India, Oct. 28 -- E-commerce giant Amazon has announced that it will trim its corporate workforce by laying off 14,000 jobs, according to a blog post shared by Beth Galetti, the company's senior vice president of people experience and technology.

Galetti referred to Amazon CEO Andy Jassy 's June announcement, which had signalled a reduction in Amazon workforce in future due to AI-driven efficiency gains.

"Last year, Andy posted a note about strengthening our culture and teams - explaining how we want to operate like the world's largest startup, the importance of having the right structure to drive that level of speed and ownership, and the need to be set up to invent, collaborate, be connected, and deliver the absolute best for customer...