Amazon is slashing about 16,000 corporate jobs in the second round of mass layoffs for the ecommerce company in three months.

Jeff Bezos’s e-commerce giant Amazon said it will cut 16,000 roles across the organization in its latest round of layoffs. The news was confirmed in a blog post on Wednesday by Beth Galetti, senior vice president of people experience and technology at Amazon.

Amazon.com Inc. is cutting 16,000 corporate jobs in an effort to remove layers of bureaucracy and “increase ownership,” becoming the latest company to target managers for layoffs in recent years.

Amazon is cutting about 16,000 jobs in the latest round of mass layoffs for the tech industry. Beth Galetti, a senior vice president at the ecommerce giant, made the announcement Wednesday in a blog post of a message sent to company employees.

Amazon officially announced plans to cut approximately 16,000 jobs on Wednesday, building on a sizable round of layoffs announced late last year. The company’s newest round of layoffs, which had been widely anticipated,

Amazon said Wednesday it was slashing another 16,000 jobs across the company in an ongoing bid to restructure the sprawling trillion-dollar firm.

Amazon announces 16,000 job cuts in major restructuring to reduce bureaucracy and management layers while investing in AI and other strategic growth areas.

Amazon is laying off 16,000 employees, the company’s second round of massive job reductions in two months as it fights to improve its standing in the battle for AI supremacy.