Amazon AWS layoffs employees: Amazon Web Services (AWS) has slashed at least hundreds of jobs. Amazon has joined other tech giants including Microsoft, Facebook parent Meta and Intel that laid off ... Amazon confirmed layoffs in its AWS cloud division following a strategic review, saying the cuts were not primarily driven by AI. The company continues to hire in key areas. An AWS spokesperson told us that despite these layoffs, overall headcount will grow as the business unit has thousands of open roles. Sources familiar with AWS operations who requested anonymity told The Register most of the layoffs affected people in marketing and outreach roles, although chatter on sites like Blind suggests folks in frontline ... Amazon is reportedly gearing up to lay off around 30,000 employees across almost all departments, from human resources to operations and AWS. The move, starting Tuesday, will reportedly slash nearly 10 per cent of the tech giant’s white-collar workforce. Amazon is yet to respond to the matter