Amazon aims to cut as many as 30,000 corporate jobs: sources

STORY: Amazon is planning its biggest job cuts since 2022. It's aiming to axe as many as 30,000 corporate positions starting Tuesday.According to three people familiar with the matter, the e-commerce giant is paring back expenses and compensating for overhiring during the peak demand of the pandemic.The figure is roughly 10% of Amazon's corporate employees.Cuts beginning this week may affect teams such as human resources, operations, and Amazon Web Services.Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said in June artificial intelligence tools would likely lead to more job cuts, automating repetitive and routine tasks.Earlier this year, he installed an anonymous complaint line for identifying inefficiencies.Sources say Amazon's five-day back-to-office policy - among tech's most stringent - has failed to generate enough attrition.The sources cite that as another reason for the size of the layoff.Some of the employees who are not swiping in daily because they live far from corporate offices, or for other reasons, are being told they have voluntarily quit Amazon and must leave without severance, a saving for the company.Meanwhile, Amazon appears to be expecting another big holiday selling season.It plans to offer 250,000 seasonal jobs to help staff warehouses and other needs, the same as in the past two years.

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