--- title: Amazon cuts up to 250 jobs in its devices unit, Reuters... description: Amazon has cut up to 250 jobs in its devices and services unit, which makes Kindle e-readers and Echo speakers running Alexa. The cuts mainly hit software... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/amazon-cuts-up-to-250-jobs-in-its-devices-unit-reuters-reports-qfjjpkf0u twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Amazon cuts up to 250 jobs in its devices unit, Reuters reports | daily.dev og:description: Amazon has cut up to 250 jobs in its devices and services unit, which makes Kindle e-readers and Echo speakers running Alexa. The cuts mainly hit software... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/amazon-cuts-up-to-250-jobs-in-its-devices-unit-reuters-reports-qfjjpkf0u og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/qFJjpkF0U.png og:image:alt: Amazon cuts up to 250 jobs in its devices unit, Reuters reports og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Amazon cuts up to 250 jobs in its devices unit, Reuters reports **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Amazon has cut up to 250 jobs in its devices and services unit, which makes Kindle e-readers and Echo speakers running Alexa. The cuts mainly hit software developers, who were notified by text and email early Wednesday. An Amazon spokesperson said the company eliminated 'a small number of roles' to run more efficiently. The cuts follow a busy launch run, including new Kindle devices and a newly announced Alexa alarm clock and photo frame. Amazon has cut more than 57,000 corporate jobs since 2022, about 16% of its corporate workforce, while planning to hire over 300,000 US workers for the holidays, mostly in warehouses and delivery. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How many jobs did Amazon cut in its devices and services unit? Amazon cut up to 250 jobs in its devices and services unit, which makes Kindle e-readers, Echo speakers and other Alexa hardware. The cuts mainly affected software developers, and staff were notified by text message and email early on a Wednesday morning. Amazon confirmed the cuts but did not provide an exact number. _Track how layoffs ripple through developer teams at major tech companies on daily.dev._ ### How many corporate jobs has Amazon cut since 2022? Amazon has cut more than 57,000 corporate jobs since 2022, about 16% of its corporate workforce. That total includes roughly 16,000 cuts in January of this year and more than 14,000 in the months before that, alongside a separate round of fewer than 1,000 office job cuts in its retail division. _Developers weighing job security in big tech follow layoff trends like these on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Amazon reportedly cuts jobs in its retail unit during Prime Big Deal Days sale](https://daily.dev/posts/amazon-reportedly-cuts-jobs-in-its-retail-unit-during-prime-big-deal-days-sale-ubtan4tmy) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [The Pulse: Amazon layoffs – AI or economy to blame?](https://daily.dev/posts/the-pulse-amazon-layoffs-ai-or-economy-to-blame--qyailqx62) · The Pragmatic Engineer · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Amazon's 57,000 job cuts and the toll on those left](https://daily.dev/posts/amazon-s-57-000-job-cuts-and-the-toll-on-those-left-7vnmhrkk7) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#amazon](https://daily.dev/tags/amazon), [#alexa](https://daily.dev/tags/alexa) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/amazon-cuts-up-to-250-jobs-in-its-devices-unit-reuters-reports-qfjjpkf0u) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Amazon cuts up to 250 jobs in its devices unit, Reuters reports","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/amazon-cuts-up-to-250-jobs-in-its-devices-unit-reuters-reports-qfjjpkf0u","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/amazon-cuts-up-to-250-jobs-in-its-devices-unit-reuters-reports-qfjjpkf0u"},"datePublished":"2026-10-29T08:57:29.150Z","dateModified":"2026-10-29T08:57:54.419Z","description":"Amazon has cut up to 250 jobs in its devices and services unit, which makes Kindle e-readers and Echo speakers running Alexa. 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