{
  "id": 12780526,
  "title": "Amazon’s fresh job cuts hit retail division; under 1,000 white collar staff affected, source says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/amazons-fresh-job-cuts-hit-retail-division-under-1-000-white-collar",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-08T03:15:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Business Times - Companies & Markets",
    "slug": "the-business-times-companies-markets",
    "url": "https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/amazons-fresh-job-cuts-hit-retail-division-under-1000-white-collar-staff-affected-source-says"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Amazon has recently announced the elimination of under 1,000 white-collar positions in its retail division, as confirmed by a source. The reductions came as part of the company's ongoing effort to streamline operations and better align with its priorities, according to Amazon's spokesperson.\n\nThese latest cuts mark the continuation of a series of smaller job reductions since a larger round of 30,000 layoffs began in 2025 and extended through January. The affected employees included those from various divisions within Amazon's stores unit, which oversees the primary e-commerce website.\n\nDuring the period of increased layoffs in the previous round, Amazon's founder and executive chairman, Jeff Bezos, stated in a Fox News interview that the company had had to overhire during the Covid-19 pandemic, resulting in the workforce expansion that led to this latest reduction. He added that Amazon's team had worked extremely hard during the pandemic but that the company had grown its headcount significantly.",
  "summary": "Founder Jeff Bezos says continued layoffs have been necessary as the firm overhired during Covid",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}