To make an omelet you have to break eggs, and when it comes to artificial intelligence, it is jobs that are broken. Amazon today announced the dismissal of 16,000 workersto adjust your workflow to AI. In October 2025, it already laid off 14,000 employees.
Beth Galetti, senior vice president of Human Experience and Technology at Amazon, explained that “We have been working to strengthen our organization, reducing hierarchical levels, increasing responsibility and eliminating bureaucracy. While many teams finalized their organizational changes in October, other teams have not completed that work so far.”
And he continues: “The reductions we are carrying out today will affect approximately 16,000 jobs at Amazonand we are working hard to support everyone whose jobs are affected.”
The future of Amazon employees
As confirmed by the media Economic Informationvia 20Minutosin the mouth of Amazon itself: “There is no ERE planned in Spain.” Let us remember that last October they carried out two ERE in Amazon Digital Spain and Spain Servicewhich led to the dismissal of 911 employees.
It is fair to say that Amazon is one of the largest employers in the world. It has no less than 1.58 million workers in the world, 28,000 in Spain. His business, based on the transportation and delivery of packages, demands it… until now.
More than a million employees work in warehouses, logistics and delivery, along with some 350,000 corporate workers. This is where the 16,000 employees announced today will go to the streets.
It should also be noted that Amazon protects its laid-off employees with good compensation, priority to find another position within the company, and other aid.
However, the robotization of logistics and warehouses and the arrival of artificial intelligence to corporate areas seems to be going to change all this. A few months ago some documents were leaked with plans to lay off 600,000 human employees in the coming yearsreplaced with robots and AI. Amazon assured that they were working drafts with proposals that do not have to be approved, and that nothing has been decided.
AI has eliminated another 16,000 jobs at Amazon today. It is something that is going to increase in large technology companies.