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Is this a similar issue to what was reported about Amazon getting rid of people after their product launches (even if successful)?
by shostack 11y ago
Is this a similar issue to what was reported about Amazon getting rid of people after their product launches (even if successful)?
- delecti 11y agoI don't believe that's a thing that happens at Amazon. I've worked here nearly 4 years, across several product launches (hardware and software) and only known of one person being let go, and that was for entirely unrelated reasons (politics and such).
- supernintendo 11y agoI'm not aware of what you're referring to. The most recent series of layoffs at Amazon was due to poor sales of the Fire Phone [1][2]. Most companies in Amazon's position would have done the same thing. [1] http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/08/fire-phone-flop-blamed-for-layoffs-and-reorganisation-at-amazon-wsj-says/ http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/08/fire-phone-flop-blam... [2] http://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-curtails-development-of-consumer-devices-1440632203 http://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-curtails-development-of-c...