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Pretty sure they missed a 0. They were meant to bring 25,000 jobs (which itself was scaled back from the 50,000 they had initially promised). Of course the prob
by paxys 3y ago
Pretty sure they missed a 0. They were meant to bring 25,000 jobs (which itself was scaled back from the 50,000 they had initially promised). Of course the problem with all such deals is that the timeline is always "flexible" (15+ years in this case), and even if the jobs are filled they will go away overnight if the company deems it better for their bottom line. Amazon has already cut 30,000+ corporate jobs in the last year and a half, and in his latest shareholder letter Jassy committed to continued "cost-cutting" across the company (https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/11/amazon-ceo-andy-jassy-says-committed-to-cost-cutting-while-investing-in-ai-in-shareholder-letter.html https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/11/amazon-ceo-andy-jassy-says-c...).