Amazon to Cut 14,000 Corporate Jobs Amid AI Push

The Amazon logo at the Amazon Robotic Sorting Fulfillment Center in Madison County, Miss., on Aug. 11, 2022. AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, FileAmazon said on Oct. 28 it will eliminate about 14,000 corporate positions as part of a broad restructuring effort designed to flatten management layers, reduce bureaucracy, and redirect resources toward artificial intelligence (AI) and other strategic priorities.Beth Galetti, Amazon’s senior vice president of people experience and technology, announced the layoffs in an internal memo to employees, describing them as part of an ongoing effort to make the company stronger, faster, and more innovative, while operating “like the world’s largest startup.”