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10% cut of the corporate workforce in 2 months is wild lol Crazy most of it is programmers (and/or various other white collar jobs) tbh
by maximedupre 10mo ago
10% cut of the corporate workforce in 2 months is wild lol
Crazy most of it is programmers (and/or various other white collar jobs) tbh
- bjt12345 10mo agoDoesn't say it's programmers though but middle management: > Amazon slashed 14,000 white-collar jobs in late October, with CEO Andy Jassy stressing the need for the company to eliminate *excessive bureaucracy* by trimming operational levels and reducing the number of managers.
- maximedupre 10mo agoAh thanks for clearing that up.
- iLoveOncall 10mo agoYes but this is a lie, a vast majority of the cuts in both rounds from October and today have been individual contributors, not managers.
- petersellers 10mo agoDo you have a source for that?
- iLoveOncall 10mo agoI work at Amazon and I see who got cut. You can also check the WARN notice in WA.
- unreal6 10mo agoYou can find the warn notices here. [0] From a quick script I wrote up, it seems that ~60% of layoffs noted on 1/26/2026 are from individual contributors [0]: https://esd.wa.gov/employer-requirements/layoffs-and-employee-notifications/worker-adjustment-and-retraining-notification-warn-layoff-and-closure-database https://esd.wa.gov/employer-requirements/layoffs-and-employe...
- iLoveOncall 9mo agoThe new notice came out, that one is for Amazon Fresh only I think. It's 84% ICs now.
- Rebelgecko 10mo agoSeems sus, even if they got rid of half the managers, would that add up to the layoffs they've done?
- dymk 10mo agoI woke up to two of my engineer friends telling me they got laid off, so it’s not all middle management