"As part of our ongoing work to make our teams and programs operate more efficiently, and to better align with our business roadmap, we’ve made the difficult decision to eliminate a small number of roles within the Books organization," an Amazon... — read more
Amazon files mass layoff notice for Reno fulfillment center closure
Amazon has filed notice with the state of Nevada for employee layoffs as the company moves forward with closing its Reno fulfillment center this... — read more
Jassy paycut?
Walmart is up 50% this past year. Amazon? 15%. Weak!
Earth's Most Toxic Employer
What are they going to do next? Mandatory sleep in the office?
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy Says Tariffs Have Not Affected Sales
In late April, a Wells Fargo analyst said AWS was slowing down data center deployments, citing industry sources. Microsoft was also said to be slowing or pausing some early-stage... — read more
Amazon layoffs to impact dozens of jobs in Sunnyvale
Amazon is potentially laying off a few dozen employees at different facilities across Sunnyvale, according to state filings. Just over 50 workers look set to lose their jobs this summer, a filing on the Employment Development Department website... — read more
Matt Garmin calls nuclear a "great solution"
Amazon Web Services (AWS), which is part of the retail giant Amazon, plans to spend 8 billion pounds on new data centers in the UK over the next four years. Matt Garmin, chief executive of AWS, told the BBC nuclear is a "great solution" to data... — read more
Amazon Cuts 100 Jobs in Devices Unit Amid Ongoing Efficiency Drive
Amazon reportedly cut about 100 jobs in its devices and services unit, saying it did so as part of a regular business review. The layoffs amount to a small portion of the unit’s total workforce, Reuters reported Wednesday (May 14), citing a company... — read more
Amazon to be removed from FAANG
Amazon su-ks and should not be associated with other top tech companies.
White House blasts Amazon over tariff cost report: 'Hostile and political act'
Amazon finally chooses to be honest! And govt calls it hostile! The American people need to know this is a tax on them and not a tax on foreign countries. Now how about the same thing for RTO, silent layoffs, wage freezes, stock grant freezes? — read more
Q1 earnings below expectations
Net sales: down (tariffs, trade wars, AWS churn) Operating income: down Capital expenditures: increased (AI data center investments) Free cash flow: "normal" (silent layoffs/RTO)
Almost $150/share. $17 to go!
Andy, keep it coming! Show us that leadership!! BTW, Donald has a $1M dinner date with Bezos.
Why I resigned from AWS without another job
I am a former Development Manager with Amazon Web Services and was employed with AWS for close to 2.5 years. I have over 23 years of work experience across multiple geographies and have never been unemployed. I forced myself into unemployment for the... — read more
RSU
Did anyone get the RSU refresh this year? Usually the refresh notification is sent out in April, right?
Silent layoffs x2
(RTO/Return-to-Hub) + (Crashing Stock Price) + (No Stock Grants) = Bye Bye!
Why didn't Jassy split Amazon?
Big mistake! 245% China tariff on Amazon.com e-commerce crashes service units all under one ticker symbol... Maybe shareholders can vote out Jassy? Poor ROI and decisions. -5% 1YR return v.s. Walmart's 54% 1YR return. 15% year of year growth my ..ss. — read more
The best talent isn’t coming back to your office.
They’re building somewhere else. You think forcing people back is preserving culture (Sorry I'm not sorry RTO mandate companies). But what you’re actually doing is repelling the very people who drive your business forward. Top performers don’t... — read more
Why doesn't Andy move FAST?
Fast to retirement!
“Of course, you can invent with everybody remote (and some cultures seem to prefer that),”
“However, in my experience, it doesn’t compare to being in the same room. The energy, the pace, the spontaneous brainstorming, the willingness for people to jump in, the way ideas evolve in real-time, and the post-meeting iteration is much better... — read more
"move fast and act like owners working seven days a week, 15 hours a day."
Oh, and how are them stock refreshers? Maybe it's another type of silent layoff where one works themself to death and expenses decline.
Stop working!
Your work doesn't matter anymore - stock 30% down in 2 months.
How is it up there in rainy depressing Seattle. I quit my AMZN job six months ago to
move to West Virginia to start a new career working as a Coal miner. Can work six days with good overtime rate if you want to. Overtime only occasionally for me. The outdoor life in WV is great. Camping, hiking, fishing and hunting. I don't miss... — read more
Amazon lays off 200 support workers
Amazon has laid off approximately 200 employees from its Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) support team, which assists merchants using the company’s warehousing and delivery services, as confirmed by a company spokesperson to The Information on... — read more
As a recruiter, 5 days in office is one of the biggest turn off
We lost many many great candidates when we are unable to provide them a hybrid schedule, while unable to provide more competitive compensation for this inconvenience.
101 Mass. workers face layoffs from Amazon delivery service by month’s end
More than 100 Taunton, Massachusetts-based employees are facing layoffs from an Amazon delivery service firm by March 31, state filings show. According to a Massachusetts Workers Adjustment Retraining Notice, 101 Summit Delivery Solutions LLC... — read more
What happened to the 14k announced cuts?
Did layoffs start? How many have been affected so far? I'm not a manager so I'm not too worried, but I am curious how all of this will play out.
WARN it is the law Andy!
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/137Nf9dg2uQqaLE2n0Nnbx7TzYJF-pzaNiLT8BTTTkBs/edit?gid=0#gid=0 The sheet has all the role and location that Amazon plans to eliminate in 2025. The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN)... — read more
Big Market Adjustment Coming....
It's called "layoffs"... ever hear of those? When RTO layoffs aren't enough?
Culling all L7 Managers
Way too many managers and meetings. RTO! RTO!
Descoping of Amazon Senior Managers
This is currently happening in the Harrington span. Amazon has begun "descoping" senior Level 7 managers by removing their direct reports, effectively rendering their roles obsolete. The goal appears to be regaining unvested stock. Many of these... — read more
Jassy RTO5 Backfires on Shareholders
Record attrition, low office attendance, major difficulties hiring, lower than market compensation hat trick, RSU freezes. Who's out now?
Any upcoming layoffs in aws?
Passed 2nd stage interviews and will likely be va or Seattle
David Limp cuts 1,000+ at Blue Origin
Must have been from Amazon, right?
in this layoff time i should be happy with what i have, right?
joined 3 years ago as a stupd senior who keeps asking for a promotion. since i asked the amount of works keep piling and my scopes keep growing... it eventually reached the point that i coordinated eu + asia team by default so my metings start at 7am... — read more
AWS remote jobs, do they exist?
Got called by a recruiter last week about a remote position in the AWS team in VA (I'm a couple of states west) and he told me that even if the position changes to in-office (as "things may change" as he said), the hiring manager would be able to... — read more
Pay Cuts
Only those with top tier (TT) ratings will get new stock grants and raises to reach TCT. Those with HV and LE ratings will get pay cuts. Very limited promos too. Apply!
Split up Amazon?
RTO Oligarchy.