Layoffs are becoming an increasingly salient issue across industries around the world signaling economic insecurity and changing company priorities. According to a recent report in Fortune Amazon is reportedly preparing to lay off as much as 15% of its human resources with other layoffs anticipated across other departments and functions. The report cites multiple sources familiar with Amazon’s layoff plans. What company is planning to lay off 15% of its workforce? According to two sources who spoke to Fortune Amazon’s human resources group known internally as PXT or the People eXperience Technology team will face the bulk of the layoffs but other parts of Amazon’s core consumer business are also expected to face cuts. The total number of employees to be laid off and the timing of the reductions have not been disclosed. Who will be most affected by these layoffs? Earlier this year the company cut a small number of employees from areas like its Consumer Devices unit its Wondery podcast division as well as Amazon Web Services. The PXT division of Amazon which is overseen by Senior Vice President Beth Galetti employs more than 10000 employees around the world. The division is comprised of a significant recruiting workforce technology workers and some other traditional human resources roles. These fresh layoffs are taking place as Amazon works to lower employee expenses while continuing to invest heavily in artificial intelligence products and infrastructure for both internal operations and enterprise consumers. The company has announced a capital expenditure plan to invest $100 billion this year to grow its cloud and AI data centers. In late 2022 through 2023 Amazon CEO Andy Jassy already managed the biggest layoffs in company history cutting at least 27000 corporate roles a high-single-digit percent of corporate jobs total. Other Big Tech companies also slashed their headcounts around that time as the pandemic receded and consumer demand trends shifted.