Duly Noted

While we’re making these changes, we’ll also continue hiring and investing in strategic areas and functions that are critical to our future.

Hard to believe that NONE of the 16k employees weren’t a good fit for other “strategic areas”.

Some of you might ask if this is the beginning of a new rhythm – where we announce broad reductions every few months. That’s not our plan.

But actions speak louder than words.

_{Quote Citation: Beth Galetti, “A message from Amazon on recent layoff”, January 28, 2026, https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/amazon-layoffs-corporate-jan-2026}