Amazon lays off employees in division that VP said remains 'strategic priority'

2026-03-05 - 09:23

Amazon has laid off at least 100 employees in its robotics division—the unit that designs and builds automation systems for its warehouse network. The cuts are the latest in a cost-cutting campaign that has eliminated more than 57,000 corporate roles since late 2022, following a pandemic-era hiring spree. The reductions come as Amazon shelves its Blue Jay warehouse robot after less than six months and pivots toward a new modular warehouse system called Orbital.