i hear that they cancel folks with subpar performance, so layoffs are happening

A "midlife crisis of epic proportions. Feel free to share at your union organizing meetings. https://news.yahoo.com/watch-owen-wilson-snl-fun-160222574.html

How are the teams there? Anyone there work as electrical/mechanical eng teams? How are they, what sort of work they do and is it a tough place to work?

How hard has it been for you lately to meet quotas? Sometimes I wonder if our superiors have any common sense at all, and most of all I wonder if they would be able to make the quotas we need to keep the job? Are they realistic at all? Worst of all... —  read more 

57 year old employee (and company founder) was walked out after 27 years of dedicated service. Thrown out like an old loaf of bread. Hopefully, he got an appropriate severance package and career coaching so he can get a fresh start.

I would love for this company to be completely left without employees, given how it treats its employees. I don’t feel like I’m working, I feel like I’m being mercilessly squeezed by a machine. I don't know what your situation is, but in my case... —  read more 

"What is striking is how quickly Amazon chews through workers. The turnover rate for hourly employees at Amazon is 150 percent, meaning that Amazon replaces the equivalent of its entire hourly workforce every eight months... —  read more 

Working at Amazon means eventually coming to terms with the fact that you will only be treated as a number or as part of one big machine, unfortunately. Nice article, but there is simply no optimism that things will get better one day and that... —  read more 

If you work in media, pray that the MGM merger is denied. There would be huge consolidation layoffs as a result on both sides. I don't know who'd be hit worse, but the fact is that nobody would come out of it unscathed. I know it's still at least two... —  read more 

No one has yet commented on Amazon's plan to raise wages... As far as I'm concerned, everything they are doing is late because I left here a month ago for Costco, but I wonder what my former colleagues think about this plan? It is not clear to me... —  read more 

I believe it is very much possible that the only way the vote turned out the way it did is due to threats of layoffs. A labor group that did not secure enough votes from Amazon.com Inc warehouse workers in Alabama to form a union has formally... —  read more 

Let's get this union started and see how it goes. If it's no good we can always vote ur down within a year.

To address the anti-asian hate crimes that this country is experiencing, AWS felt compelled to address this "head on" by having a 30-minute anti-asian hate message. The moderator was not an asian person and simply spoke to the history of asian racism... —  read more 

Customer Obsession: the default response when someone is debating you and wants you to shut up Ownership: something your manager says when they don’t want to do something Invent and Simplify: a way of telling someone to work hard on something... —  read more 

A lot of people I know who work in the retail sector would love to be able to work at Amazon. They think that it’s much better here, which in most cases it is, but let’s not be fooled, it’s not great here either. I’d rather keep quiet than recommend... —  read more 

Any thoughts on what can we expect now that the new head of AWS has arrived? “It will be important to watch Selipsky’s strategic moves to match AWS ’pace with Azure, and even Google Cloud’s upward momentum” from:... —  read more 

These and similar situations surprised me for a while, but not anymore, because they've become too common: AWS hiring process is COMPLETELY BROKEN! Many incompetent managers, nepotism and favoritism .. I know my friend who had average... —  read more 

Could someone who works or has worked at Costco tell me in more detail what it’s like to work there and whether they treat their workers better than Amazon does? Also, have you seen the news that the company lifted their minimum wage to 16 dollars... —  read more 

Do you think that filing a New York lawsuit against Amazon is pointless because Amazon did a good job when it comes to providing a safe environment in pandemic circumstances, or do you think Amazon failed at that and didn’t actually objectively... —  read more 

My manager has zero customer or sales experience! I can’t believe they hire unqualified clowns like this. Spending more time training this newbie on multiple fronts. I don’t get it, I thought AWS was smart

It’s been a year since I joined AWS. I was fully prepared for all the quirkiness I’ve read about online. Let me just say that things aren’t as they really appear. The reality is, people weaponize the leadership principles all the time in a... —  read more 

Driver here. What Amazon did between 2016 and 2019 was a really shady practice. The news now appearing in the media that the company took away 62 million dollars in tips from us is nothing new, but it still piss me off. Excerpt from the article -... —  read more 

Amazon is organizing in Alabama. So what will Amazon do to stop workers from having a voice, getting fair wages and safe working conditions?... —  read more 

The very worst place to work; under backstabbing, narcissistic, despotic managers who are supported wholeheartedly by craven HR Business Partners. I would not recommend this place to any but the most supplicant masochists who return home at night... —  read more 

Sorting again, endlessly stacking packages on palettes... another day older, with an even more painful spine... feeling stress but I try not to get noticed because they would replace me immediately... worried about how to pay the bills, more indebted... —  read more 

Why are so many bootcampers flooding AWS/Amazon in Atlanta? There is so much corruption with hiring in the Atlanta area that its getting ridiculous! No other FAANG company (or relevant company) would let so many sh–heads hire their sh–head... —  read more 

I was interested in a series of articles on Amazon and its competition (in this case Shopify) and the article emphasized that merchants are leaving Amazon for Shopify. I know that some will say that this has nothing to do with layoffs but rather the... —  read more 

Amazon has created this image of a company that rarely lays off people but the reason why that's true is that it's using and abusing its employees to the point where the only thing they can do is quit! Of course they don't do layoffs when everybody... —  read more 

Interviewing for a corporate role but trying to get a handle on the culture. Would love to be in an upbeat growth company. Is that Amazon? My recent Tech experience is daily knife fights among team members when the company was making billions anyway... —  read more 

https://www.educationdive.com/news/why-4-year-colleges-are-tapping-amazon-to-help-deliver-cloud-computing-degr/589750/ Looks like at least one of these schools, Purdue University Global (formerly Kaplan University) is subprime.

Workers at Walmart, Amazon, Kroger and other major retailers are calling on their employers to reinstate hazard pay and strengthen safety protocols ahead of the busy holiday shopping season as coronavirus infection rates... —  read more 

What's your prediction as it relates to the possiblity of Amazon.com Layoffs 2021? Any news or rumors?

Amazon’s drone delivery team hit with layoffs amid reorganization The company adds, however, that it is committed to the Prime Air project. The initial report points to dozens of layoffs, though Amazon, unsurprisingly, is loath... —  read more 

Unfortunately, I had to leave the company due to illness and now I saw the news that Amazon will allow some employees to work from home until mid-2021. Can someone give me more detailed information, which workers will be covered and will those who... —  read more 

Amazon is the second best employer in the world according to Forbes. Now, I understand that there are privileged employees at HQ who might call this a good place to work, but they are a minority! How can they call Amazon even a good employer, not to... —  read more 

I was put on a PIP (their reasoning for it is mind boggling but I guess that's beside the point right now) and I've been told by several people already that I'm as good as gone. Considering the state of the economy right now, I'd really like to... —  read more 

Do you guys think they will make department supervisors for hard and soft side part time as well?

I think Snowflake filing for IPO could be one of the 2020 best headlines but this headline is a bit exaggerated. We can only wonder what 2021 will bring to us but neither Snowflake nor Amazon controls the market, so competition between different... —  read more 

the Congress Hearing: 5 Crucial Issues Raised and we was't aware of: 1-Lack of PPE in Amazon distribution centers 2-Redirecting brand items to 3rd party bendors 3- selling copycat pr-scrip-ion d–gs, comercial equipment, and a lot more was being... —  read more 

Our warehouse received a notification about all warehouse employees to get tested for Covid. Self swab kits will be given and need to be sent to Bioreference Lab for test and we will receive our results in 2-4 days?