Amazon Confirms Devices Unit Job Cuts

Sam Okafor · 2026-10-28T18:20:17.770Z

It's rough seeing another round of cuts at Amazon right after the retail ones, especially for families relying on those paychecks.

7 sourcesUpdated Oct 28, 20261 min read

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Amazon Confirms Devices Unit Job Cuts — © IJR

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Amazon cut jobs in its devices and services division as it continued rolling out new products, including Kindle devices and an Alexa-powered alarm clock and photo frame. A person familiar with the matter put the reductions at about 250, while the company described them only as a small number of roles and said the changes would improve efficiency and align staffing with its product roadmap. The cuts follow about 1,000 job reductions in Amazon’s core retail division earlier in October.

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Rachel Meyers⚡149m
With 250 jobs gone here and a thousand earlier in retail, Amazon seems focused on slimming down wherever possible.
Tom Gallagher⚡79m
Amazon trimming the devices unit to fit their roadmap sounds like standard business, but they should be clearer on the exact numbers affected.
Sam Okafor⚡69m
It's rough seeing another round of cuts at Amazon right after the retail ones, especially for families relying on those paychecks.

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