One chart shows how Amazon's workforce surged during the pandemic and Great Resignation. The new corporate layoffs are a small share of its employees.

The direct action taken by companies to cut jobs, for different reasons, may act as a warning that a snowball effect could be in the works.

From Amazon to Target, major corporations are announcing massive layoffs ahead of the holidays. Here's what to know about the mass layoffs.

Artificial Intelligence. This morning on Good Day Seattle, John Boyd from The Boyd Company joins us to discuss how these AI-driven job cuts could impact American workers and reshape the future of careers.

On Tuesday, October 28, word spread like wildfire that Amazon was initiating a huge number of layoffs. While Amazon's Senior Vice President of People, Experience and Technology Beth Galetti said the decision would impact roughly 14,000 employees, insiders told national news outlets that number could be more than doubled.

On social media and elsewhere, impacted employees and others reacted to Amazon's decision to cut 14,000 corporate and tech workers across numerous divisions.

The notification with Amazon’s entire list is online at the state’s WARN site. Separately, a regional delivery service partner with Amazon has filed a layoff notice with the state Department of Employment Security, eliminating more than 100 jobs.