Amazon’s 30,000 job cuts show even giants aren’t immune to today’s retail pressures: efficiency, automation, and consumer caution now define the new marketplace.

Amazon will cut about 14,000 corporate jobs as the online retail giant ramps up spending on artificial intelligence.

Amazon plans to lay off corporate employees. Warehouse fulfillment positions and delivery driver jobs were not stated as being part of the layoffs. According to the memo, the layoffs impact 14,000 corporate employees. CNBC and Reuters, citing anonymous sources, reported that the company could cut up to 30,000 jobs.

On social media and elsewhere, impacted employees and others reacted to Amazon's decision to cut 14,000 corporate and tech workers across numerous divisions.

The tech giant is bolstering its cloud-computing and retail businesses in the country as it continues to expand in Europe.

Amazon is planning its largest round of corporate job cuts in its history as the online retail giant increases its automation push, according to a report.The company will lay off up to 30,000 corporate employees,

Amazon did something big and hardly said anything. Coming just days after a high-profile AWS outage that disrupted services globally, the launch of Amazon Now in the United Arab Emirates couldn’t be better timed.