Amazon is set to slash thousands of corporate jobs starting Oct. 28, according to multiple reports.

The impending corporate layoffs amount to the largest such job reduction in the company's history, CNBC and Reuters reported, citing anonymous sources.

Up to 30,000 employees could be cut, according to Reuters, which first reported the looming layoffs on Monday afternoon, Oct. 27. The cuts could hit across the company, including in human resources, devices and services and operations, among other sectors.

Reuters reported that managers on affected teams were asked to undergo training on communicating with staff following layoff notifications. The wire service's estimate would mean that the cuts would hit nearly 10% of the company’s roughly 350,000 corporate employees.

The company has conducted rolling layoffs that hit more than 27,000 employees, the outlets reported.

USA TODAY reached out to Amazon but did not receive an immediate response.

Amazon on cutting spree under Jasse

Both outlets said the layoffs are part of Amazon CEO Andy Jassy's post-pandemic cost-cutting. He hinted in June that artificial intelligence could speed up the cuts.

"We will need fewer people doing some of the jobs that are being done today, and more people doing other types of jobs," Jassy wrote in a June memo to staff.

Forbes reported Oct. 14 that Amazon was preparing to cut up to 15% of its human resources employees, citing anonymous sources. The financial news outlet reported that the cuts were discussed outside of normal attrition processes.

The New York Times reported on Oct. 21 that executives told Amazon’s board last year that robotic automation could allow the company to avoid adding to its U.S. workforce. The automation push could prevent up to 600,000 new hires, according to the Times.

Kelly Nantel, a spokeswoman for Amazon, told the Times that the documents it reviewed for the report "did not represent the company’s overall hiring strategy."

The reported layoffs come on the heels of the tech giant being revealed as one of the donors for President Donald Trump's controversial White House ballroom. The White House did not reveal how much Amazon donated to the now $300 million project.

This story has been updated with new information

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