Aws Layoffs April 2025. After laying off around 10,000 employees at the end of last year, amazon has cut thousands more, for a total of 18,000 jobs. Aws began laying off employees in april 2023, following amazon's earlier announcement that it would be cutting 9,000 jobs that year.
Amazon began notifying amazon web services and human resources employees impacted by its latest round of layoffs on wednesday, as the company continues to trim. Amazon web services will cut several hundred jobs in its sales, marketing, and global services organization, and a few hundred jobs on its physical stores technology team, executives in the tech.