Amazon is preparing a new wave of layoffs that will cut as much as 15% of its human resources staff, with additional job reductions expected in other divisions, Fortune reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
The human resources group, internally known as the People eXperience and Technology (PXT) team, employs more than 10,000 people worldwide and includes recruitment, technology and traditional HR functions. Two sources told Fortune that the PXT unit would be heavily affected, but that Amazon’s core consumer business is also likely to see cuts. The exact number of job losses and the timing of the move remain unclear.
An Amazon spokesperson declined to comment when asked by Fortune.
Earlier this year, Amazon reduced headcount in smaller numbers across its devices unit, the Wondery podcast division and Amazon Web Services, Reuters reported at the time.
The planned cuts follow the company’s largest ever restructuring from late 2022 into 2023, when it eliminated at least 27,000 corporate roles, a reduction amounting to a high single-digit percentage of its office staff, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Chief executive Andy Jassy has previously told employees that efficiency gains from artificial intelligence would reduce the size of Amazon’s corporate workforce. In a June companywide email, published on Amazon’s corporate blog, Jassy wrote that staff who adopt AI would be “well-positioned” while acknowledging that headcount would decline as technology is deployed more broadly.
Amazon continues to hire in other areas. On Tuesday, the company announced plans to take on 250,000 temporary staff in the United States for its annual holiday season surge in warehouses and logistics operations.
Amazon’s shares are down slightly in 2025 but remain around 15% higher than a year earlier. The company is scheduled to report quarterly earnings later this month.