 14,000 corporate jobs globally – and says AI is the reason.
The US-headquartered firm employs 75,000 people in the UK. Those impacted are to hear from the company today.
Amazon made billions in profit in its latest results but said it wishes to “remove layers, increase ownership, and realise efficiency gains”.
Senior vice president of people experience and technology, Beth Galetti, told staff: “Some may ask why we’re reducing roles when the company is performing well.
“What we need to remember is that the world is changing quickly. This generation of AI is the most transformative technology we’ve seen since the Internet, and it’s enabling companies to innovate much faster than ever before.”