As Amazon slashes 14,000 white-collar roles and the U.S. approaches a million job cuts this year, AI’s first major labor casualty might be emerging.

Amazon Inc., the Tri-Cities’ fastest-growing employer, is shrinking its Washington workforce by more than 2,300 management-level employees starting in early 2026. The layoffs are largely confined to Amazon facilities in the Puget Sound area, but Eastern Washington is not completely spared.

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has expressed concern over Amazon’s massive round of layoffs, calling it a worrying sign of where the world of work is headed.

The layoffs are expected across functions such as finance, marketing, human resources, and technology, primarily affecting employees who are part of global teams, the report said, adding that the num...