Hint: AJ!
AWS *Cloud* Demands *On-Premises* Employees
Oh the irony! Working remotely (from the cloud), while under RTO. Great cash play after inevitably bleeding top employees, who obviously leave first.
RTO Middle School on Jan 2.
Matt? Here! Beth? Beth??? You've been missing from class for past last two days. One more time and I will expel you! But Andy, I was sick. No excuse accepted. Swami? Swami?? I didn't want to get out of bed. AI is busy doing my homework. ... — read more
How can AMZ avoid being just an UNNESSASARY MIDDLEMAN and compete with TEMU and SHEIN?
Well AMZ HAUL sure is not the answer. Looks like swiss cheese it's so full of losses for the customer. Apparently: Free shipping only if purchase over $25.00 but 1 item is $20.00(the Max. price of any one item). Only people who use mobile phone... — read more
RTO Mandates: Hard Truths for Leaders
OMG! What a shocker... RTO does not work!!! https://sloanreview.mit.edu/video/rto-mandates-hard-truths-for-leaders/
Is human centered science team still there?
What value does that team provide? Does Amazon layoff VPs too? An outsider stumbled upon an old news https://www.hcamag.com/us/specialization/employee-engagement/amazon-investigates-vp-of-hr-science/430645
SWE at Amazon outsourcing their wirk
I heard many SWEs at Amazon outsource their work to non Amazon employees to meet their deadlines I cannot believe this! Some people work so hard at Amazon to keep up with the deadlines and work pressure and on the other hand folks hire outside... — read more
remote is option #1, hybrid is option #2, and Amazon is now option #3
what option will you pick? hint: most people would gladly forgo more money to be remote or hybrid.
Amazon CEO denies full in-office mandate is 'backdoor layoff'
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said at an all-hands meeting on Tuesday that the plan to require employees to be in-office five days per week is not meant to force attrition or satisfy city leaders, as many employees have... — read more
14,000 PM's to be cut
Amazon is planning to cut approximately 14,000 project managers, to boost efficiency and save up to $3 billion annually. The layoffs of project managers at Amazon will likely have a significant impact on the organization’s structure and... — read more
Amazon.com Layoffs 2025
Do you think there may be small/medium/large Amazon.com layoffs? Any chatter, news or rumors?
Andy has absolutely nothing to fear
With Amazon beating earnings last week. Andy won’t give it a second thought approving Work from Homers being fired for cause when they don’t Return to the Office on January 2nd. The Work from Homers are going to be out of here once and for all. — read more
Andy Jassy and Steve Ballmer - "Slow Growers"
Remember Steve? "Developers! Developers! Developers!" Like Andy, Steve also struggled to grow Microsoft (stuck at $30-$40 share for years!) When Satya joined, Microsoft GREW 10x. Shareholders should replace Jassy with another Satya. Make Amazon grow... — read more
Maybe Matt Garmin should find another company!
Freeze wages, offer no RSU grants, and then enforce 5-day kindergarten RTO (parking + gas + daycare). And tell employees that they didn't really do anything and can go work elsewhere. Really classy Matt! And a mere five months of experience in a CEO... — read more
Well if you don’t want to return to the office by January 2nd you can always look for another job
But it won’t be a job at Microsoft, Meta, Google or the likes. Those companies are not interested in fired Amazon employees who were not Team players due to lack of following company rules. So that leaves jobs you will have to accept at Walmart... — read more
Q3 Earnings - Revenue Miss
Revenue $153.6B Net income $13.8B Diluted EPS $1.10 Net profit margin 8.9%
For Amazon employees Working from Home
Andy ordered all Amazon employees shill Return to Office five days a week, starting on January 2, 2025. If you are d-mb enough not to comply. You most likely will be fired and Amazon can appeal your getting Unemployment benefits. It’s as simple as... — read more
AWS CEO of 5 months says his employees didn't really accomplish anything!
Andy's newest puppet!
If AMZ is just a third party seller could TEMU and Sheim who sells direct to customer boot them out?
If AMZ is only a middleman seller to customer but Temu and Sheim sell directly to the customer , Who would need to buy from AMZ ? Junk comes from same place in Ch_na so why not receive it straight from them and save$$$$ ?
