Amazon is reportedly set to eliminate roughly 30,000 corporate positions as early as Tuesday, signaling one of the e-commerce giant’s largest white-collar layoffs in years.

The cuts are estimated to affect approximately 10% of Amazon’s 350,000 corporate employees worldwide. Sources familiar with the decision say the company is attempting to right-size its workforce following the rapid hiring boom that took place during the COVID-19 pandemic, when online shopping demand surged to unprecedented levels.

If confirmed, this move would represent Amazon’s most extensive job reduction since 2022, when the company slashed about 27,000 positions over multiple rounds of restructuring. News of the layoffs briefly boosted investor confidence — Amazon’s stock price was up more than 1% on Monday afternoon.

Reports from Reuters suggest the newest wave of cuts may heavily impact areas such as human resources, business operations, and service-focused corporate teams. Leadership has also indicated a strategic push toward streamlining internal bureaucracy and expanding the adoption of artificial intelligence across the organization.

Managers in departments expected to be hit have already been trained on how to deliver the news, signaling that employees could receive formal layoff notifications via email Tuesday morning.

The New York Times recently reported that Amazon has explored the possibility of deploying AI and robotics to handle hundreds of thousands of jobs currently performed by people — as many as 600,000 roles in the future. The company disputed aspects of that report, insisting the leaked internal documents provided an incomplete interpretation of Amazon’s long-term goals.

Despite these cuts, Amazon continues to position itself as a major job creator. The company plans to hire approximately 250,000 workers nationwide for the upcoming holiday season, including 8,500 in New York state alone, according to the Democrat and Chronicle. However, many of these positions are expected to be short-term roles tied to peak retail demand.

Overall, Amazon remains one of the largest private employers in the United States, with a workforce exceeding 1.2 million employees — though the company’s evolving strategy suggests that, moving forward, more of its operations could rely on automation rather than human labor.