Amazon to cut 30,000 office jobs according to US media reports

Amazon.com Inc will lay off tens of thousands of office workers as the e-commerce and cloud technology firm trims costs and ramps up investments in artificial intelligence, according to US media reports.

Some 30,000 positions will be cut in a belt-tightening move expected to begin on Tuesday, multiple news outlets reported.

The reduction will represent nearly 10% of the approximately 350,000 office jobs at Amazon, but is reported not to affect the distribution and warehouse workforce that makes up the majority of the company's more than 1.5 million employees.

Seattle, Washington-based Amazon did not reply to AFP queries regarding the planned cuts reported by the Wall Street Journal, New York Times and other outlets citing anonymous sources.