The recent round of Amazon corporate layoffs isn’t a sign of an imminent AI apocalypse. It's an expression of the company's brutal corporate culture, enabled by its use of the H-1B visa program.
https://jacobin.com/2025/11/amazon-layoffs-artificial-intelligence-h-1b-visa
Paying big salaries for everyone!’ To many hires in USA. Once the project is done, click the layoffs button.
Increase of jobs openings outside USA. Hiring has grown 30-40% outside USA !! Decrease of hiring in USA by 20-30% !!
Not so. It's mismanagement and AI. Nothing to do with H-1B - that just means spending less for more talented labor (prior to $100K application fee). Get it?