This reduction would represent around 10% of its roughly 350,000 corporate employees, a staggering number given how large the company is, and marks the biggest layoff move at Amazon since late 2022, when about 27,000 positions were cut.

Amazon will pay both the Federal Trade Commission and consumers directly to settle a lawsuit alleging that it used manipulative and deceptive tactics to encourage sign-ups for Prime.

Amazon has been conducting rolling layoffs across the firm since 2022. As a result, over 27,000 employees have been let go. Job cuts have continued this year at a smaller scale. The company's cloud, communications,

Amazon declined to comment when contacted by the BBC. If confirmed, the layoffs could be one of the largest seen in recent months. It would be Amazon's biggest cuts since 2022, when the company let go of around 27,