Why Amazon’s CEO Thinks Corporate Jobs Are About to Disappear

Amazon’s future will be leaner, and it's not because of a downturn. 

CNBC reported that CEO Andy Jassy confirmed that the company’s corporate workforce is expected to shrink in the coming years, not from layoffs alone. His prediction is due to the rapid rollout of generative artificial intelligence.

In a memo to employees this week, Jassy outlined the inevitable shift. "We will need fewer people doing some of the jobs that are being done today," he wrote, "and more people doing other...