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Amazon CEO says recent mass layoffs were due to "culture" and "removing
layers" - not AI

Date:
Fri, 31 Oct 2025 11:24:00 +0000

Description:
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy reveals more on latest job cuts.

FULL STORY

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has revealed more details on the company's plans to lay
off 14,000 workers , saying the cuts were influenced by a desire to stay
relevant and agile in an ever-changing market. 

Speaking on Amazons latest quarterly earnings call to analysts, Jassy said 
the cuts looked to act on a belief the company had become too large and bulky
following over-hiring in recent years. 

The announcement that we made a few days ago was not really financially
driven, and its not even really AI-driven - not right now, at least, he said.
Really, its culture.

Committed 

Jassy went on to outline Amazon's approach to what he called, the technology
transformation happening right now, noting that extra management layers in 
the company were delaying decision-making and holding back progress. 

When that happens, sometimes without realizing it, you can weaken the
ownership of the people that you have who are doing the actual work and who
own most of the two-way door decisions - the ones that should be made quickly
and right at the front line, Jassy said. 

We are committed to operating like the worlds largest startup." 

Amazon noted in its financial results it would take a $1.8 billion
severance-related charge in the quarter related to the layoffs - however the
company reported quarterly revenue of $180.2 billion, up 13% year-over-year,
and $21 billion in profit. 

Jassy's comments echo those made by Beth Galetti, Amazon's Senior Vice
President of People Experience and Technology, who noted in the original note
to employees that the cuts would make Amazon "even stronger", meaning it 
could shift resources, "to ensure we're investing in our biggest bets and 
what matters most to our customers' current and future needs". 

"We're convicted that we need to be organised more leanly, with fewer layers
and more ownership, to move as quickly as possible for our customers and
business," Galetti added. 

Amazon has around 1.55 million employees across the entire company, but the
cuts will affect its 350,000 corporate workers. 

Jassy had warned earlier in 2025 the rise in AI technology in major
corporations such as Amazon would likely lead to job cuts, saying in a memo 
to staff that the company, "will need fewer people doing some of the jobs 
that are being done today, and more people doing other types of jobs." 

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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/pro/amazon-ceo-says-recent-mass-layoffs-were-due-to-
culture-and-removing-layers-not-ai

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