Amazon to lay off 161 employees in East Palo Alto, Mountain View

Layoffs are part of a broader round of cuts affecting hundreds of corporate jobs across the Bay Area.

Feb. 3, 2026 at 6:15pm

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Amazon plans to lay off 161 employees in East Palo Alto and Mountain View this spring as part of another round of cuts that will affect hundreds of corporate jobs across the Bay Area, according to state filings. The layoffs are expected to become effective on April 28, with approximately 89 employees impacted at the facility on University Avenue in East Palo Alto and another 72 on San Antonio Road in Mountain View.

Why it matters

These layoffs are part of a broader trend of tech companies, including Amazon, reducing their corporate workforce amid economic uncertainty. The cuts highlight the volatility in the tech industry and the impact it can have on local communities.

The details

Many of the affected employees are engineers, business developers and other department managers, with more than a third of the positions being software development engineers. The layoffs provide an option for affected employees to internally transfer to other positions.

  • The layoffs are expected to become effective on April 28, 2026.

The players

Amazon

A multinational technology company that provides a wide range of products and services, including e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence.

Andy Jassy

The CEO of Amazon, who revealed in a memo last summer that the downsizing trend was in large part due to greater reliance on artificial intelligence.

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What they’re saying

“It's hard to know exactly where this nets out over time, but in the next few years, we expect that this will reduce our total corporate workforce as we get efficiency gains from using AI extensively across the company.”

— Andy Jassy, CEO, Amazon

What’s next

The layoffs are expected to become effective on April 28, 2026.

The takeaway

These layoffs are part of a broader trend of tech companies, including Amazon, reducing their corporate workforce amid economic uncertainty. The cuts highlight the volatility in the tech industry and the impact it can have on local communities, as hundreds of jobs are being eliminated in the Bay Area.