It is understood that around 300 jobs are under threat at Amazon's Irish operation as part of 16,000 global job cuts announced today.
Almost 6,500 people are employed by Amazon in Ireland and the company said it will not be commenting on how many roles will be impacted here.
RTÉ News understands however that approximately 300 Irish-based jobs are at risk.
A previous round of global redundancies at Amazon last October resulted in around 150 job cuts in Ireland.
The Department of Enterprise said it has received a notification of proposed collective redundancies from Amazon Ireland.
"In response to global challenges, a number of companies have announced reductions in overall staffing numbers recently and there can be an effect on Irish operations," a spokesperson for the Department said.
"Ireland has been a prime destination for many of the world's top companies for decades, especially in the technology sector, and this continues to be the case."
"Ireland’s proposition for FDI investment remains competitive, as demonstrated in IDA’s results last December highlighting a record 323 investments in 2025 with the potential to create 15,300 new jobs.
"Similarly, Enterprise Ireland job numbers announced this week showed over 12,608 new jobs in 2025 in EI-backed companies," the spokesperson said.
Amazon earlier today confirmed 16,000 corporate job cuts, completing a plan for around 30,000 since October while leaving open the possibility of further reductions.
Although 30,000 represents a small portion of Amazon's 1.58 million employees, who are mostly in fulfillment centre and warehouses, it is nearly 10% of its corporate workforce.
Reuters first reported last week that Amazon was planning a second round of job cuts as part of the broader goal.
The cuts were necessary to strengthen the company by "reducing layers, increasing ownership, and removing bureaucracy" at Amazon, its top human resources executive, Beth Galetti, said in a post.
Galetti left open the possibility of further losses, saying some teams will continue to "make adjustments as appropriate".
The latest cuts mark the second major round of layoffs in three months after Amazon pared 14,000 jobs in October saying at the time that artificial intelligence and concerns over shifting corporate culture were to blame.
Amazon has also said it overhired during the Covid-19 pandemic, when demand for online shopping skyrocketed.
"Some of you might ask if this is the beginning of a new rhythm - where we announce broad reductions every few months," Galetti said in today's note. "That's not our plan," she said.
Amazon yesterday mistakenly sent an email appearing to refer to the layoff plan as "Project Dawn" to some Amazon Web Services staff, unsettling thousands of workers.
The job cuts also underscore how artificial intelligence is changing corporate workforce dynamics. Significant improvements in AI assistants are helping enterprises execute duties from routine administrative tasks to complex coding problems with rapid speed and precision, driving widespread adoption.
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said last summer that the increased use of AI tools would lead to more automation of duties, resulting in corporate job losses.
Executives at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos said last week that while jobs would disappear, new ones would spring up, with two telling Reuters that AI would be used as an excuse by companies planning to cut jobs anyway.
Tech giants, including Amazon, Facebook-parent Meta Platforms and Microsoft, had sharply ramped up hiring during the Covid-19 pandemic demand surge and have lately been restructuring their workforce.
Amazon began the cuts yesterday by announcing it planned to close all remaining brick-and-mortar Fresh grocery stores and Go markets, a further retreat from its physical store strategy.
The company has been investing in robotics at its warehouses to speed up packaging and deliveries for its e-commerce segment, reduce the reliance on human labor and cutting costs.
Amazon is set to report quarterly results next week.
