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Amazon may layoff around 16000 employees on January 27, India teams likely to be hit severely
Amazon may layoff around 16000 employees on January 27, India teams likely to be hit severely
Amazon is heading for another major round of workforce reduction this week. The tech giant is reportedly planning a fresh round of layoffs on January 27, which could impact around 16,000 employees globally. The move is expected to be part of a wider restructuring drive that could see nearly 30,000 corporate roles eliminated by mid-2026. Notably, this round of cuts is expected to have a wider geographic impact, with India-based teams likely to be hit harder than before.
According to multiple reports and employee chatter on platforms such as Blind and Reddit, Amazon is expected to announce job cuts in coming days, with India-based teams likely to be among the hardest hit. The layoffs are also expected to cut across departments, with employees in Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Prime Video said to be among those at risk. Amazon's ongoing restructuring drive began in late 2025, when the company eliminated around 14,000 white-collar roles in October as part of the first phase of the exercise.
By the end of 2025, a Reuters report said Amazon was planning to cut around 30,000 corporate jobs as part of a wider restructuring effort. Following those reports, the company confirmed its plans to cut around 14,000 roles. The company is now expected to roll out the second phase of job cuts, potentially adding another 16,000 roles to that tally and pushing total job losses close to 30,000.
If that happens, it would surpass even the massive 27,000 layoffs Amazon carried out across 2022 and 2023. While Amazon employs roughly 1.57 million people globally, the focus of these cuts remains on its white-collar corporate workforce, which numbers around 350,000 employees.
The upcoming layoffs at Amazon are expected to affect multiple key divisions, including AWS, Prime Video, retail operations, and the People Experience and Technology (PXT) division, Amazon's internal HR arm. Indian corporate teams, particularly those based in cities such as Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Chennai, are seen as especially vulnerable this time.
Internal communications and anonymous posts by Amazon employees across platforms such as Reddit, Blind, and LinkedIn suggest that the layoff process could begin early in the week of January 27. Several employees posting on Blind have claimed that managers and senior leaders have already hinted at impending cuts. Others have said that employees currently on performance improvement plans (PIPs) may be informed ahead of the wider workforce.
There are also reports that advance notices may already be underway. Earlier reports suggested that between 1,000 and 2,000 Amazon employees received WARN notices ahead of the expected layoff date. Under US law, companies are required to issue such notices in advance of mass layoffs, though Amazon has not officially confirmed any details related to the timing or scale of the cuts.
Amazon says it is currently focusing on structural change rather than short-term cost savings. CEO Andy Jassy has repeatedly said the layoffs are “not really financially driven” and “not even really AI-driven,” but are instead aimed at fixing company culture and tackling what he has described as excessive bureaucracy. Jassy has argued that Amazon's rapid expansion over the years has created multiple layers of management that slow decision-making and innovation.
That said, artificial intelligence still remains one of the key factors in Amazon's restructuring strategy. The company has been aggressively automating internal processes across HR, software development, and customer support. To improve efficiency, Amazon appears to be trimming layers of management and administrative roles, particularly in teams that support operations rather than directly build products or services.
Source: Msn.com
Source: Msn
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