Amazon India is set to lay off between 800 and 1,000 employees as part of a global restructuring, according to sources familiar with the matter. The downsizing is part of a larger, global workforce reduction of 14,000 corporate roles announced by Amazon, on Tuesday.
The workforce reduction is part of a larger, global workforce reduction of 14,000 corporate roles announced by Amazon, on Tuesday.
Sources told FE that the notifications in India are planned to be carried out in three phases over the next three days.
Internal sources at the company’s People Experience and Technology (PXT) and Prime Video operations teams in Bengaluru, confirmed receiving emails informing them of being laid off.
When contacted for this story, Amazon India did not provide a comment on the specific numbers for the India layoffs or the impacted teams. The global workforce reduction was confirmed in a company-wide memo by Beth Galetti, senior vice president of People Experience and Technology on Tuesday.
In her memo, Galetti positioned the cuts as heavily influenced by the company’s strategic pivot to Artificial Intelligence, stating that it is a “continuation” of CEO Andy Jassy’s ongoing push to “operate like the world’s largest startup.”
She added that the company is “further reducing bureaucracy, removing layers, and shifting resources” to invest in its “biggest bets.”
The memo directly addressed the question of cutting roles while the company is performing well, stating, “This generation of AI is the most transformative technology we’ve seen since the Internet, and it’s enabling companies to innovate much faster… We’re convinced that we need to be organised more leanly.”
This echoes a previous memo from Jassy in June 2025, in which he warned that as the company gains “efficiency gains from using AI,” it would likely “reduce our total corporate workforce” over the next few years. For employees impacted by the cuts, the company outlined a support package. According to Galetti’s note, Amazon will offer “transition support, including severance pay, outplacement services, health insurance benefits, and more.”
The memo adds that most affected employees will be given 90 days to find a new role internally, with the timing varying depending on local laws, during which recruiting teams will prioritise internal candidates. The memo also hinted that this restructuring may not be over, stating that “Looking ahead to 2026, as Andy talked about earlier this year, we expect to continue hiring in key strategic areas while also finding additional places we can remove layers, increase ownership, and realise efficiency gains.”
Some media reports suggest the number of affected employees could go up to 30,000. The latest job cuts mark Amazon’s largest single round of layoffs since it eliminated approximately 27,000 positions in a multi-phase reduction between late 2022 and early 2023. That move was largely seen as a necessary correction for rapid over-hiring during the pandemic-fuelled e-commerce boom.
Despite the turbulence, Amazon has consistently referred to India as a key strategic market. In June, the company announced a Rs 2,000 crore investment to expand and upgrade its logistics and fulfilment infrastructure in the country.