CEO Andy Jassy said in a blog post Wednesday that affected employees will be notified by Jan. 18.
Jassy also said at the time that cuts would continue into 2023.
Amazon saw a boom in online shopping starting in 2020.
In the past few months,Jassyhalted testing onAmazon Scout, the company’s robotic home-delivery initiative.
He’s alsoshuttered the Amazon Caretelehealth and nursing service, as well asFabric.com, a longtime online fabric retailer.
Amazon imposed a hiring freeze for small teams in September, followed by acorporate-wide freezeearlier this month.
