nixCraft 🐧

Damn. That is brutal. Amazon is cutting 30,000 corporate jobs (about 9% of its corporate workforce) beginning tomorrow. The layoffs will hit various groups, including HR, devices, and IT. CEO Jassy stated the move will help reduce bureaucracy and boost the company's use of AI. The ultimate goal is to speed up AI adoption and cost cutting to boost Amazon’s bottom line

https://www.reuters.com/business/world-at-work/amazon-targets-many-30000-corporate-job-cuts-sources-say-2025-10-27/

Oct 27 at 8:43pmWeb
Show threadJonlyOct 27
@nixCraft well maybe amazon becomes now shit enough iIl stop using it completely
Show threadcontrasocialOct 28

@Jonly @nixCraft

I haven't bought anything from Amazon for about 15 years. It's easier than you think.

Show threadAxomamma, Antifa from birthOct 28
@Jonly I've already dropped them completely. There are many options for everything you do now with Amazon.
Show threadInfrapink (he/his/him)Oct 27

@nixCraft Ironically, CEOs and upper management are the easiest to replace with GPTs. That saves the most money, too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozVb14bNwzQ

AI Is Laying Off... Senior Executives

YouTube
Show threadHasko 🇪🇺🦄🌻Oct 27
@Infrapink @nixCraft I remember my professor for digital transformation showing exactly the research on this topic long before the launch of ChatGPT. The easier to automate jobs are the ones for high skilled workers. These end turning into Uber drivers or food delivery workers.
Show threadMidniteMikeWritesOct 27

@Infrapink @nixCraft It looks like this is the core reason: "compensat[ing] for overhiring during the peak demand of the pandemic..."

The lines mentioning AI are comments from Jassy in June and a "eMarketer analyst."

I don't doubt that AI plays some role in this, but we should expect cost control in the form of layoffs even if AI is an adjacent (not primary) reason.

Show threadmarkOct 28
@MidniteMikeWrites @Infrapink @nixCraft didn't we go through tech layoffs like 2 years ago because of pandemic over hiring? That excuse shouldn't have legs
Show threadsu_liamOct 27
@Infrapink @nixCraft AI? All I need is an RNG to build a nonsense generator on.
Show threadAlexOct 27
@nixCraft great. Shall get prepped to potentially getting fucked a bit more with shipping.
Show threadSashaOct 27

@nixCraft 60,000 warehouse staff too.

That's a lot of people unlikely to order from Amazon again.

Show threadPaul HealeyOct 27
@nixCraft That’s what happens when you work for a fascist corporation! #ExpectMoreLayoffs #FascistAusterity #EndOfFascistEmpires
#EcocideEmpires #TheFederation
Show threadRyek DarkenerOct 27

@nixCraft

When Amazon goes this way it is sure as hell they will reach the bottom line. Meaning rock bottom.

Show threadChristopherOct 27
@_RyekDarkener_ @nixCraft Let’s hope so.
Show threadSirWumpus 👾🍁Oct 27
@nixCraft Someone please take an ice pick to the AI bubble.
Show threadsu_liamOct 27
@sirwumpus @nixCraft Or any of its promoters, for that matter.
Show threadAcesabeOct 27
@nixCraft
Workforce: "Cool! AI can do x, y & z type of tasks ... kind of .."
Bosses: "Cool, you're all sacked"!
Show threadsu_liamOct 27
@acesabe @nixCraft “You’re the one who does X and Z. The senior VP for marketing does Y.”
Show threadPēteris KrišjānisOct 27
@nixCraft in translation, economy has tanked, but we can't blame narcissist in charge.
Sure, it is AI, sure Amazon 🙄
Show thread 🇨🇦 CowMan 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇲🇽Oct 27

@nixCraft In 2023, they laid off a number of Alexa developers.

I have a bunch, not my choice .. such is family.

Pretty shortly after, they got bad. Really bad. The kids yell at them for their inability to sort language. When playing music, 'STOP' often does nothing. 'QUIETER' now usually mistaken now for 'FIRE', resulting in a warning to call 9-1-1.

This should be AI-101. Anyways, logic would say maybe fix that before rolling the layoffs.

