RTÉ Information studies that round 300 Eire-based jobs are in danger on account of the layoffs.
Amazon is slicing 16,000 roles throughout its departments internationally. In response to the corporate, the cuts are supposed to “strengthen” the organisation by “decreasing layers, rising possession and eradicating paperwork”. The transfer comes as the corporate spent near $100bn on AI in 2025.
Amazon employs greater than 6,000 folks throughout varied websites in Dublin, Cork and Drogheda, and has roughly 350,000 company employees globally. Its complete workforce is round 1.5m.
RTÉ Information studies that round 300 Eire-based jobs are in danger on account of the layoffs.
In the meantime, a spokesperson for Amazon mentioned {that a} breakdown of the variety of cuts per nation, in addition to the precise enterprise items affected, is unavailable. CNBC reported yesterday (27 January) that cloud computing and shops items are anticipated to be affected.
The corporate lower round 150 jobs in Eire final October in layoffs of about 14,000 globally. In a weblog put up at this time (28 January), Amazon’s senior vice-president of individuals expertise and know-how mentioned that the newest restructuring continues on from the modifications introduced in October, taking complete job cuts within the spherical to roughly 30,000.
Reuters was the primary to report the mass layoffs final 12 months, citing sources who mentioned that the cuts compensate for “overhiring” through the Covid-19 pandemic’s peak hiring spree. The transfer represents the most important cuts on the firm since early 2023, when Amazon laid off some 27,000 positions.
The corporate, seemingly by chance, yesterday despatched out an e-mail – later marked as ‘cancelled’ – to cloud staffers asserting “organisational modifications”. The word additionally talked about a ‘Venture Daybreak’, however it’s unclear what this referred to.
Final 12 months, a number of high executives at Huge Tech firms started sounding the alarm round AI and its impression on jobs. On the time, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy mentioned that the corporate expects AI to scale back its complete company workforce because it positive factors effectivity over time.
Up to date, 2.56pm, 28 January 2026: This text was amended to incorporate data reported by RTÉ in regards to the variety of Irish roles affected.
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