Amazon begins mass layoffs among its corporate workforce

Those job cuts would be effective beginning on January 17.

Amazon has already been axing some of its projects (Niall Carson/PA)

Amazon has begun mass layoffs in its corporate ranks, becoming the latest tech company to trim its workforce amid rising fears about the wider economic environment.

On Tuesday, the company notified regional authorities in California that it would lay off about 260 workers at various facilities that employ data scientists, software engineers and other corporate workers.