I'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'

I'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...