Amazon laid off about 14,000 employees in October 2025. Then they laid off about another 16,000 employees a few days ago – on January 28, 2026.
That’s a total of about 30,000 people who no longer have a job. Or health benefits, or maybe a future, given the current state of the U.S. economy.
But it wasn’t a total waste. With all of the money they saved, Amazon was able to spend the $75,000,000 needed to buy the rights and promote a documentary about a Slovenian woman.
So that film cost Amazon only $2500 for each person who is now out of work. A real bargain, when you think about it.