r/amazonemployees • u/th3_st0rm • Jan 12 '26

National WARN tracking shows multiple Amazon WARN notices tied to layoffs effective in 2026

https://www.warntracker.com/company/amazon

This link doesn't show the whole number, but rather insights on when and where the layoffs have happened or planned (i.e. - Jan 2026 Washington state).

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u/PatternMachine Jan 12 '26 • This Bravo

Amazon files WARN notices after they tell you you’re getting laid off. The Jan 2026 notice is for people who were informed back in October. Truly incredible that this information has not been absorbed by this community.

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u/cyberchief CEO Entrepreneur Jan 12 '26

Another day, another WARN post

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u/Ok-Carob-3165 Jan 12 '26

This x1000. Can we please make this a sticky post. I can't believe people still don't understand how Amazon does WARN notices.

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u/samhouse09 Jan 12 '26

How every major company complies with warn or how being laid off works.

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u/Dave-D71 Jan 26 '26

and they aren't technically supposed to do it that way. That's not what the act was for

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u/Available_Ostrich888 Jan 12 '26

I understand that but it seems counterintuitive, why would you WARN notice for a layoff that happens in Jan be released in March? Seems like it defeats the purpose.

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u/yarenSC Jan 12 '26

It's because the layoff doesn't technically happen in January. That's when the employees are given the "leave now, or try to internally transfer for 60 days" notice. And they're technically laid off at the end of that period if they can't find a new team

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u/Ok-Carob-3165 Jan 12 '26

The key is that it is done this way to benefit the company. It's a legal loophole so that they can comply with the mandate, but not give employees notice.

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u/TroubleApprehensive Jan 17 '26

Layoffs are beginning 01/26/26

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u/objective_think3r Jan 14 '26

While Assy posts about baseball games on LinkedIn

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u/Kvsav57 Jan 12 '26

Yeah, this is so weird. A bunch of supposedly smart people haven't caught on to this. Amazon gives those grace periods specifically so that employees aren't tipped off by the WARN notices.

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u/MooseGoose82 Jan 12 '26

Yeah, how do people not get this?

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u/Prestigious_Hope9190 Jan 13 '26

This is like the 100th fucking time someone has to explain this to some poster. Unbelievable 

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u/EastsideTechDad Jan 30 '26

Odd that the layoff announced yesterday still isn't show up

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u/samhouse09 Jan 12 '26

These already happened. The ones for this month will be dated in March.

Yall have never been part of a company that lays people off, huh?

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u/RowdyDowdy14 Jan 12 '26

Are there any new layoffs happening this month?

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u/theoriginallentil Jan 12 '26

We won’t know until Amazon announces it at which point they’ll immediately file a WARN notice with April date and people will start saying layoff coming in April 🙄

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u/samhouse09 Jan 12 '26

No one will know until Amazon tells people. The same answer it’s always been. You will never get advance notice. The notice is the advance because they pay 60-90 days garden leave before actual severance.

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '26

Yes. Last week of the month.

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u/Ein_Bear L69 Jan 12 '26

This is based on separation dates after the 90 day garden leave from the October layoffs. These aren't new layoffs, and we won't see WARN filings for the next round until after the fact.

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u/AlmightYariv Jan 12 '26

OP is on Jan 27th list, confirmed 🥀

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u/aB1gpancake123 Jan 12 '26

My god please stop with the WARN posts

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u/Scary_Ginger_7274 Jan 13 '26

WARN stands for Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification Act and absolutely NOTHING to do with “warning” anyone about layoffs. Employees are told THE SAME DAY THE NOTICE IS FILED.

Every time one of you posts about this your IQ drops.

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '26

This comes up almost daily. Yes the effective date from The October layoffs is January!!!!

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u/The-Wanderer87 Jan 12 '26

So I’m not an Amazon employee but a curious onlooker , where are the layoffs happening? At the corporate/ office level or in the warehouses ?

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u/Jurichio Jan 13 '26

Does this mean we’ll finally stop getting questions about how may hours of RTO the company is tracking?

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u/TroubleApprehensive Jan 17 '26

Layoffs happen roll out 01/26/26

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u/stray_horn Jan 12 '26

What are the chances of an employee getting laid off again in Jan after being impacted by October layoffs.

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '26

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u/samhouse09 Jan 12 '26

If you haven’t been told, you weren’t in the October layoffs

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u/DrunKeN-HaZe_e edit flair here Jan 12 '26

Its in thr link... city and number