Amazon is planning to cut approximately 14,000 corporate jobs starting next week, marking the second major layoff wave since October and bringing total reductions to 30,000 roles. CEO Andy Jassy clarified the cuts aren’t driven by AI or financial concerns but by excessive bureaucracy and organizational layers. The layoffs will affect employees across AWS, retail,…
Thousands of Amazon employees have signed an open letter issuing some dire warnings about the company’s move toward AI. The letter, signed by more than 1,000 workers (and counting) calls out Amazon for pushing its AI investments at the expense of the climate and its human workforce. The letter’s supporters come from a wide array…
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says that the company’s latest round of layoffs that impacted barely 14,000 people is not because of money or AI. Instead, the real reason behind Amazon job cuts is the culture, Jassy said. “The announcement that we made a few days ago was not really financially driven, and it’s not even…