Topics regarding layoffs at Amazon.com

Topics regarding layoffs at Amazon.com

Are Amazon actually recruiting?

I get multiple alerts for AWS every day for solutions architect jobs. I've applied for 10 now and I haven't even had one single interview. CSAA, CSAP and ML certified here, been a solutions architect for probably 12-15 years now. I thought I would at... — read more 

Steal from the Employees, give to the Investors!

Amazon's new compensation policy: you're not owners - company harvests yearly stock grants and gains on employee compensation, employees always absorb losses when stock falls. No yearly raises, RSU's, refreshers for you! Performance doesn't matter... — read more 

Jassy: "It's probably not going to work out for you"

Of course it isn't! With almost 4% core CPI inflation, and no wage increases, no RSU grants, AND a speculative stock price that may tumble again (think lawsuits, massive attrition, GCP, Open AI), why would it work out? And denying 300,000 corporate... — read more 

FAANG is truly dead

Even Apple is now having major layoffs. Amazon, Google, Meta, and Netflix have been having them for over a year. The giants have fallen.

I doubt this is all of it

I'm thinking this is the first stage, and we're looking at many more cuts in the coming months.

The manager keeps cancelling 1:1

I have not had a single 1:1 since I joined few months ago. The manager keeps canceling them, no reschedule. Wondering if I should pack my stuff and update the resume.

Amazon cuts hundreds of jobs in cloud computing unit

The cuts affect hundreds of staffers in AWS’ store technology and sales and marketing units. Sales growth in AWS’ has decelerated in recent quarters as companies trimmed their cloud spend. A day earlier, Amazon said it would remove its... — read more 

Unsurprising results

20 Worst Companies to Work For (Updated 2023) Amazon Being replaceable is a very bad thing when corking for a mega corporation. There's a good chance you've heard one or more horror stories about working as an Amazon fulfillment worker. For... — read more 

This is all kinds of wrong

Coffee machine camera at Amazon warehouse raises concerns about surveillance in the workplace A worker accidentally discovered that a touchscreen on a coffee vending machine had taken photos of the breakroom... — read more 

JB sells $2B in Amazon shares

Maybe this is old news... https://www.marketwatch.com/story/jeff-bezos-just-sold-2-billion-in-amazon-stock-that-doesnt-mean-you-should-sell-too-6f0248a2

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| 400 views | | 1 reply (February 14, 2024)
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Lizzy Warren silent on irobot layoffs

In the end - the DEMs need to realize that their constituents are competing against workers from other lower cost countries for jobs! In the end, the DEMs who promote Math Wars shd realize that American home-grown children compete against... — read more 

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| 550 views | | 3 replies (last February 15, 2024)
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Bezos selling off stock

Plan is to sell off 50 million shares throughout 2024. Sale can net him $8.6 billion. Analysts claim that Amazon is “too big to fail”, meaning this is not the sign of impending doom. Does it actually mean the end of an era of mass sales of everything... — read more 

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| 570 views | | 2 replies (last February 11, 2024)
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It doesn’t look that great from where I stand

Los Angeles Times, eBay, and UPS are three companies that have made recent layoff announcements. Despite cuts at big household names, the nation's layoffs and discharges rate has been steadily low. This rate was 1.0% in December, the same... — read more 

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More WFH Opportunities - Overseas!

U.S. workers are getting scooped up by international companies hiring remote roles. American workers are most likely to be hired by companies in the U.K., Canada, France, Singapore and Australia. The spike in U.S. workers vying for remote jobs... — read more 

Layoffs History

7 rounds of layoffs (plus forced silent layoffs/RTO) in just 1 year under Jassy. 4 rounds of layoffs over 17.5 years under Bozos. Quite the contrast. Somebody covering up their forecasting errors? Anyone on the board noticing? Amazon... — read more 

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| 1140 views | | 5 replies (last January 27, 2024)
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2024 is turning into a worse year than 2023

Amazon’s latest layoffs hit its Buy with Prime unit Amazon is laying off some staff in its Buy with Prime unit. Buy with Prime lets online stores offer Amazon’s payment services and speedy shipping to their sites. Since the new year began... — read more 

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| 970 views | | 3 replies (last January 23, 2024)
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AWS bleeding and under threat

Anti competitive probe in EU Very high data export fees from AWS GCP dangling carrots to woo customers https://world.hey.com/dhh/google-cloud-cuts-egress-and-promotes-cloud-exits-01dbe9f3 More layoffs to come in AWS, cannot share more... — read more 

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| 1240 views | | 5 replies (last January 30, 2024)
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Yeah, sure, we are in the great shape!

Yes, clickbait title. But the content suggests that we are all in great shape. How come none of that applies to me and my surroundings? Do I live in the same universe as this guy?? Labor economist Guy Berger told Newsweek that the reports of job... — read more 

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| 660 views | | 3 replies (last January 13, 2024)
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Full memo from Mike Hopkins

Team, We’ve taken significant steps towards our long-term vision of making Prime Video the first-choice entertainment destination for customers worldwide, and I’m proud of everything we’ve accomplished as a team to date. Our investments in... — read more 

Not really suprising

Amazon has allegedly found a controversial new way to cut its workforce An Amazon employee is accusing the company of allegedly dodging negative press associated with layoffs and skipping out on providing severance packages by “silently sacking”... — read more 

Amazon.com Layoffs 2024

Do you predict that there will be Amazon.com layoffs? Any chatter, news or rumors?

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| 1450 views | | 4 replies (last January 1, 2024)
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In the long run...

what you can expect from Amazon.... https://www.highereducationinquirer.org/2023/12/ai-robot-capitalists-will-destroy-human.html

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Upcoming Layoffs in Ads

Google is gearing up to lay off 30,000 employees in its ad sales units in favor of AI ad tech. Amazon going to do something similar. Marketing automation, GenAI.

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| 900 views | | 1 reply (January 10, 2024)
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