Amazon Cuts E-commerce Jobs in Downsizing

Amazon trimmed fewer than 1,000 corporate e-commerce jobs in latest downsizing wave.

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Oct 8, 2026

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Amazon Cuts E-commerce Jobs in Downsizing

Amazon trimmed fewer than 1,000 corporate e-commerce jobs in latest downsizing wave.

In brief

Amazon trimmed fewer than 1,000 corporate e-commerce jobs in latest downsizing wave. Amazon reduced fewer than 1,000 white-collar e-commerce jobs as part of ongoing workforce adjustments. Originally reported by Pymnts.

Amazon Cuts E-commerce Jobs

Amazon cut fewer than 1,000 white-collar jobs in the unit that oversees its main e-commerce website, per Reuters report.

Layoffs Across Multiple Regions

The company laid off employees in the United States, India, and the United Kingdom, according to the report.

Stores Unit Adjustments

Stores Unit Adjustments

Amazon confirmed small cuts to the Stores unit but did not specify the number, saying the structure will better enable priorities.

Downsizing Continues

These cuts follow Amazon’s elimination of 30,000 positions in 2025 and into January, plus smaller reductions since then.

The bottom line

Amazon reduced fewer than 1,000 white-collar e-commerce jobs as part of ongoing workforce adjustments.

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