Amazon and Apple are watching you. Apple has threatened to take action against staff who aren't coming into the office at least three days a week. "Apple is tracking employee attendance (via badge records) and will give employees escalating warnings... — read more 

Galletti, meaning 'little rooster,' cookies are an iconic staple in the world of Italian confection. But too many cookies and handwaving: 'Given the large size of our workforce and our wide range of businesses and customers, we recognize this... — read more 

That's more than double of Jassy's 2022 comp! Amazon founder Jeff Bezos plans to give away the majority of his $124 billion net worth. He will devote the bulk of his wealth to supporting people who can unify humanity in the face of deep social and... — read more 

Let's say for people laid off at Amazon in the upcoming April 2023 wave. Based on the Jan 2023 wave: If I understand correctly, employees remained on payroll for 2 months, but not working. Employees were able to search for internal roles using... — read more 

With the stock price collapse, who is still sticking around??

https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/AMZN/insider-transactions?p+AMZN&guccounter+2 2M shares of AMZN stock gifted to Bezos over the last 5 months. But hey, that only has a value of $420M. Can we not ask Bezos to live by his own Leadership Principals... — read more 

“This was a difficult decision, but one that we think is best for the company long term,” Jassy shared in his note. "(We want to be) leaner while doing so in a way that enables us to still invest robustly in the key long-term customer... — read more 

Any news what groups will be most affected?

This will please investors - role eliminations: Candi Castleberry, VP of DEI =============================================== Employees just need ONE simple 20 minute DEI training course. Diversity doesn't trump hard skills. Donate to train unskilled... — read more 

Why is everyone surprised that these layoffs will impact people in AWS?

“Always treat your employees exactly as you want them to treat your best customers.” “Clients do not come first. Employees come first. If you take care of your employees, they will take care of the clients.” “The responsibility of a company is to... — read more 

Andy: 27000 Layoffs, Worthless RSU's, and draconian Return to Office mandate. You (at another company): CASH, No Layoffs, Work from Home.

Someone please let Andy Jassy know, Amazon has expatriate all over the world, Amazon need to repatriate them or localized them. Doing so will save hundred of millions. Amazon expatriate packages are too generous, paying for luxury housing, kid’s... — read more 

AWS, PXT, Advertising, Twitch. Then RTO attrition. Thanks Andy. Expense reduction at its finest. I wonder who's next?

At 55 years of age, Andy Jassy is ready to retire. His mental faculty has suffered gravely and he will now return to home. Blessed.

https://voidnetwork.gr/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Does-capitalism-have-a-future-a-book-review.pdf

One of the hottest fights happening right now is the fight between Walmat+ and Amazon Prime. Now it appears Walmart is closing the gap with Amazon Prime at least when it comes to some of the profitable customers. According to Bloomberg, 28% of... — read more 

Hello, just curious for those resigning, does AWS let you work for 2 week during notice or they reject it and send you home immediately?

Amid layoffs, Amazon pauses construction on second headquarters in Virginia Amazon is pausing construction of its second headquarters in Virginia following the biggest round of layoffs in the company’s history and shifting landscape of remote... — read more 

Alexa, are there more layoffs coming, will they fire us all or make us return to office.

What could possibly go wrong? https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/22/tech/ftc-amazon-one-medical-deal/index.html

There's a petition and a slack channel. The petition has over 5000 signatures. https://tech.co/news/amazon-staff-outraged-return-office

Amazon corporate employees may receive less compensation this year after a slump in the company's shares. The reduction in compensation was also reportedly addressed by CEO Andy Jassy during an all-hands meeting. Recently, the company... — read more 

When is the Forte feedback going to be shared in 2023?

Sassy Jassy wants to eliminate your position. If you refuse to go to the office for 3 days/week starting on May 1, then that's it - Sassy Jassy will fire you to cover his expenses. You won't collect severance, benefits... NADA. That's right. 18000... — read more 

Amazon workers are revolting against returning to the office because they are mostly a bunch of people with no social skills. Please be understanding because they need to be taught to socialize all over again. Once they feel good about three days... — read more 

I had an offer a few months back that I did not take :) A substantial portion of comp was RSUs and I was told that if the stock fell they would top/refresh the following year to make up. Is that what is happening now that the stock is lower than it... — read more 

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-california-took-over-the-world-180981660/

Andy Jetty (Jassy) is giving you a couple of months - until May 1 precisely. Meanwhile, he's looking for more ways to sc--w you - including: further org changes, business travel cuts, cuts to benefits, further layoffs (soft and hard), salary and RSU... — read more 

This will please investors - role eliminations: Candi Castleberry, VP of DEI Employees just need ONE simple 20 minute DEI training course. Diversity doesn't trump hard skills. Donate to train unskilled minorities, and hire AFTER they are actually... — read more 

Customer Obsession make employees be late for meetings because they're stuck in traffic on their way to RTO Ownership blame employees for productivity losses when they RTO. Reach unregretted attrition targets. Invent and Simplify don't use... — read more 

Announced today. Jassy saying on their learnings about WFH essentially: "Ultimately they've led us to conclude that we should go back to being in the office together the majority of the time (at least 3 days a week)." "We plan to implement this... — read more 

There is a huge pressure on the management to pivot people out. The directive from steam is to reduce the staff by 10% this year and next (so a slow reduction of staff without causing any alarm in the news).

The 3 things Amazon staff were asked to do In order to ensure the company’s bright future, Jassy called on employees for their buy-in across a range of subjects—with many of the themes already well-known to staff. Jassy continued to encourage... — read more 

The future of Big Tech? https://novum.substack.com/i/101103540/big-tech-stagnation

Has anyone heard of how many PPM got let go in the Amazon recent firings? I wonder if these roles are moving to India as they hire the new grads for entry. Any ideas on this strategy?

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/gadgets-news/amazon-loses-2-7-billion-in-2022-reports-first-unprofitable-year-since-2014/articleshow/97573291.cms

Buckle up everybody, because this is going to be one helluva rough ride!

Amazon is going after a younger, and likely more affordable, talent pool by limiting entry level software engineering positions to students and recent grads only. Appears to be part of an effort to overhaul its slowing engineering culture. Not cool... — read more 

https://www.wired.com/story/a-damning-us-report-lays-bare-amazons-worker-injury-crisis/