Amazon is cutting about 16,000 jobs worldwide, mainly affecting US employees. This move is part of organizational changes that began in October. Texas Republican candidate Nicholas Lee Plumb revealed he lost his job in the layoffs. Plumb shared an internal message from a former colleague about a new engineering team forming in India to speed up product work and support data needs. Amazon has not verified this message. Beth Galetti, senior vice president at Amazon, said the company is supporting impacted workers with severance, job search time, and benefits. "Most US-based employees get 90 days to find new roles internally," she wrote. Amazon also said it is still hiring and investing in key areas despite cuts. Plumb said the layoffs are not about AI or job performance. He criticized global labor market practices, saying companies favor cheaper labor abroad over retaining current workers. "AI becomes the excuse, not the cause," he said. This news follows Amazon allowing some H-1B visa workers stuck in India to work remotely due to visa delays.