What could possibly go wrong? https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/22/tech/ftc-amazon-one-medical-deal/index.html

There's a petition and a slack channel. The petition has over 5000 signatures. https://tech.co/news/amazon-staff-outraged-return-office

Amazon corporate employees may receive less compensation this year after a slump in the company's shares. The reduction in compensation was also reportedly addressed by CEO Andy Jassy during an all-hands meeting. Recently, the company... — read more 

When is the Forte feedback going to be shared in 2023?

Sassy Jassy wants to eliminate your position. If you refuse to go to the office for 3 days/week starting on May 1, then that's it - Sassy Jassy will fire you to cover his expenses. You won't collect severance, benefits... NADA. That's right. 18000... — read more 

Amazon workers are revolting against returning to the office because they are mostly a bunch of people with no social skills. Please be understanding because they need to be taught to socialize all over again. Once they feel good about three days... — read more 

I had an offer a few months back that I did not take :) A substantial portion of comp was RSUs and I was told that if the stock fell they would top/refresh the following year to make up. Is that what is happening now that the stock is lower than it... — read more 

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-california-took-over-the-world-180981660/

Andy Jetty (Jassy) is giving you a couple of months - until May 1 precisely. Meanwhile, he's looking for more ways to sc--w you - including: further org changes, business travel cuts, cuts to benefits, further layoffs (soft and hard), salary and RSU... — read more 

This will please investors - role eliminations: Candi Castleberry, VP of DEI Employees just need ONE simple 20 minute DEI training course. Diversity doesn't trump hard skills. Donate to train unskilled minorities, and hire AFTER they are actually... — read more 

Customer Obsession make employees be late for meetings because they're stuck in traffic on their way to RTO Ownership blame employees for productivity losses when they RTO. Reach unregretted attrition targets. Invent and Simplify don't use... — read more 

Announced today. Jassy saying on their learnings about WFH essentially: "Ultimately they've led us to conclude that we should go back to being in the office together the majority of the time (at least 3 days a week)." "We plan to implement this... — read more 

There is a huge pressure on the management to pivot people out. The directive from steam is to reduce the staff by 10% this year and next (so a slow reduction of staff without causing any alarm in the news).

The 3 things Amazon staff were asked to do In order to ensure the company’s bright future, Jassy called on employees for their buy-in across a range of subjects—with many of the themes already well-known to staff. Jassy continued to encourage... — read more 

The future of Big Tech? https://novum.substack.com/i/101103540/big-tech-stagnation

Has anyone heard of how many PPM got let go in the Amazon recent firings? I wonder if these roles are moving to India as they hire the new grads for entry. Any ideas on this strategy?

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/gadgets-news/amazon-loses-2-7-billion-in-2022-reports-first-unprofitable-year-since-2014/articleshow/97573291.cms

Buckle up everybody, because this is going to be one helluva rough ride!

Amazon is going after a younger, and likely more affordable, talent pool by limiting entry level software engineering positions to students and recent grads only. Appears to be part of an effort to overhaul its slowing engineering culture. Not cool... — read more 

https://www.wired.com/story/a-damning-us-report-lays-bare-amazons-worker-injury-crisis/

Amazon earlier this month began a fresh round of job cuts as part of widespread layoffs that are expected to total 18,000. Following the announcement, an employee created a spreadsheet for people who lost their jobs that would be circulated to... — read more 

“Controlling labor costs via periodic layoffs is like breathing for Silicon Valley: cyclical, necessary for life,” Malcolm Harris, author of the forthcoming book “Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism and the World,” told me. The layoffs... — read more 

This is going to hurt Amazon's image--if it still had one. https://apnews.com/article/amazon-smile-end-nonprofits-0c0cb5a4526adf87d7c16ce908325d46

It may sound ugly because I know that some are very worried about their future after getting laid off, but I'm almost sure that the layoff from Amazon also brought some kind of relief to most, including me. This is truly the worst company I have... — read more 

Hope you are OK. Had a short stint there and then left. Was anyone affected ? Take Care.

Any idea how many cuts were made on Alexa AI teams?

https://www.pressherald.com/2023/01/23/amazon-discloses-fresh-wave-of-job-cuts-as-tech-layoffs-worsen/

Amazon's drone delivery division Amazon's drone delivery division Prime Air has reportedly been hit hard. According to reports, employees in the drone delivery department's design, maintenance, systems engineering, flight testing and flight... — read more 

The WARN Act requires an employer to notify employees, in writing, 60 days before a layoff, and pay the employee for those 60 days, in addition to any severance the employee may be entitled to. Unfortunately, some employers attempt to circumvent the... — read more 

Amazon employees have reputation of being hard working. Who will be hired first ?

I am just curious didn't you all at amazon get paid tons of money and did you not save it? many of you should be able to retire with all the sign on bonus and on going bonus money. Am I mislead in my thinking? You all should leave as millionaires... — read more 

Fired Amazon workers griped about the e-retail giant using email to inform them they were no longer needed by the company, according to a published report. At least five employees who were laid off Wednesday said they received a cold-blooded... — read more 

I feel depressed when I hear others say that they would like to be laid off. It is obvious that everyone has better experiences with looking for a new job than I do. Wherever I apply, the competition is huge. I'm curious what your plans are after... — read more 

https://esd.wa.gov/about-employees/WARN

You should stay positive and not get discouraged. I know it is easy to say and that someone who is laid off thinks completely differently - but the truth is that there are still many open jobs out there. Keep your head up and good luck!

The org hired a lot of people in the past 18 months. I wonder if we are going to be impacted by this.

Anyone heard anything about which orgs or subset of organisations will see layoffs in Europe as well? Loads of AWS employees are in EU as well.

The only thing I'm worried about is that they might decide to go with lower severance to save more money. I'm sure they can come up with a reason or five why that would have been absolutely necessary. But I hope that's just me being my usual... — read more