Amazon is cutting about 16,000 jobs in the latest round of mass layoffs for the tech industry. Beth Galetti, a senior vice president at the ecommerce company, made the announcement Wednesday in a blog post.

Amazon is slashing about 16,000 corporate jobs — the second round of mass layoffs for the e-commerce company in three months as it reduces a workforce that swelled during the pandemic.

Last summer, Andy Jassy, Amazon’s chief executive, told employees that artificial intelligence meant that, over time, the company would operate with fewer corporate workers.