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Would it benefit Amazon to buyout U.P.S. since 50% of Amazon pickups are being cut by 2026?
They have been building up their own delivery systems for a while plus their business will always need product delivered. Could it work?
Amazon lays off dozens of corporate workers in latest round of job cuts
Amazon has started the year with a series of layoffs across different parts of the company as it continues to trim its workforce and streamline operations... — read more
Whole Foods Organizes in Philly
UFCW... https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/business/whole-foods-union-vote.html
Industry minister sends letter to Amazon CEO
Francois-Philippe Champagne wrote a harsh letter to Andy Jassy, and shared it on X with a note “This is not the way business is done in Canada.” Dear Andy Jassy: I am writing to communicate my strong disappointment over Amazon's decision to... — read more
Closing down 7 warehouses in Quebec, Canada - 2k jobs to be cut
Amazon announces the closure of 7 facilities in Quebec and the layoff of 1,997 people, around 1,700 of whom were holding permanent positions. The company’s spokesperson claims the decision is not related to recent unionizations. Here are the... — read more
Layoffs were seen coming months ago. Back then the smart people voluntary quit their Amazon jobs
and moved to West Virginia to start a new career working as a Coal Miner. Most of the former Amazon employees that were laid off were happy to get out of rainy-day Seattle, were you eventually go insane. If you recently found out your Amazon job is... — read more
Amazon cuts 1,700 work from home jobs as it closes warehouse in major city
Amazon facilities in Quebec will close in the coming weeks and 1,700 work from home jobs will go with it. The company, which is set to outsource deliveries to smaller contractors, said the decision is due to cost savings and not he recent... — read more
Amazon lays off about 200 employees in its stores unit
Amazon is laying off about 200 employees in its North America stores unit, the company confirmed. The cuts are focused in Amazon's core retail unit, which spans a wide range of businesses, including fashion and fitness, Prime and private label... — read more
Store layoffs
As it's the case every year, we're seeing more stores unit cuts. Don't expect this to stop any time soon. Usually, cuts like these drag on until March.
Over 400 jobs impacted due to $20 million upgrade of Pittsburgh facility
Online retailer Amazon announced 432 of 500 employees from its sorting center in Findlay Township will be displaced in March as the company plans to make more than $20 million in improvements to the facility. Amazon filed a Worker Adjustment and... — read more
Amazon Strike by the Numbers
https://labornotes.org/2025/01/amazon-strike-numbers
All you need to do is quit!
If 100,000 corporate employees quit, the board will eject Jassy and his henchmen. If 90,000 corporate employees quit, Jassy will frantically panic. If 80,000 corporate employees quit, Jassy will begin to panic. If 70,000 corporate employees quit... — read more
What does "strengthening teams and culture" mean?
============================================================= Empathetic leaders foster psychologically safe, cooperating teams by making consideration of others' needs a priority (Lilius et al., 2008). They bring diverse groups together around... — read more
If Amazon REALLY wanted to cut costs efficiently....
Don't do RTO. Instead, layoff (with cause) all L10-L12 staff excluding technical IC's (including Andy, S-Team). L8's already have enough knowledge to effectively run the company. Problem solved. RTO effectively dismisses the best staff, keeps the... — read more
Little Boy Matt and Big Boy Andy.... Why Return To Office (RTO) Mandates Will Backfire
It seems that 2025 will be the year when a growing number of companies enforce return to office (RTO) policies. Yet, despite hopes for a more collaborative, productive, and engaged workforce, these mandates may not have the intended effect. Many... — read more
What else was there to expect?
This is what happens when billionaires buy media. Staff at The Washington Post are bracing for a wave of layoffs. It's the latest hit for the Post, coming just days after longtime editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes resigned in... — read more
H1B - Golden rules for hiring
The H1B visa program is designed to bring skilled workers to the U.S., but the hiring process for these workers needs to be streamlined for efficiency and integrity. Verify Authenticity of H1B Candidates: Companies should ensure that H1B... — read more
Amazon Ranked 88/104
Amazon CEO has 10% approval. Walmart CEO has 88% approval. I wonder why. BTW, lots of remote jobs below: # Company CEO Approve Disapprove No Opinion 1 NVIDIA Jensen Huang 96% 3% 2% 2 Walmart Doug McMillon 88% 4% 8% 3 Palo Alto Networks Nikesh... — read more
Fired after 4 weeks
It feels like I was hired just before they decided to eliminate the role. They came after me right when I started and next thing I know, my boss said I was done.
