Exclusive: Amazon to lay off 20,000 employees, including 4% of corporate workforce - NYT

(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) is planning to lay off about 20,000 employees, including 4% of its corporate workforce, the New York Times reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.<br><br>The cuts include full-time employees and contractors, and would represent the e-commerce giant's largest layoffs ever, the report said.<br><br>Amazon is set to announce its plans to cut jobs later this week and has already begun discussing the plans with affected employees, the report said.<br><br>Reporting by Eduardo Simões and Tiyashi Datta in Bengaluru; Editing by Krishna Chandra Eluri