Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced a significant reduction in its workforce, affecting several hundred employees across its Sales, Marketing, and Global Services organization, as well as its Physical Stores Technology team. This move is part of a broader trend of tech layoffs in 2024, with Amazon, IBM, Dell, and other tech giants cutting thousands of jobs to improve productivity per employee. The layoffs at AWS, a key player in cloud computing, come as the company experiences a slowdown in sales growth, prompting speculation about billion-dollar cutbacks and the future of its workforce, including potential impacts on Irish jobs.