Tally the 5-Day RTO Failure
Count those who have quit in the last 3 months and those who will be quitting over the next 6 months. Search on LinkedIn for those Amazon employees. Their new role will very likely show Remote or Hybrid. That's a very easy way to find more reasonable... — read more
T minus three days and it's return to your assigned Amazon office or bye-bye.
Oops years ago, without ever informing your Amazon manager, you moved out of state from your assigned office in Seattle. You're a smart one, totally S-N-E-A-K-Y. But now the chickens have come home to roast. Better not delay booking the weekly... — read more
About to start. What to expect?
Took a role with AWS, what should I expect at Amazon? Not going to provide details on the specific role
14000 layoffs, and then some silent ("RTO") layoffs.
550 layoffs reported in WARN recently in just two states (WA, CA). Multiply by 25 (for 50 states), and that's about 14000 layoffs. Then some more layoffs for the delayed RTO in Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Nashville, New York, and Phoenix. Double... — read more
Amazon workers strike across seven facilities
Amazon workers across seven facilities in New York, Georgia, California and Illinois went on strike Thursday. The strike, organized by members of the Teamsters union, is intended to pressure Amazon to come to the negotiating table. “If your... — read more
Amazon Delays RTO Mandate for Thousands of Workers Due to Space
Amazon.com Inc. won’t have enough space for thousands of employees when they start returning to the office five days a week next month. The company recently told some personnel working in at least seven cities — including Austin, Dallas and... — read more
RTO = soft layoff
Is the C-suite the right place to make this decision? Why aren't we focusing on performance? Managing results beats attendance. RTO mandates don't offer performance improvements. What problem are we trying to solve? RTO mandates drive out... — read more
With Amazon Workers on strike Amazon Leadership should furlough all Work from Home Amazon employees
Nobody in my Amazon group has ever been allowed to work from home. We have always had to report to the office. Due to the warehouse and drivers' workers strike it's only fair that people who do not have to report to the office should be let go first... — read more
The Big Question on Everyone's Mind is....
When is Jassy going to exit? At 57, with over $600M in net worth, he can definitely afford to move to Indian Creek Island to be neighbors with Bezos. And make regular visits to Mar-a-Lago to visit their leader. Go home!!! You already have enough... — read more
At Amazon there are many Slackers and Whiners always complaining about having to return to the office.
In my Amazon group we have six Slackers, who openly slack every-day using mouse movers they installed on their computers. We also have eight Whiners in the group that constantly whine and cry as January 2nd return to office approaches. The whiners... — read more
"There are other companies around. I don't mean that in a bad way."
That's right Matt!! So Matt, if you get tired of being Andy's RTO and Sales puppet, faking your free cash flow through forced layoffs, and losing your most talented employees faster than you can replace them (before those replacements leave a few... — read more
RTO7 - SDE Edition
Saturday/Sunday - WFH Monday 7AM - wake up, 9AM - arrive at office, 6PM leave office, 8-10PM WFH, 3-4AM oncall Tuesday 7AM - wake up, 9AM - arrive at office, 6PM leave office, 8-10PM WFH, 5-6AM oncall Wednesday 7AM - wake up, 8:30AM - die in car... — read more
Good news, Amazon workers! Jeff Bezos is on the case.
Bezos will help in the effort to reduce and eliminate government regulations. This effort will unburden you and free you up to be more productive! (Just think about all of those rules that hold you back on a daily basis.) Surely, some of those... — read more
What is the AMZ strike on BLACK FRIDAY about and why are employees so upset?
Apparently it is AMZ worldwide not just USA. Punch in Amazon strike on black friday and alot of reports come up but still searching for exactly why AMZ USA employees are not happy.
First the best, then the average, then the lower, then the rest, then Jassy.
Kabooom! Jassy gonna get his own office building to himself.