Hire laid off Meta employees: https://www.businessinsider.com/aws-executive-asked-staff-recruit-laid-off-meta-employees-2026-6 OMFG!

The pain will be extreme. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBtUgWn-nHs AI will prove to be the biggest scam ever foist upon corporate C suite knuckleheads. It's exposing just how ignorant and feckless all C suite clowns are, they all be-doverfor... — read more 

https://ticotimes.net/2026/05/17/amazon-carries-out-new-round-of-layoffs-in-costa-rica

Amazon's Selling Partner Services team cut jobs this week. Amazon is doubling down on AI and other forms of automation. The latest job cuts highlight Amazon's ongoing efficiency... — read more 

More layoffs More AI spending Very high turnover Free cashflow problems AI replacing junior workers Reorgs everywhere URA / Stack ranking RTO/RTT/RTH Fake accommodations for disabled employees Missing senior leadership

I just put one in on two chats. My comment is there but TheLayoff says no replies yet? What’s up?

They just laid off a whole team of US base virtual customer service representative yesterday, April 29, 2026

https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-employees-layoffs-artificial-intelligence-return-to-office-tech-jobs-2026-4

What orgs are going to be impacted?

Long time Dell person here (20 years). I'm looking at applying for a job with AWS in Austin. Curious what the culture is like. And I get it...one devil to another. But I am single income house and need to afford to live and save. And for what it is... — read more 

uh oh...

Any way to get HR to stop me from being put on Focus? Don't want to share too much detail, but I was lied to by my SR and his main reasoning for wanting to do this is because of department metrics. My own Manager does not think I should be in Focus — read more 

I want to come into work on Monday mornings in order to put my laptop in work desk or file cabinet, then go back home. I don't want the screen to lock or for Teams to show I'm away. What settings in Control Panel do I change?

What chance do the rest of our jobs stand?

Most definitely not here. They treat us worse than disposable, and that's already rock bottom. Don't fall for the pay, the promises, or the fear tactics. Your odds of being let go soon after moving are way higher than the move ever working out.

Any guesses?

Complicit to the status quo and having a foriegner centric first mindset in hiring practices have caught up to AWS.

Last week I did not go into the office and I worked at home. Does Amazon really know where you are working at? I'm thinking I am going to continue staying at home and work. I made it a habit a long time ago not to talk to any of my coworkers when I... — read more 

CEO Andy Jassy faces criticism for a perceived lack of investor communication and strategic vision, especially concerning the return on heavy AI investments, leading some to call for leadership change.

Mercilessly spending $200B in capital on large scale data centers, mass layoffs replacing workers with AI, billion dollar outages, slumping stock prices, earnings misses, RTO policing. Welcome to the Jassy's AI playground.

About 90,000 layoffs over the last 4 years -- both regular and silent irregular layoffs (Focus/PIP, RTT/RTH/RTO, voluntary buyouts, immediate termination w/o cause, etc.). And regretted attrition (around 40,000-50,000). Is that going to reduce... — read more 

What does it say that Blue Origin has announced plans for a satellite internet service (TeraWave) that will compete directly with Amazon Leo (f.k.a. Kuiper)? Jeff is the primary investor in Blue Origin, and according to estimates from Forbes has... — read more 

That's more than the yearly combined cost of Amazon employees and about 35% of the asset top 10 banks. Bad math, Jassy! Top 10 American Banks by Asset Size: JPMorgan Chase & Co.: $3.6T Bank of America: $2.6T Citigroup / Citibank: $1.8T Wells Fargo:... — read more 

Where are all the “JOBS” that Amazon promised would be available to the 16,000 they laid off this month? Where is all the “SUPPORT” they claimed they would provide us to find alternative jobs within Amazon? Where is the “…..WORLDS BEST EMPLOYER”... — read more 

YoY revenue down, weak Q2. Tumble!

https://x.com/lizziejohnsonnn/status/2019083204133609846

Amazon will lay off 2,198 workers in Washington state. Most affected employees are in Seattle and Bellevue. These cuts primarily impact corporate tech roles. Separations are scheduled from April to June 2026.

Amazon plans to slash 769 jobs in the Bay Area positions, South Bay and San Francisco. Layoffs, which will take place on April 28, in WARN notices sent to the state Employment Development Department.

Thoughts?

WARNAct website shows a filing again in april time line Layoffs agian ?

According to the Employment Security Department (ESD), 2,198 Seattle-area employees were among the approximately 16,000 roles cut. Amazon first announced the layoffs on Jan. 28. https://mynorthwest.com/local/amazon-layoffs-seattle-employees/4197200

How many people have already left because of the return to office push?

unsure, curious if the amazon layoffs are anywhere correlated with their recent relationship changes with UPS?

You get to work remote PLUS level up a job grade!

Too many recruiters posting shocker posts on LinkedIn. What is that about ?

"We are The Washington Post's international correspondents, writing with a collective plea for you to preserve our newspaper's global coverage, which we fear will be greatly weakened in coming cuts," one such appeal read. "Our coverage — thanks to... — read more 

I want to let you know that we're making additional organizational changes across Amazon that will impact some of our teammates. I recognize this is difficult news, which is why I’m sharing what’s happening and why. As I shared in October, we've been... — read more 

Looks like amazon is hiring in different teams. Is it a good decision to join team now .