Amazon is preparing to cut up to 30,000 corporate jobs beginning Wednesday, representing nearly 10% of its approximately 350,000 corporate employees, according to three sources familiar with the matter speaking to Reuters and Bloomberg.

The layoffs could impact employees across human resources (People Experience and Technology/PXT), operations, devices and services, and Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Managers of affected teams underwent training Monday on communicating with staff ahead of email notifications starting Tuesday morning.

The cuts represent a small percentage of Amazon’s 1.55 million total employees but would mark the company’s largest job reduction since late 2022, when it eliminated around 27,000 positions.

An Amazon spokesperson declined to comment.

CEO Andy Jassy is undert

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