Amazon slashes 16,000 roles in latest phase of a broader reset

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy.

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• Amazon announced it's cutting around 16,000 roles as part of a broader reset.
• The company previously cut 14,000 jobs in October, citing cultural and efficiency shifts.
• CEO Andy Jassy is pursuing a cultural reset focused on stripping away bureaucracy.

Amazon said it is eliminating around 16,000 roles, marking its second round of mass job cuts since October, when it shed 14,000 corporate roles.