Orange County, Yolo County. Is that the best that they can do? Far cry from 27000!
Customer Here Feeling the Pain
Hello Amazon Employees/Former Employees, I have been using AMZN for quite a while, and it used to be a life changer (especially during COVID)! Now, it's become a bit of a headache. Items not shipped, lazy delivery drivers to begin with. I usually... — read more
I was excited to join Amazon until I saw the news on layoffs
New college grad here, I got an offer at Amazon for their software development team. But I’m seeing all these layoffs! And now that I found this page and it looks like a blood bath at Amazon! Why the F would a company hire people if they’re doing... — read more
Another round of layoffs is coming
After reporting bad results, with a bad outlook, and chaos on Friday, they announced another 15 000 layoffs. Do we know who’s going to pay the price the most?
Amazon CFO blames the Olympics, Trump assassination, Elections for slowing sales
Total baloney! Leaders are supposed to be OWNERS! Yeah sure, blame the Olympics, Trump, Elections, macro headwinds, micro headwinds. Walmart... 6 month steady growth at 23%, 1 year steady growth at 31%, 4 years almost double growth! Amazon... 6... — read more
Amazon Stock Falls as Revenue and Outlook Disappoint
Flat growth over the last 4 years under Jassy. Too many misses, too much spending. More layoffs. Hint: layoff Managers running tiny teams or low performing Managers. If you have a team of 1-4, then it's half a pizza team. Remove all bad Managers from... — read more
White Collar jobs
We are heavily losing our White Collar jobs to outsourcing overseas. All of these layoffs are getting ridiculous considering the money we are making. The only way this madness stops is if we get involved politically. Write your representative an... — read more
Twitch staff concerned about more layoffs later this year
Twitch staff are concerned a third round of layoffs could hit the streaming platform, following 500 job cuts earlier this year and 400 in 2023. That's according to a new report from The Wall Street Journal, which states Amazon paid almost $1bn for... — read more
What has Matt Garman done?
It's almost 4 months since he took his post and no major announcements involving him beyond his appointment announcement. Is he still doing CEO training from Sales Guy Selipsky?? Where are the juicy headlines like "Matt Garman spreadheads $10B deal... — read more
Amazon gets trashed at the RNC
https://vinnews.com/2024/07/15/a-first-teamsters-president-gives-fiery-speech-at-rnc-calls-amazon-leaders-sick/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/07/15/teamsters-rnc/
Jeff Bezos plans to sell Amazon shares worth $5 bln
Jeff Bezos, founder and executive chairman of Amazon, is planning on selling shares of his company that are worth almost $5 billion, according to a recent regulatory filing. This takes place after Amazon's stock hit a record high recently, with the... — read more
Garmin Shakeup
Are there more layoffs and departures expected with Matt's new org changes? Is Andy going to be retiring? ================================================================== Today, Matt Garman shared an update on AWS's leadership structure with our... — read more
Fulfillment Layoffs
San Francisco County 04/25/2024 05/01/2024 06/27/2024 Amazon Closure Permanent 85 888 Tennessee St. San Francisco CA 94107 Alameda County 04/26/2024 05/01/2024 07/26/2024 Walmart Closure Permanent 169 40580 Albrae St. Fremont CA 94538
Audible silent layoffs
Seems to be silent layoffs going on with roles not being filled, teams getting axed across the world. SJ's organization is going to become a lot smaller with L6-L7 heads rolling....
"Sales Guy" Selipsky
Adam Selipsky's exit as Amazon Web Services CEO seemed inevitable to current and former employees who spoke to Business Insider about his departure. Over the past few months, Selipsky has appeared inconsistently at Weekly Business Review meetings... — read more
Who's Matt Garman?
A very young CEO running AWS? Is he going to shake up AWS? What about Selipsky reports? Layoffs? Ad's lady leaving?
When is "RTO" Jassy stepping down?
Selipsky is about the same age as Jassy. Company has barely grown over the past four years. Bezos also aged out.
Are Amazon actually recruiting?
I get multiple alerts for AWS every day for solutions architect jobs. I've applied for 10 now and I haven't even had one single interview. CSAA, CSAP and ML certified here, been a solutions architect for probably 12-15 years now. I thought I would at... — read more
How Working For Google, Amazon, And Microsoft Lost ‘Dream Job’ Status
Despite blockbuster earnings from giants such as Alphabet and Microsoft, layoffs continue to ripple through the tech industry. Layoffs.fyi, a platform monitoring job cuts in the tech sector, recorded more 263,000 job losses in 2023... — read more
Steal from the Employees, give to the Investors!
