Amazon.com Inc. is cutting 16,000 corporate jobs worldwide in an effort to remove layers of bureaucracy and “increase ownership,” becoming the latest company to target managers for layoffs in recent years.

Many corporations binged on labor during the pandemic. Now, facing economic uncertainty and AI threats, they are slimming down.

Amazon is cutting another 16,000 jobs as the technology giant continues to remake itself in “a world that’s changing faster than ever,” as noted in a memo to staff Wednesday from Beth Galetti, who leads human resources operations for the company.

Amazon is eliminating 16,000 positions, company officials said Wednesday, just months after announcing job cuts affecting 14,000 roles in October. This new round of layoffs was a way to "strengthen our organization by reducing layers,

Amazon’s plans to close all four of its Amazon Fresh grocery stores in New Jersey could amount 871 layoffs in the state. Amazon announced Wednesday it would cease operations at all of its Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh stores nationwide.