Amazon cutting 760 corporate jobs in Southern California

AI Blamed for Tens of Thousands of White Collar Layoffs

There’s no question that the job market is a mess. According to Labor Department data, nearly two million Americans have been without a job for 27 weeks or more, the highest figure since 2022. And it’s hitting white collar jobs hard: this week alone, Amazon cut its corporate workforce by 14,000 jobs, UPS cut 34,000 operational workforce positions, and Target and Paramount axed 1,800 and 1,000 jobs, respectively. Many are blaming those cuts on AI…

Bay Area tech layoffs top 1,400 in one week with new Amazon cuts in S.F.

The tech industry’s job cuts this week alone have now topped 1,400 with the revelation of fresh job cuts — this time in San Francisco — by tech titan Amazon. An estimated 1,451 Bay Area tech workers are slated to lose their jobs by late this year or early 2026 as a result of decisions revealed this week by e-commerce giant Amazon, Facebook app owner Meta Platforms, and chip titan Applied Materials. Seattle-based Amazon has decided to chop 137 jo…

Amazon cutting 760 corporate jobs in Southern California

Amazon, which announced plans this week to reduce its global corporate workforce by about 14,000 jobs, says it is laying off 760 jobs in Southern California beginning in January as part of a shakeup driven by artificial intelligence. Overall, Amazon says it will cut 1,540 positions in California — including 783 in Northern California, according to Vani Appukkutty, a senior manager in the company’s human resources department. In Southern Californ…