14 Companies That Announced Major Layoffs And Hiring Freezes This Month
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Kumar Utkarsh January 23, 2026 11:13 AM IST
Amazon plans fresh corporate layoffs next week, targeting thousands of roles as it streamlines operations, cuts bureaucracy, and adapts to slower growth amid broader tech industry job reductions worldwide workforce.
Analiza Pathak December 17, 2025 1:36 PM IST
The job cuts are expected to take effect in February. While details of the compensation packages have not been made public, Amazon's management said they are in line with it.
Kumar Utkarsh December 12, 2025 1:35 PM IST
Amazon's decision to cut 14,000 jobs marks a major shift as the tech giant restructures to operate like a startup-flattening teams, speeding decisions, and prioritising agility in an AI-driven market.
Kumar Utkarsh November 24, 2025 10:57 AM IST
Amazon's 2025 restructuring has led to nearly 14,000 job cuts, with engineers accounting for 40% of the layoffs as the company shifts toward AI-driven operations and a leaner corporate structure.
Kumar Utkarsh November 4, 2025 4:19 PM IST
Amazon has begun informing employees about massive job cuts through early-morning text messages, marking a major restructuring move driven by automation, AI advancements, and post-pandemic corporate realignment.
Saanchi Gupta October 31, 2025 2:31 PM IST
Amazon lays off 14,000 roles after the 2023 layoff that impacted 27,000 people in the company
Anirudha Yerunkar October 29, 2025 10:57 AM IST
For those who can't find a new role at the company or who opt not to look for one will be provided transitional support including severance pay, outplacement services and health insurance benefits.
Analiza Pathak October 28, 2025 9:37 AM IST
The cuts are focused on corporate roles, which are around 10 per cent of Amazon's 3.5 lakh corporate staff.
Gazi Abbas Shahid August 6, 2025 9:43 PM IST
Amazon stated that most of the employees laid off from Wondery have been shifted to other divisions with the company, but maintained that Wondery will retain its brand identity, and continue to host a few creator-driven shows.
Analiza Pathak August 6, 2025 8:58 AM IST
In its memo, Amazon stated that these changes are designed to position Amazon better to capitalise on new strategic opportunities and improve the experience for creators, customers, and advertisers.
Gazi Abbas Shahid July 2, 2025 5:00 PM IST
The new Amazon relocation policy is part of the company's return-to-office (RTO) mandate.
Anirudha Yerunkar June 19, 2025 5:04 PM IST
Earlier this month Amazon announced that it was planning to invest $10 billion toward building a campus in North Carolina to expand its cloud computing and artificial intelligence infrastructure.
Anirudha Yerunkar March 18, 2025 11:20 PM IST
Amazon layoffs reports have once again raised the question over job security of employees from the tech industry in the world.
India.com Business Desk May 16, 2023 11:52 AM IST
Employees from Amazon Web Services (AWS) and People Experience and Technology Solutions (PXT) verticals were affected by the latest job cuts.
India.com News Desk April 27, 2023 12:52 PM IST
Amazon announced fresh round of layoffs where employees from the Amazon Web Services (AWS) and human resources departments.
India.com News Desk March 20, 2023 8:54 PM IST
Last week, Meta announced its second round of layoffs which saw 10,000 employees lose their jobs.
India.com News Desk January 23, 2023 3:47 PM IST
Several Indian IT professionals, who are on non-immigrant work visas like H-1B and L1, are now desperately looking for options to stay in the US.
India.com Business Desk January 23, 2023 2:10 PM IST
12,000 impacted employees belonged to every department, from Google Cloud and Chrome to Android and "search-related groups under senior executive Prabhakar Raghavan," as per the report.
India.com News Desk January 20, 2023 8:14 PM IST
The tech layoffs have come thick and fast as the year 2023 began with Amazon announcing 18,000 layoffs followed by Google's 12,000 firings.
India.com News Desk January 18, 2023 9:18 AM IST
Amazon Layoffs: Taking to LinkedIn, Tom Mboya Opiyo narrated his ordeal and shared that he had sold his house and cars in preparation for a relocation that never panned out. Opiyo was among the 18,000 people impacted by Amazon's mass layoffs.
India.com News Desk January 16, 2023 8:23 AM IST
Amazon Mass Layoffs: Sacked employees are taking to LinkedIn to share personal accounts of the layoffs and request their networks to connect them with potential opportunities. One of the posts which drew people's attention was of Harsh---an IIT graduate who used to work in Amazon as a Software Engineer.
Victor Dasgupta January 12, 2023 11:05 PM IST
Many impacted employees have taken to social media platforms to share that they have been laid off and are open to new opportunities.
India.com News Desk January 7, 2023 9:02 AM IST
The move comes in the wake of Amazon's plan to lay off 18,000 employees across the globe keeping in mind the "uncertain market conditions".
India.com News Desk December 11, 2022 3:13 PM IST
Several tech companies have sacked thousands of employees over the past months to cut costs. Amazon and Google are also expected to announce mass layoffs very soon.