From an internal board: What you’ll find out on 1/28 You wake up at 10:00 a.m. for your 10:00 standup. You open your laptop, planning to tell the team you have no updates. You try to log into your Mac. It doesn’t work. Panic sets in. *Oh no—I'm... — read more 

Any cuts at Alexa teams?

Managers do RIF training on Jan 27 and then the RIF happens during Jan 28, 29. A terrific way to end employee suffering at earth's most toxic employer!

Layoffs in May too, right? Now that's layoffship in 2026!

If your director cancelled morning meetings today your org is in the receiving end of the layoffs.

Amazon has announced a new round of layoffs as part of its plan to eliminate 30,000 corporate jobs. The latest cuts will remove 14,000 corporate positions across Amazon Web Services (AWS), retail, Prime Video and human... — read more 

I've always wanted to work at Amazon and I've been applying for a while, but with all the cuts, I'm starting to think there's no point in it anymore. I don't want to leave a somewhat safe position to start a new job even if it is my dream job just to... — read more 

Layoffs galore… That’s why software engineers need unions too - the time to organize was when we still had leverage.

Amazon plans a second round of corporate job cuts next week, aiming to eliminate about 30,000 white-collar roles in total, according to sources cited by Reuters. Roughly 14,000 corporate jobs were already cut in October, and the... — read more 

WARN's are filed. CA shows 1550 in numbers. Layoff on 1/26

URA solution worse than the problem.... Why stack rank across an individual team? It's myopic. If a team only has high performers and you're forced to cut by dishonestly ranking three reports as "least effective", then what's the point? Those... — read more 

Because Amazon has weak management and poor hiring practices. Extra points for the silent firing of disabled employees, denying them appropriate work from home accommodations.

I gave up on this place a long time ago. It's just the paycheck, and not exactly one to write home about. I've been working really hard on finding something else. Compared to Amazon, the grass is greener elsewhere by definition.

Interesting to see how the Amazon layoffs news spread across 52 different sources over the past few days. You can track the timeline of how this story evolved at https://yandori.io/news-flow/ - shows which outlets broke it first and how it propagated... — read more 

Worst company in the world. Should not be part of the FAANG group

14,000 +16,000=30,000 Ex-AWS-ers getting ready for "Tell me about a time...." x 25 in one loop interview

Amazon's job cuts to affect AWS, retail, HR units CEO Jassy attributes cuts to company culture, not financial or AI reasons Layoffs represent nearly 10% of Amazon's corporate... — read more 

Is Amazon ever planning to stop? What, does Bezos need another mega-yacht? What the he-l is happening to this place?

Many thousands of managers with under 8 direct reports -- too much fat. Trim those managers and split their reports from the managers with over 14 direct reports.

Has anyone heard new about layoffs in emerging markets such project Kuiper / Amazon music group (DISCO)?

Stay tuned!

No wonder there are so many layoffs! 30000 employees laid off to recover $10B. Increase the price of Prime!

That's the kind of fu---d up world we're living in.

That's like the size of a fortunate 1000 company.

I thought Jassy wanted to get rid of bureaucracy? Guess not.

Amazon is eliminating 2,400 jobs in Washington state, a decision tied to a ten-year $100 billion investment into artificial intelligence technologies. This workforce reduction is scheduled to take effect in early 2026 as the company restructures its... — read more 

https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-visa-delays-prompt-india-remote-work-with-strict-restrictions-2025-12

Our IT manager let it slip today saying Leadership wants to cut 20% of low performers in Seattle. The performance improvement plans were created by HR to make them extremely difficult to pass.

It's gonna be wild!! 16000 this time. That's like 57000 layoffs in the past few years, plus all of the silent layoffs/RTO/RTT/RTH (30000+). Something close to 25% of corporate.

While CEOs have spent months framing layoffs as a strategic shift toward AI-driven efficiency, the equity market has perceived recent layoff announcements as a negative signal about company’ prospects. "AI restructuring" is often a convenient cover... — read more 

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

Rohit Prasad: Senior Vice President and Head Scientist for Amazon's artificial general intelligence (AGI) business is leaving at the end of December 2025. Robin Williams: The Vice President of Device Software and Services and a member of the elite... — read more 

Even outside the broader workforce reductions, individual sites can be reassessed and cut out of the blue. That’s not exactly shocking or entirely new, but it certainly adds to the stress and anxiety. We already knew that employee well-being and... — read more 

Amazon will lay off employees. A total of 84 workers will be affected. The layoffs will occur in Seattle and Bellevue. Impacted roles include engineering, recruiting, software development, and product management, affecting Seattle... — read more 

Amazon is laying off 370 employees at its European headquarters. These cuts represent about 8.5 percent of the workforce at that location. The layoffs primarily affect software developers as AI increasingly handles coding tasks. Amazon cited... — read more 

Pivot assignment: make Amazon stock price reach $350/share in the middle of 2026 without doing further layoffs (forced or RTO/silent).

Because, after Andy departs....

Just in time for the holidays!

Amazon’s record layoff plans this year have already drawn considerable attention, and the latest data shows that engineers at the organization faced a significant portion of the heat... — read more 

Hi all I’m in the loop process for a senior ish role (SCE Deal Lead). If you had the opportunity to tell someone if it was something they should do what would you say? Obviously I only hear the positive things during the loop process so very keen... — read more