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Amazon is planning to lay off as many as 30,000 corporate employees from Tuesday.

Reuters quoted sources as saying that the decision is line with company’s move to reduce expenses and compensate for overhiring during the peak demand of the pandemic.

While this layoff would be the largest job cut at Amazon since around 27,000 jobs were eliminated starting in late 2022, laying of 30,000 will represent a small percentage of Amazon’s 1.55 million total employees but nearly 10% of the company’s roughly 350,000 corporate employees.

According to Reuters, Amazon has been trimming smaller numbers of jobs over the past two years across multiple divisions, including devices, communications, podcasting and others.

The recent job cuts will affect various divisions, includin

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