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• @sandiegoknight Hany Girgis on x

  Amazon says it will cut 16,000 more corporate jobs.  At the same time, the company is expanding in India, including a $35B investment plan through 2030.  FY2025 data show 12,391 H-1B approvals for Amazon, including 4,644 new approvals.  They will call it AI efficiency or bureaucr…

• @jason @jason on x

  “reducing layers” reads “eliminating middle management” One manager can easily do the work of two right now using basic AI tools. Someone who REALLY understands these tools could easily mange 3-5x as many people. If you're impacted, the most important thing you can do is

• @lizmacdonaldfox Elizabeth MacDonald on x

  Amazon is laying off 16,000 corporate jobs.  This is its second round of mass job cuts in three months.  It laid off 14,000 workers out of its corporate workforce in October.  The layoffs amount to about 10% of its corporate and tech workforce out of 350,000.  It has about 1.58 m…

• @gregbensinger @gregbensinger on x

  A bit lost in the shuffle of the staggering number of job cuts at Amazon is that the company killed its biometric palm-scanning payment system known as One. Not sure it will be missed [image]

• @public_citizen @public_citizen on x

  Amazon announced it will slash another 16,000 jobs. That's in addition to the 14,000 jobs that were cut last October. Apparently Amazon doesn't have the money to pay employees but it has more than enough money to throw at a crappy movie on Melania Trump.

• @moreperfectus @moreperfectus on x

  Meanwhile, Jeff Bezos' net worth today: $254,700,000,000

• @gunnelswarren Warren Gunnels on x

  Jeff Bezos has become $45 billion richer since Trump was elected. He pays a lower tax rate than a truck driver, nurse or teacher. Amazon got a $15.7 billion tax break from Trump last year. Now, Amazon plans to create a “new rhythm” of layoffs every few months. Trickle not.

• @fluentinfinance Andrew Lokenauth on x

  Layoffs in the past year: • Dell: 13,000 • Intel: 27,000 • Meta: 11,000 • UPS: 48,000 • FedEx: 12,000 • Boeing: 17,000 • Verizon: 15,000 • Walmart: 12,000 • Amazon: 30,000 • Microsoft: 15,000 • Citigroup: 20,000 Job security is an illusion.

• @jason @jason on x

  $amzn has laid off an average of 50+ people a day, every day, for the past 1,100+ days/3 years ... and Zoox and Optimus haven't started delivering packages yet.

• @morningbrew @morningbrew on x

  Amazon's recent layoff rounds: • January 2026 16,000 • October 2025 14,000 • March 2023 9,000 • January 2023 8,000 • November 2022 10,000 57,000 cuts in just over 3 years. [image]

• @karlykingsley Karly Kingsley on x

  Amazon announced it will be cutting ~16,000 jobs, coupled with 14,000 jobs in October, that's about 30,000 jobs lost. The greatness continues.

• @andrewcurran_ Andrew Curran on x

  Amazon is laying off 16,000 corporate workers in another round of cuts. In a post shared with staff this morning Amazon said the cuts - a follow-up to the 14,000 let go in October - are focused on ‘removing bureaucracy.’ https://www.aboutamazon.com/ ...

• @mdudas Mike Dudas on x

  probably time to start thinking what a corpo job looks like in 2035 amazon laid off 10% of workers, most tech companies aren't hiring net new folks when i was young, i used to quizzically ask why people in their 50s at ibm, ge and digital equipment corp thought they'd have jobs […

• @guyfosel @guyfosel on x

  The most interesting part of this story is that Amazon gave its layoff plan a code name: Project Dawn [image]

• @rmconservative Daniel Horowitz on x

  If AI were bringing that much more productivity, it would cause a hiring BOOM.

• @chandrarsrikant Chandra R. Srikanth on x

  “The reductions we are making today will impact approximately 16,000 roles across Amazon, and we're again working hard to support everyone whose role is impacted.” https://www.aboutamazon.com/ ...

• @sharonodea.com Sharon O'Dea on bluesky

  Every communicator's worst nightmare: people learn of their imminent layoffs via a draft email sent out by mistake.  —  This, people, is why you need to do the dull governance stuff.  When it works, it's invisible.  When it doesn't, it's news.  —  www.bbc.com/news/article...

• @dankim.com Dan Kim on bluesky

  “our plan is to not do layoffs again but we are always looking for ways to” should calm things right down 🙄  —  www.aboutamazon.com/news/company...  [image]

• @carlquintanilla Carl Quintanilla on bluesky

  Layoff headlines from this week alone — beginning to pile up.  —  $ASML $AMZN $PINS $C  —  @cnbc.com @reuters.com @nytimes.com @bloomberg.com [images]

• r/antiwork r on reddit

  Amazon confirms 16,000 job cuts after accidental email

• r/SeattleWA r on reddit

  Amazon axes 16,000 jobs as it pushes AI and efficiency

• r/nova r on reddit

  Another local business, Amazon is laying off thousands of employees

• r/fuckamazon r on reddit

  Amazon axes 16,000 jobs as it pushes AI and efficiency

• r/nottheonion r on reddit

  Amazon confirms 16,000 job cuts after accidental email

• r/worldnews r on reddit

  Amazon confirms 16,000 job cuts after accidental email

• r/technology r on reddit

  Amazon confirms 16,000 job cuts after accidental email

• r/coding r on reddit

  Amazon axes 16,000 jobs as it pushes AI and efficiency

• r/Layoffs r on reddit

  Amazon cuts 16,000 jobs globally to undo pandemic-era hiring amid AI push |  Reuters

• r/XGramatikInsights r on reddit

  Amazon announces they are laying off 16,000 corporate employees due to “rising competition over AI.”