Big Tech
Amazon layoffs
Our tracker records 68,000 people affected by Amazon layoffs across 6 separate announcements between Nov 2022 and Jan 2026. 21% of those people were affected by cuts the company or credible reporting tied to AI. Figures reflect what was reported at announcement time and may have been revised since.
People affected
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Across tracked announcements
Announcements
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Nov 2022 → Jan 2026
AI-attributed
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Of affected people
Every tracked announcement
- −16,000(1.5% of workforce)
Follow-on to late-2025's record cut, with AWS and technical roles hit disproportionately.
Source: Computerworld
- −14,000(4% of workforce)AI-attributed
Largest corporate cut in Amazon's history; leadership cited a leaner org for the 'AI era'. Reports pointed to up to 30,000 planned.
Source: Reuters
- −1,000
Twitch cut 35% of staff; Prime Video and MGM Studios trimmed hundreds more.
Source: CNBC
- −9,000
Second wave (27,000 total across 2022–23), hitting AWS, advertising and Twitch.
Source: CNBC
- −18,000(1.2% of workforce)
Then the largest layoff in tech history: devices, retail and HR hit hardest.
Source: Company blog
- −10,000
Devices and books organisations hit first; grew to 18,000 by January.
Source: New York Times
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Part of the WorkforceSignal layoff tracker — every event curated from public reporting with conservative AI attribution. See methodology.