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Amazon cuts about 16,000 corporate jobs in the latest round of layoffs

by The Associated Press January 28, 2026

written by The Associated Press January 28, 2026

Amazon is slashing about 16,000 corporate jobs in the second round of mass layoffs for the ecommerce company in three months. The tech giant has said it plans to use generative artificial intelligence to replace corporate workers. It has also been reducing a workforce that swelled during t...

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