Amazon cuts more Selling Partner jobs

Amazon has cut another group of jobs in its Selling Partner Services division, according to reports published on May 14 and May 15, as the company continues a broader restructuring across parts of its retail organization. Amazon did not disclose how many positions were eliminated in the latest move. A spokesperson told Business Insider the cuts affected “a relatively small number of roles.” The latest reductions land after Amazon announced much larger corporate cuts earlier this year. Beth Galetti, Amazon’s senior vice president of People Experience and Technology, said on January 28 that the company was eliminating about 16,000 roles across Amazon after an earlier round in October, as teams worked to reduce layers and remove bureaucracy. (businessinsider.com) ### Which Amazon unit was hit this time? Selling Partner Services is the business that supports the merchants who sell through Amazon’s marketplace. Amazon’s own seller materials describe the unit as part of the company’s work with independent sellers, who use Amazon tools for listings, logistics, payments and business management. Business Insider reported that the latest cuts were concentrated in that organization. (aboutamazon.com) Amazon’s spokesperson did not provide a headcount, but said the company “regularly review[s]” its organizations to make sure they are set up to meet goals, according to the report and follow-on coverage. ### How does this fit into Amazon’s earlier layoffs? January 28 is the clearest benchmark Amazon has put on the record this year. (aboutamazon.com) In her message to employees, Galetti said the reductions announced that day would affect about 16,000 roles and that most U.S.-based employees would get 90 days to look for another internal job before receiving severance and other transition support if they did not stay. (businessinsider.com) Amazon said in that same message that broad reductions every few months were “not our plan,” while also warning that teams would keep evaluating staffing and make adjustments where needed. That language left room for smaller, unit-level changes such as the latest Selling Partner Services cuts. ### What has Amazon said about hiring and investment at the same time? (aboutamazon.com) Amazon paired its January layoff message with a pledge to keep hiring in what it called “strategic areas and functions that are critical to our future.” Galetti did not name those functions in that note, but Amazon has since announced a string of large data-center and AI infrastructure projects. (aboutamazon.com) May 7 and May 5 updates on Amazon’s news site highlighted that push. The company said Chief Executive Andy Jassy was spending heavily on AI infrastructure, and Amazon separately announced more than 15 billion euros of data-center investment in France and other 2026 projects tied to cloud and AI capacity. Earlier announcements included a planned $12 billion investment in Louisiana, a planned $15 billion investment in Northern Indiana and up to $50 billion for AI and supercomputing capabilities for U.S. government customers. (aboutamazon.com) ### How large is Amazon’s workforce now? Amazon said in its 2025 annual report that it employed about 1,576,000 full-time and part-time workers as of December 31, 2025. That was up from about 1,556,000 a year earlier, according to its prior annual filing. Those totals include Amazon’s much larger operations workforce, not just corporate staff. The company has not said how the latest Selling Partner Services cuts change its total employee count. (aboutamazon.com) ### What should readers watch next? Amazon’s own announcements point to 2026 as the next marker for its AI buildout. The company said its up-to-$50 billion AI and supercomputing investment for U.S. government customers is set to break ground in 2026, while other named data-center projects in Louisiana, Indiana and France remain part of its current expansion pipeline. (sec.gov) (aboutamazon.com)