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Amazon Lays Off 'Several Hundred' Staffers at Prime Video and MGM

50 points by thinkingemote 3y ago

ChatGTP 3y ago
As a result, we’ve identified opportunities to reduce or discontinue investments in certain areas while increasing our investment and focus on content and product initiatives that deliver the most impact. As a result of these decisions, we will be eliminating several hundred roles across the Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios organization. Sounds like such non-sensical corporate drivel.
- StressedDev 3y ago
  Not really. All it is saying is "We found a better way to spend our money". Also, no matter what Amazon says, people are going to attack them because they are laying off (firing) people. No one likes layoffs.
nothercastle 3y ago
Get rid of the power ring, buy better shows
racl101 3y ago
They paid way too much for that LOTR related show. Though, anecdotal, the people I know who watched it never finished the first season. Wonder how many more had the same experience.
- slyall 3y ago
  They paid a lot for the rights. The Ring of Power can improve in the 2nd and later seasons (It had good bits but obviously could have been better) and the can also make other middle-earth based shows.
  - FalconSensei 3y ago
    > The Ring of Power can improve in the 2nd and later seasons It's no use if people are not able to finish the 1st
    - throwaway5959 3y ago
      It was so fucking boring.
    - ametrau 3y ago
      Do they say the “ringggs of power!” line?
- dsq 3y ago
  I'm a Tolkien purist, read all the works. I even had a beef with the Peter Jackson movies though I think he came from a place of love and the movies themselves were a pkeasure. I wanted to hate Rings, and in fact partially do for its significant digression from canon, but at some point I decidsd to accept it for what it was - a money play with some teasing points - and not waste time feeling bad about it.
ChrisArchitect 3y ago
[dupe] More here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38942262 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38942262 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38933315 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38933315
midasuni 3y ago
Double dip and you’re in shit. I’m not the only one who has cancelled when they started charging for adverts, and that impacts the larger Amazon ecosystem too as I now no longer instinctively buy everything from Amazon.
- beretguy 3y ago
  Same. Canceled prime, now buying much less stuff and if I need to buy something I wait until I have $35+ worth of stuff I want to buy to get free shipping. This really makes you think twice “do I really need to buy this?”.
twoWhlsGud 3y ago
I'd like to think that it's all due to them canceling The Peripheral, but it's probably more complicated than that...

50 points by thinkingemote 3y ago

As a result, we’ve identified opportunities to reduce or discontinue investments in certain areas while increasing our investment and focus on content and product initiatives that deliver the most impact. As a result of these decisions, we will be eliminating several hundred roles across the Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios organization. Sounds like such non-sensical corporate drivel.

StressedDev 3y ago
Not really. All it is saying is "We found a better way to spend our money". Also, no matter what Amazon says, people are going to attack them because they are laying off (firing) people. No one likes layoffs.

nothercastle 3y ago

Get rid of the power ring, buy better shows

racl101 3y ago

They paid way too much for that LOTR related show. Though, anecdotal, the people I know who watched it never finished the first season. Wonder how many more had the same experience.

slyall 3y ago
They paid a lot for the rights. The Ring of Power can improve in the 2nd and later seasons (It had good bits but obviously could have been better) and the can also make other middle-earth based shows.
- FalconSensei 3y ago
  > The Ring of Power can improve in the 2nd and later seasons It's no use if people are not able to finish the 1st
  - throwaway5959 3y ago
    It was so fucking boring.
  - ametrau 3y ago
    Do they say the “ringggs of power!” line?
dsq 3y ago
I'm a Tolkien purist, read all the works. I even had a beef with the Peter Jackson movies though I think he came from a place of love and the movies themselves were a pkeasure. I wanted to hate Rings, and in fact partially do for its significant digression from canon, but at some point I decidsd to accept it for what it was - a money play with some teasing points - and not waste time feeling bad about it.

ChrisArchitect 3y ago

[dupe] More here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38942262 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38942262 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38933315 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38933315

midasuni 3y ago

Double dip and you’re in shit. I’m not the only one who has cancelled when they started charging for adverts, and that impacts the larger Amazon ecosystem too as I now no longer instinctively buy everything from Amazon.

beretguy 3y ago
Same. Canceled prime, now buying much less stuff and if I need to buy something I wait until I have $35+ worth of stuff I want to buy to get free shipping. This really makes you think twice “do I really need to buy this?”.

twoWhlsGud 3y ago

I'd like to think that it's all due to them canceling The Peripheral, but it's probably more complicated than that...