https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/05/25/nvidia-ai-stock-gpu-chatbots/

https://medium.datadriveninvestor.com/is-amazon-amzn-making-money-from-layoffs-27408bcd93fc

I hope everybody in Seattle joins. They need to know we won't stand for this.

https://www.theregister.com/2023/02/20/amazon_mandates_return_to_office/

It's an awful place to work and people are finally figuring it out. We have people from my team jumping ship. Some even returned to Cisco.

Can somebody please explain to me the point of layoffs if this is the end result? Woman laid off by Amazon rejoins same team after 4... — read more 

Sources aware of the matter noted that the current downsizing round is part of the layoffs announcement made in March by Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, which were to impact 9,000... — read more 

In an LT meeting a VP mentioned that layoff wave is reaching EU in days and not weeks. And it will be announced all at the same time (France, UK, Germany, etc.) rather than country by country. Anyone else got any hint of this?

I guarantee you that from this point on the culture is going to become even more toxic - even if you don't think it's possible - and you will find yourself considering quitting more and more. They'll do everything in their power to make us walk away... — read more 

A London-based artificial intelligence researcher who accepted a role as an applied scientist with Amazon in May 2022 says he went through an eight-month U.S. visa process and relocated to Seattle only to have the offer withdrawn before he could... — read more 

Did people RTO in droves?

Is it always the sub-L7 people that are laid off or has it ever hit the big wigs?

Some try to comfort me by saying that it is possible to find an even better job if a person has skills. Is that really so? Luckily I have some savings because I don't think getting a new job will be easy at all given the current state of the... — read more 

Is anyone else who is entirely virtual concerned this week with RTO starting up? I'm a little hesitant to sit comfortably, I know my whole org is virtual and maintains it at every chance that we will stay virtual. However, with a large emphasis... — read more 

why you are overselling yourself to the company, why not leave before they ask you to or make you go ? nowadays one should leave when the first hint is received that they are not needed.

I heard even directors got the axe in the layoff. It appears they are just doing what they do best is cut throat? The market won't accept so much money going to the worker bees. Laid off L5, L6 and L7 mainly? what division is being tasked the AI? I... — read more 

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Seem to have been notifications in Ireland today? What's happening anywhere else? Have consultations started yet? Look after each other. This is bad.

No one deserves to be told in such an ugly way that there is no place for them here. I mean, people with enormous knowledge and talent who were dedicated to the company for years were cut totally inhumanely. A bitter taste will remain after such a... — read more 

Fellow folks from AWS who were laid off, where are you applying for jobs? I've been looking and the situation looks bleak. Everybody is laying off, few are hiring, and those looking for employees are hoping to find people with 20-plus years of... — read more 

Earnings report is really dismal - prolonged negative cash flow, revenue below expectations, short-term expense increase for severance payments. No improvement in laggard physical stores. Amazon just finished round 4 of AWS and PXT layoffs. ProServ... — read more 

This is cutting deep ... half the SA's, Tech Account Managers and GTMS team in my group let go! bottom is falling out of this place. house of cards. pick your catastrophe analogy.

I've been here a little over a year and I feel like I'll need to be deprogrammed when I leave! The back biting, having the culture shoved down your throat, the leadership principals they claim to live by. They are actually now a Day 2 company and not... — read more 

Just wondering!

Amazon is a textbook example of over-hiring and overestimating how long the pandemic-related bump in demand for e-commerce would last. Now it's the long-term employees who pay the price for the management's incompetence because they earn more and... — read more 

Was it a homophone error? a typo? Has Jassy been riffing about RIF-ing again? So many questions! We'll just have to STAY TUNED! First quarter financial results on Apr 27. Advice: consider riffing with your resume before the next big RIF-ing. — read more 

Assume I exceed the experience that is required in new role. Currently as L5. If target job title is the same but level L6, if new manager wants it badly could they work to hire me at L6?

10,000-25,000 corporate employees quit: Jassy high fives board. 25,000-40,000 corporate employees quit: Jassy high fives board and blinks. 40,000-60,000 corporate employees quit: Jassy stares at the ceiling, adjusts RTO to 2 days/week. 60,000-90,000... — read more 

Get rid of those useless offices, Jassy!! You're doing it all wrong. Too much grief for your shareholders and employees. You do want them to leave, right? US tech giants, grappling with a post-pandemic slowdown, have already laid off tens of... — read more 

Amazon on Tuesday let go of some employees in its advertising unit. The layoffs are part of the previously announced job cuts that are expected to affect 9,000 employees. Amazon has already let go of 18,000 people as part of earlier layoffs... — read more 

If I transfer to another team, same grade level. Is it typical and possible the new team hiring manager gives me a pay increase or no?

Anyone has ever attempted this in the Earth's Best Employer applied to the RTO mandate? Any chance this could be approved? https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/relocations-rebound-amid-rto-6259002/

Amazon is desperate to stop burning their cash (which they've been irresponsibly doing for 2 years now!). However, layoffs are usually a last resort before other expense reductions. Meanwhile Amazon has been sitting on so much underutilized property... — read more 

They fired many PMs and now senior and principal engineers drive projects to completion. Is this our future? From now, we'll be expected to work twice if not three times as much for the same pay? I was overworked before this, so this is simply not... — read more 

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“We also reprioritized where to spend our resources, which ultimately led to the hard decision to eliminate 27,000 corporate roles. There are a number of other changes that we’ve made over the last several months to streamline our overall costs, and... — read more 

What is discussef in this article would just accelerate if work from home is adopted by FAANG. https://www.businessinsider.com/emloyee-job-outsourced-to-india-after-remote-work-request-report-2023-4?amp