Thread regarding Amazon.com layoffs

I’ve heard Amazon does rank and yank, so I’d think that means they fire people regularly.

Yes, they do it every year, they have the 6x6 matrix and depending how youre doing politically determines if you are out. Review time is a forced 10pct head count roll.

So yep.

There you go:

[Seattle Times]

Amazon laying off corporate employees in rare cutback

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon/amazon-laying-off-corporate-employees-in-rare-cutback/

[Seattle Times]

Amazon’s employee count declines for first time since 2009

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon/amazons-employee-count-declines-for-first-time-since-2009/

[CNN]

Amazon lays off hundreds of employees

https://money.cnn.com/2018/02/12/technology/amazon-layoffs/index.html

[The News Tribunue/Seattle]

Amazon laying off people? Don’t read too much into that.

https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article200098179.html

[Fortune]

Amazon Is Laying Off Hundreds of Employees at Its Seattle Headquarters

http://fortune.com/2018/02/12/amazon-jobs-layoffs/

[Supermarket News]

Amazon layoffs linked to delivery operations

https://www.supermarketnews.com/online-retail/amazon-layoffs-linked-delivery-operations