Amazon Trims HR Roles While Boosting Cloud Investments
Amazon is reducing its human resources division by up to 15%, targeting the People eXperience Technology (PXT) team, which handles recruitment and employee experience. The cuts reflect a strategic shift toward high-priority investments in AI and cloud infrastructure, where the company plans to spend over $100 billion by 2025.
While corporate roles shrink, Amazon is scaling seasonal hiring, adding 250,000 workers for the holiday rush. The move underscores a dual focus on operational efficiency and capacity expansion, particularly in fulfillment and logistics.
AWS continues to drive growth, with new data centers in Saudi Arabia, Chile, and Europe creating vendor opportunities. The layoffs, though modest relative to Amazon's workforce, signal broader optimization efforts as capital flows toward AI and cloud dominance.
