Amazon India layoffs: Tech major may fire 800–1,000 staff under global job cuts

Ecommerce and technology major Amazon could hand out pink slips to 800-1,000 corporate employees in India as part of its global layoff of 14,000 people announced on Tuesday, people in the know said.

The job cuts – the number of which is likely to go up – come in the backdrop of the company increasingly adopting artificial intelligence and looking to reduce costs across businesses.

In India, the affected roles would span across departments including finance, marketing, human resources and tech, one of the people said. Another person said these job cuts will largely impact people reporting to Amazon’s global teams.


The Seattle-based technology giant is letting go of people following chief executive Andy Jassy’s note last year calling for “reducing layers, increasing ownership and helping reduce bureaucracy” across the organisation.

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In response to ET’s queries, an Amazon spokesperson in India referred to a note from senior vice-president of people experience and technology Beth Galetti, announcing the global layoffs.

Amazon job cuts

In the note, Galetti alluded to more potential job cuts next year. She wrote that in 2026, while Amazon expects to continue hiring in key strategic areas, it would also continue “finding additional places we can remove layers, increase ownership and realise efficiency gains”.

Amazon had laid off more than 500 employees in India in 2023 as a part of a job reduction exercise that impacted 9,000 people globally.

Amazon India performance

Amazon’s India revenue for fiscal 2025 grew at a moderate pace compared with the pandemic years, even as its loss narrowed, ET reported on October 24.

All the four major business units of Amazon India – marketplace entity Amazon Seller Services, logistics arm Amazon Transport Services, Amazon Wholesale and fintech unit Amazon Pay – recorded a significant drop in net loss for FY25, primarily on account of lower marketing expenses and employee costs.

While it has cut costs in India, the company had earlier said that it would continue to invest in emerging areas such as quick commerce, where it faces stiff competition from established players like Blinkit, Swiggy Instamart and Zepto.

Earlier this year, Amazon began relocating its India head office in Bengaluru to a new site that costs nearly one-third of its current rent, as part of efforts to cut expenses.