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Amazon has been cutting out middle management roles for several years now, a sure way to realize economies on payroll in the short term, but there are other ways to get better business value out of reorganizations. Reuters reported Monday night that the cuts could affect the Amazon Web Services cloud computing business, the company’s HR department known internally as People Experience and Technology, and its devices and services business, among other areas. But the report also put the number of job cuts at up to 30,000, far higher than the total job cuts Amazon announced, suggesting that the company may intend to hire or move up to 16,000 staff in the reorganization. Amazon employs around 350,000 in corporate roles, with another 1.2 million in other roles, Reuters said. AWS already went through a smaller round of layoffs in April 2024.