Show threadF4GRX SébastienOct 27
@cowman @nixCraft that would mean that they care about customers, which they dont
Show threadHowToPhil (Phillip R)Oct 27
@nixCraft RIP Amazon
Show threadsu_liamOct 27
@nixCraft Nice to see Amazon going all-in on the AI suicide cult. Be good to say goodbye to Jeff Bozos and his garbage.
Show threadMatt HallOct 27

@nixCraft

No... By all means... Lean in to the absolutely obvious f'ing bubble. Let's rush the collapse of all the infrastructure that holds up the modern world.

I gotta learn how to start a fire by hand... The future is awful.

Show threadPeter 💙 StevensOct 27

@nixCraft

He's desperate to catch up in the trillionaire race.

Show threadAndrew ZonenbergOct 28

@nixCraft "A program begun early this year to bring employees back in the office five days per week, among tech's most stringent, has failed to generate sufficient attrition"

This is one of the first cases I've seen where this was explicitly stated as a *goal* of an RTO program.

Show threadgnateOct 30
@azonenberg
I don't suppose it was (as) explicit, but I remember attrition being one of the goals with the Twitter RTO push.
@nixCraft
Show threadKirstyOct 28

@nixCraft

Gotta save $$ to pay for the Epstein Memorial Ballroom

Show threadHeckin' ChonkerOct 28
@nixCraft and replacing them with how many H-1Bs?
Show threadcrispy branzino ☭ (sold out forever)Oct 28
@nixCraft Jassys term has been a nothingburger. No innovation, no growth, no new products. No real AI offering.

Its literally the only option he has to grow the business value at this point besides a stock buyback. Expect him to resign in a year.
Show threadLightfighterOct 28
@nixCraft They just can't make the line go up enough anymore. Only the pipe dream of LLM's being AI has the promise of cutting costs enough to increase profits. Unfortunately, even if LLM's could do what their publicity says they can, there's only so many people you can fire, then what?
Show thread@pineywoozle ‘s #3WordNoteOct 28
@nixCraft I hope it bites them in the ass.
Show threadChuckOct 28
@nixCraft This goes with illegally raising prices on other people's products if you don't have Prime it seems.
Show threadWandering HermitOct 28

@nixCraft

Time to short-sell Amazon.

Show threadComputerNut43Oct 28
@nixCraft just in time for the holidays
Show threadCesar Arroyo B.Oct 28
@nixCraft why bother with Amazon when there better options
Show thread♥H♥α♥ɳ♥ɳ♥α♥ԋ♥ß♥ҽ♥ʅ♥ʅ♥ҽ♥Oct 28
@nixCraft That's not good at all... I seriously doubt this will help them deliver packages any faster. It's clear they dont care about their customer AND their employees...
Show threadScoTTYOct 28

@nixCraft I wonder, is there a way to make an amazon-alternative in the fediverse?

Where small businesses can have their shops on whatever server they like, but still better discoverability than independent websites in the free internet. All alternatives I know would be central platforms and therefore not enshittification proof

Show threadnixCraft 🐧Oct 28
@sco_tty Building the software part is easy. The hard part is managing compliance, legal issues, taxes (federal, state, VAT, GST, etc.), and import and export duties, in addition to payment processing and logistics. This is why very few companies have a monopoly in e-commerce. Whenever a new player emerges, it is either crushed or bought out. Just a name few things. I no expert. But, that is what I think
Show threadXCMOct 28
@nixCraft
Oh, good. So they will be slashing prices too?
Or maybe pay higher taxes to help support those they’ve undercut?
Show threadAaron EbelingOct 28
@nixCraft We canceled our subs, and they're showing their office personnel the same respect they gave to their warehouse personnel. Amazon owes us all. Tax the shit out of them.
Show threadH4Heights 🇪🇺🇵🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦Oct 28
@nixCraft This will not end well for Amazon. A good thing imho. I have avoided Amazon now for a good couple of years plus. No cheaper, no better and the Prime offering is now shabby. Enshitified.
Show threadFrançois @JuraOct 29
@nixCraft AI is not buying shit from Amazon. People do. The road is long but I can’t wait until the turning point where AI will be the downfall of Tech giants.
Show threadRastalOct 29
@nixCraft If you genuinely wanted to cut bureaucracy, it's upper management that needs cutting...
Show threadjustwormsOct 29
@nixCraft Amazon: (Yet Another) Case Study in Using AI for Evil.