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It's a bad month for layoffs in tech
The big tech layoffs are continuing apace, and it seems nobody is safe. Following this month's massive staff cuts at Twitter and Meta, the New York Times reports that Amazon is now planning to let go of approximately 10,000 employees. Happy holidays, I guess.
Amazon's upcoming job cuts will reportedly impact its corporate employees, specifically its retail division, human resources, and the team working on the company's devices (which includes voice assistant Alexa).
Considering that Amazon employs over 1.5 million people across the globe, 10,000 workers laid off may not seem like a significant percentage from the company's perspective. It amounts to about 0.7 percent of Amazon's employees, which is a considerably smaller relative reduction than Twitter's Elon Musk-induced layoffs that cut its workforce by around 50 percent.
A reduction in force, or perhaps they're making room for picking up some of the high performing Twitter talent who were let go? [hubie]
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Rosco P. Coltrane on Wednesday November 16 2022, @06:17PM (4 children)
Bezos wants to do philantropy and give away all his billions [cnbc.com], and all he has to do is keep more employees on the payroll, pay everybody a little more, pressure them to work a little less and make the workplace a little more human and less hostile.
But I guess being a decent employer is less flashy than funding a cure for cancer, distributing food in Africa or whatever charity shit he choses to look good getting involved in.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 16 2022, @07:02PM
Narcissistic supply.
He wants the admiration, or fear, of others. Either one reinforces his fictional idea of himself that he can't live up to. He's still seeking approval like the little boy scared of an aloof, disinterested parent that never loved him. Poor Bezos.
(Score: 5, Informative) by Thexalon on Wednesday November 16 2022, @07:03PM (2 children)
Bezos isn't running the company anymore: The current CEO is Andy Jassey.
Also, his ex-wife is giving away a lot more than he is.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.
(Score: 2) by Rosco P. Coltrane on Wednesday November 16 2022, @09:06PM (1 child)
Because you think he has no say on how Amazon should be run?
If Bezos wants Amazon to be a decent employer, he only has to say it and it'll happen. He sure ain't saying it though.
(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Wednesday November 16 2022, @10:20PM
Laying off 0.7% of the workforce isn't something you bother the big man about. The New York Times is trying to bother him about it, but I still doubt that it's something he's aware of at any level of detail.
If you ran a company of 200 people, this would be like somebody in the mail room getting fired and that chick in marketing going part time after her newborn came.
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