Amazon Layoffs 2026: Indian Employees Among Those Hit As E-Commerce Giant Cuts Under 1,000 Jobs

Amazon has cut fewer than 1,000 white-collar jobs, with employees in India among those affected, as the e-commerce giant restructures its Stores business, as per Reuters.

The latest layoffs come as Amazon hosts its two-day Prime Big Deal Days shopping event, which began on Tuesday with discounts across a wide range of products.

Amazon Layoffs Hit Stores Business

The latest job cuts affect fewer than 1,000 employees, according to a person familiar with the matter cited by Reuters. Business Insider had earlier reported the layoffs.

Amazon confirmed the cuts but did not disclose the exact number of employees affected.

“We’ve adjusted parts of our Stores business because we believe this structure will better enable us to deliver on our priorities,” an Amazon spokesperson said in an emailed statement,according to Reuters

Amazon’s Stores unit oversees its main e-commerce website and includes several businesses and functions. Internal Slack messages reviewed by Reuters indicated that employees across divisions, including customer service and selling partner services, were affected.

Workers in the US, India and the UK were among those who received layoff notices, according to Reuters.

Amazon Continues Workforce Restructuring

The latest reductions follow a much larger round of corporate job cuts that began last year and continued into January.

Amazon had announced plans to eliminate around 30,000 corporate positions as it sought to reduce costs and reshape its workforce.

The company had expanded its headcount sharply during the Covid-19 pandemic, when consumers increasingly relied on online shopping. As shopping patterns changed, Amazon began cutting jobs and focusing more closely on controlling costs.

Jeff Bezos On Amazon’s Earlier Job Cuts

Amazon founder and executive chairman Jeff Bezos also addressed the earlier layoffs in a Fox News interview aired on Wednesday. Bezos said the company had grown its workforce significantly during the pandemic as employees worked to meet a surge in online orders.

Bezos said the company faced an intense period during the pandemic as people stayed home and placed more online orders, leading Amazon to expand its workforce significantly. He added that the company had overhired during a period when consumers were spending more time at home and ordering more products online.

The latest cuts indicate that Amazon is continuing to reshape its corporate workforce while its core e-commerce business remains focused on major shopping events such as Prime Big Deal Days.