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
Infrapink (he/his/him)@nixCraft Ironically, CEOs and upper management are the easiest to replace with GPTs. That saves the most money, too.
AI Is Laying Off... Senior Executives
MidniteMikeWrites@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.
mark@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