Amazon's new compensation policy: you're not owners - company harvests yearly stock grants and gains on employee compensation, employees always absorb losses when stock falls. No yearly raises, RSU's, refreshers for you! Performance doesn't matter... — read more
It's probably not going to work out for Developers too!
SDE's, FEE's, SDM's get zero love at Amazon. They are treated like bad misbehaving children. Their mandatory office attendance is recorded and enforced, while having to be on call at strange hours of the night, and hence zero work life balance. And... — read more
Jassy: "It's probably not going to work out for you"
Of course it isn't! With almost 4% core CPI inflation, and no wage increases, no RSU grants, AND a speculative stock price that may tumble again (think lawsuits, massive attrition, GCP, Open AI), why would it work out? And denying 300,000 corporate... — read more
Here is your pay cut "Owner!" .... Until you join again!
"Amazon's compensation philosophy emphasizes ownership" Yeah right... Needs Improvement and Exceeds High Bar ratings are now the same! You get a 0% raise, 0% RSU's. How's that for ownership. It's called WAGE THEFT and FALSE ADVERTISING! Why even... — read more
FAANG is truly dead
Even Apple is now having major layoffs. Amazon, Google, Meta, and Netflix have been having them for over a year. The giants have fallen.
I doubt this is all of it
I'm thinking this is the first stage, and we're looking at many more cuts in the coming months.
The manager keeps cancelling 1:1
I have not had a single 1:1 since I joined few months ago. The manager keeps canceling them, no reschedule. Wondering if I should pack my stuff and update the resume.
Amazon cuts hundreds of jobs in cloud computing unit
The cuts affect hundreds of staffers in AWS’ store technology and sales and marketing units. Sales growth in AWS’ has decelerated in recent quarters as companies trimmed their cloud spend. A day earlier, Amazon said it would remove its... — read more
Just got notice - anyone else?
Tried to login, no joy. HIt my personal email and there it was
Official Amazon HR document reveals a spike in employees put on PIPs during a time of record layoffs
https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-hr-document-employees-pip-layoffs-performance-improvement-plans-2024-3 US Markets Closed Dow Jones 0.77% Nasdaq +0.1% S&P 500 0.14% META 0.09% TSLA 0% AAPL +0.01% HOMEPAGE Tech Official Amazon HR document... — read more
Unsurprising results
20 Worst Companies to Work For (Updated 2023) Amazon Being replaceable is a very bad thing when corking for a mega corporation. There's a good chance you've heard one or more horror stories about working as an Amazon fulfillment worker. For... — read more
This is all kinds of wrong
Coffee machine camera at Amazon warehouse raises concerns about surveillance in the workplace A worker accidentally discovered that a touchscreen on a coffee vending machine had taken photos of the breakroom... — read more
Logistics Layoffs Pile Up as Amazon Shutters Texas Air Cargo Hub
https://sourcingjournal.com/topics/logistics/amazon-air-layoffs-san-antonio-air-cargo-worldwide-flight-services-wfs-express-instacart-odw-logistics-apl-warehousing-495284/
JB sells $2B in Amazon shares
Maybe this is old news... https://www.marketwatch.com/story/jeff-bezos-just-sold-2-billion-in-amazon-stock-that-doesnt-mean-you-should-sell-too-6f0248a2
Lizzy Warren silent on irobot layoffs
In the end - the DEMs need to realize that their constituents are competing against workers from other lower cost countries for jobs! In the end, the DEMs who promote Math Wars shd realize that American home-grown children compete against... — read more
Amazon Pharmacy Layoffs: Company Cutting Hundreds Of Health Division Staff In Latest Round Of Job Losses
Amazon Health Services is cutting “a few hundred” employees from its One Medical chain and Amazon Pharmacy, the company announced Tuesday, marking the latest round of job cuts after a brutal 2023 for one of the nation’s largest private... — read more
Bezos selling off stock
Plan is to sell off 50 million shares throughout 2024. Sale can net him $8.6 billion. Analysts claim that Amazon is “too big to fail”, meaning this is not the sign of impending doom. Does it actually mean the end of an era of mass sales of everything... — read more
If you plan on internally transferring to another team, have an external job offer ready!
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
Amazon reports better-than-expected results as revenue jumps 14%
"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