Amazon.com, Inc. Layoff — April 2026
SOURCEOFFICIAL FILINGCalifornia Employment Development Department· filed January 28, 2026View the filing ↗
What we know
Location: North Hollywood, CA · 22 locations (Los Angeles County).
Department affected: AI buildout / related AI teams.
A WARN notice for this layoff is recorded on January 28, 2026.
Disclosed through an official WARN filing with the CA state workforce agency.
Summary
Amazon has cut 121 jobs in Washington state as the company shifts parts of its artificial-intelligence buildout elsewhere. The reductions affect employees tied to Amazon's AI initiatives in Washington, reflecting a reallocation of resources and projects to other locations. Company representatives indicated this is part of broader restructuring of AI work rather than a company-wide workforce reduction. The moves underscore changing priorities for Amazon's AI operations and have localized impact on the affected Washington teams.
Amazon.com, Inc. disclosed this layoff in an official WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) notice recorded by the CA state workforce agency on January 28, 2026. The notice covers 3,855 employees in North Hollywood, CA (Los Angeles County), with the layoff effective April 28, 2026.
The state lists each affected employee separately by work location, so this filing spans 22 CA communities: Cerritos, Citrus Heights, Corona, Elk Grove, Encino, Fontana, Fountain Valley, Fullerton, Irvine, Long Beach, Los Angeles Ave Moorpark, Murrieta, North Hollywood, Pasadena, Porter Ranch, Poway, Roseville, S La Cienega Blvd Los Angeles, Torrance, Upland, Warner Avenue Huntington Beach, Woodland Hills.
That is roughly 0.2% of the 1,551,000 people Amazon.com, Inc. employs.
LayoffTalk has tracked 110 layoff events at Amazon.com, Inc. since January 2023, including 18,586 jobs documented in official WARN filings, with 74 additional events known from news reporting.
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