E-commerce giant, Amazon is planning to cut as many as 30,000 corporate jobs beginning on Tuesday, as the company pares expenses and compensates for overhiring during the peak demand of the pandemic, according to three people familiar with the matter.

The number is only a small portion of Amazon's 1.55 million workers overall, but it is close to 10% of its around 350,000 corporate workers. This would be the biggest layoffs that Amazon has made since it began eliminating over 27,000 jobs in late 2022.

An Amazon spokesperson declined to comment.

Over the past two years, Amazon has reduced employment in a number of areas, including podcasts, communications, and gadgets. According to the people, a number of divisions, including operations, devices and services, Amazon Web Services, and huma

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