Amazon is reportedly planning to cut up to 30,000 jobs this week, according to sources speaking to Reuters . If this goes ahead, it will be the largest mass layoff in the company's 31-year history.

As reported by Reuters , multiple sources claim that Amazon will lay off thousands of corporate jobs beginning from this Tuesday. The move is apparently the result of the online retail giant cutting expenses after overhiring during the COVID-19 pandemic, having brought on 427,300 new employees between January and October 2020.

Amazon employs approximately 1.5 million workers worldwide , and is one of the U.S.' largest employers. This week's mass layoffs will be its largest since the company cut 27,000 corporate jobs between November 2022 to March 2023 .

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