Amazon Laying Off Another 16,000 Staff

Amazon is laying off another 16,000 staff and is reported to have accidentally emailed one of its teams a day early with the news. Amazon posted the news publicly via a note from Beth Galetti, Senior Vice President of People Experience, earlier today. Galetti said the mass layoffs are about “working to strengthen our organization by reducing layers, increasing ownership, and removing bureaucracy,” which she previously raised in October 2025, at which point around 14,000 were let go. The next round of layo ...