There are reports of Managers bullying their bar raising direct reports into Pivot when they dare attempt to transfer. If you plan on internally transferring teams, then have an external job offer ready, and immediately resign if you're refused the... — read more 

"I think we are very careful on our investments... We are investing, and we are adding in some areas, but there's a general feeling in most teams that we're looking to hold the line on head count, perhaps go down, as we can drive efficiencies in the... — read more 

Los Angeles Times, eBay, and UPS are three companies that have made recent layoff announcements. Despite cuts at big household names, the nation's layoffs and discharges rate has been steadily low. This rate was 1.0% in December, the same... — read more 

U.S. workers are getting scooped up by international companies hiring remote roles. American workers are most likely to be hired by companies in the U.K., Canada, France, Singapore and Australia. The spike in U.S. workers vying for remote jobs... — read more 

The inflation-adjusted surge in wealth of the top five billionaires was driven by strong gains in the assets of Tesla CEO Elon Musk, LVMH chief Bernard Arnault, Amazon's Jeff Bezos, Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison and investor Warren Buffett. ... — read more 

7 rounds of layoffs (plus forced silent layoffs/RTO) in just 1 year under Jassy. 4 rounds of layoffs over 17.5 years under Bozos. Quite the contrast. Somebody covering up their forecasting errors? Anyone on the board noticing? Amazon... — read more 

Amazon’s latest layoffs hit its Buy with Prime unit Amazon is laying off some staff in its Buy with Prime unit. Buy with Prime lets online stores offer Amazon’s payment services and speedy shipping to their sites. Since the new year began... — read more 

Anti competitive probe in EU Very high data export fees from AWS GCP dangling carrots to woo customers https://world.hey.com/dhh/google-cloud-cuts-egress-and-promotes-cloud-exits-01dbe9f3 More layoffs to come in AWS, cannot share more... — read more 

Yes, clickbait title. But the content suggests that we are all in great shape. How come none of that applies to me and my surroundings? Do I live in the same universe as this guy?? Labor economist Guy Berger told Newsweek that the reports of job... — read more 

Unregretted Attrition again. Day 3.

Team, We’ve taken significant steps towards our long-term vision of making Prime Video the first-choice entertainment destination for customers worldwide, and I’m proud of everything we’ve accomplished as a team to date. Our investments in... — read more 

And start applying to remote jobs before the 5 day RTO is enforced.

Perpetual layoffs at Amazon, outsourcing.

Amazon has allegedly found a controversial new way to cut its workforce An Amazon employee is accusing the company of allegedly dodging negative press associated with layoffs and skipping out on providing severance packages by “silently sacking”... — read more 

Good to see that massive layoffs worked miracles on the shares value chuckles. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/tech-layoffs-in-the-spotlight-again-as-2024-kicks-off-with-xerox-job-cuts-5f424933

Do you predict that there will be Amazon.com layoffs? Any chatter, news or rumors?

what you can expect from Amazon.... https://www.highereducationinquirer.org/2023/12/ai-robot-capitalists-will-destroy-human.html

Google is gearing up to lay off 30,000 employees in its ad sales units in favor of AI ad tech. Amazon going to do something similar. Marketing automation, GenAI.

How many PNW Alexa team members got layoff? Would like to plan my exit.

AWS is fast becoming a place where managers spend more time managing (aka a$$ licking) their upward chain. Know specifically of one loooong timer manager, existing and surviving by doing unproductive but "visible" stuff - they have since become a... — read more 

Anybody know how bad it will be?

Are layoffs day Amazon 60 day notices or are you gone same day as notified? Do laid off people change LinkedIn immediately? We might be looking for some AI people.

Get out while you can especially if you’re in WWSO! WWSO database is filled with ex oracle folks that are destroying an already bad AWS culture. From corporate travelers to leaders with zero experience leading that take credit for others work while... — read more 

https://fortune.com/2023/08/03/amazon-svp-mike-hopkins-office-return/

I ran across an article that resonates with my experience at AWS. See below. My experience was more spiteful but ultimately eliminated after no performance issues identified. ... — read more 

AMAZON SHUTS DOWN HUNDREDS OF ALEXA POSITIONS Amazon has begun layoffs of several hundred employees working on Alexa as part of ongoing cost reductions across the tech... — read more 

I know a lot of people who are looking at alternatives.

Amazon is cutting “just over” 180 jobs in its games division and making some changes to its games initiatives, according to a memo sent to employees by VP of Amazon Games Christoph Hartmann... — read more 

Inquiring minds in Nike Tech would love some feedback on MED our new CTO. Want to know what to expect (the good, bad & ugly) from the new CTO so we can be prepared.

Amazon makes job cuts in music division Amazon is cutting an unspecified number of positions in its music division in the latest layoffs to hit the tech giant as it looks for ways to trim... — read more 

https://www.10tv.com/article/news/local/easton-town-center-amazon-style-closing/530-78c7334b-3c67-4ddc-9a6b-a581451f85f9

Apparently, managers can now fire people who do not come to the office at least three times a week. I guess my entire team is about to be fired and we're most likely not the only ones. I'm looking forward to seeing how that works out both for our... — read more 

OMG! Seattle is no more! Will Jeff get a remote work exception or will he be forced to report to an office in a main hub location. Hopefully he doesn't mind all the iguanas, hurricanes, and tourists outside his $79M and $68M homes on a tiny island... — read more 

Let go by Amazon this March, I've since applied and been referred by former coworkers for multiple jobs there, only to swiftly get a formulaic rejection each time. After careful consideration and review of your application, we have decided to... — read more 

Unless you know better ones: We don't pay yearly bonus. The longer you stay, the less you make. Thus teaching you financial responsibility. We stack rank you. Thus teaching you not to trust anyone and how to play politics. We don't allow... — read more 

With so many companies offering WFH including: NVidia, Oracle, Atlassian, Dropbox, Square, Cisco, HP, ZScaler, Xerox, why are employees so foolish for staying at Amazon? On the flip side, why is Jassy so stupid about the consequences of losing top... — read more 

Amazon’s profit margin nears record after CEO Andy Jassy’s dramatic cost-cutting efforts Jassy, who took the helm in mid-2021, has been laser focused on trimming costs across the company for over a year, eliminating 27,000 jobs since last fall... — read more