San Francisco, Nov 15 (TIWN) Amazon is reportedly planning to lay off approximately 10,000 of its workforce in corporate and technology roles beginning this week, a media reported.

The New York Times said in a report Monday that Amazon plans to lay off approximately 10,000 people in "corporate and technology jobs starting as soon as this week."

While the NYT said in its report that the total number of layoffs remains "fluid", the 10,000 people who could be let go represent roughly three per cent of Amazon's corporate employees and less than one per cent of its global workforce of more than 1.5 million composed primarily of hourly workers.