Ode to Matt Garman
Matt, you didn't really accomplish anything - like we didn't get to work together remotely and learn from each other. There are other places that you could try like McDonalds or Burger King. Besides, 9.8/10 of Amazon employees would actually be quite... — read more
Tracker - Leaving Amazon
I am creating this tracker to assess impact of the RTO: Please select from the options below: I have resigned without another job I have resigned after getting offer elsewhere. I have applied elsewhere but I got no offer I will simply... — read more
"We didn't really accomplish anything... didn't get to work together and learn from each other."
Dude! You laid off 40,000+ employees over the last 2 years. You inflated your free cash flow. And you underestimated how much you accomplished! How does anyone work together and learn from each other if they're getting lynched? How's an office going... — read more
Bigger Problem is Toxic Upper Mgmt
Did Jeff Bezos, Satya Nadella, Lisa Su, and Jensen Huang tell their employees to take a hike, belitte their hard work as getting nothing done, freeze their wages and RSU grants, and say 9/10 love it? He-l no! Jassy and Garman lack Bezos experience... — read more
No way not doing RTO
I hate this place so much, but the pay is nice. We will fight RTO to the bitter end, and we will win. Otherwise, no choice but to deploy next steps, no going back now.
Counting the days until Andy and Matt Retire
.. 2... 4 years. Like old creaking furniture needing some oil and polish.
Red 5 standing by....
This Red 5 standing by.... folding X foils. Prepare for hyperspace jump and entry in RTO1, RTO2, RTO3, RTO4, RTO5.... blast off. We have R2D2.
I hope Microsoft and NVidia have lots more job openings!
Garmin told his employees to seek work elsewhere because they got nothing done at AWS in the last 3 years.
Return to office 5 days a week as AM. Web Service or you can just Quit?
What has to happen before employee's finally wise up and put in the Teamsters Union? If you are not Union you are in the soon timely shredder and the company is in control of the shredder speed and Not you.
Manager cuts
What level of management are they cutting? L6-L7 is it known? I was applying but obviously no feedback.
21 Direct reports
I left Amazon after being overwhelmed with 21 direct reports, leading to burnout. I’m concerned about the impact of its decision to flatten the... — read more
Is rehumanization possible?
https://www.highereducationinquirer.org/2024/10/technoreductionism-technofedualism-tech.html
Extra Extra: Cloud Company Demands On Prem Employees
Jassy's addicted to shareholder short-term approval at the risk of the long-term company. If you are a middle manager, expensive and/or old then you have a target on your back! Better to plan - at least 1yr emergency fund. People will leave due to... — read more
US Weighs Google Breakup. Amazon Next?
Imagine that. No more RTO after FTC does Amazon split up. By then, Jassy will be out anyway.
Time to clean up house!
If Amazon is going to get rid of people, then get rid of the right ones who don’t do a damn thing all day. They’re the same people who complain about the work yet spend half the day on smoke breaks, messing around, and not pulling their weight... — read more
Beggars, aren't we all?
Please please Jassy, surveys show 73% of us will leave if you enforce RTO. We beg you, we beg you. Save Amazon by having us stay!
Massive Growth at Warmart!
I wonder why. Their Prime Day is from Oct 8-13. Amazon's Prime Day is Oct 8-9. Strength in numbers!
The next wave of layoffs have already begun, and will continue through early 2025
There are simply far too many Managers with only 0-4 reports. Managers were also getting transferred to be under other Managers after silly reorgs that overcomplicate reporting. Each layer adds more meetings. And the level of incompetence of MANY... — read more
Any AWS workers involved?
https://www.highereducationinquirer.org/2024/10/bloomberg-exposes-harrisburg-university.html
Amazon could cut 14,000 Managers and save $3 billion a year
Amazon had about 105,770 Managers globally; that would drop to 91,936 in the first quarter of next year. The average cost per Manager is between $200-350K/year, saving $2.1 billion to $3.6 billion next year if it cut those 13,834 Manager roles. Maybe... — read more
Q3 Bloodbath
Y'all ready for this? Put option time!