<story><title>Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says layoffs will continue into next year</title><url>https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/17/amazon-ceo-andy-jassy-says-layoffs-will-continue-into-next-year.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>allthecybers</author><text>I think this was orchestrated to not give Amazon employees any internal (or very few) options for transfer. First they freeze corp hiring and thousands of positions dry up, then a long drawn out layoff is initiated that gets leaked in the press way before any senior leadership pipes up to talk about it. You have allegedly have 60 days to find a new position in the company. What positions? There is a hiring freeze. Plus in classic Amazon fashion the severance is on the low end of the industry. Plus the added departures just from the stress of not knowing who gets cut next. I guess this has been orchestrated for maximum attrition, which seems to be their forte over there under the orange smile.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m not a fan of Zuckerberg, but his communication about the layoff at Meta was much more timely, clear and empathetic than this note from Jassy.&lt;p&gt;- Zuckerberg: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;about.fb.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;2022&amp;#x2F;11&amp;#x2F;mark-zuckerberg-layoff-message-to-employees&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;about.fb.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;2022&amp;#x2F;11&amp;#x2F;mark-zuckerberg-layoff-mes...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;- Jassy: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.aboutamazon.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;company-news&amp;#x2F;a-note-from-ceo-andy-jassy-about-role-eliminations&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.aboutamazon.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;company-news&amp;#x2F;a-note-from-ce...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>db1234</author><text>Meta employees were angry about the sudden layoff announcement and access cut off. Many wanted an advance notice like what Jassy has given. I guess there is no &amp;quot;right&amp;quot; way to do this.&lt;p&gt;In this particular case, what Jassy seems to be saying to employees is that they should be customer obsessed and work hard for the holiday season but he cannot guarantee they will still have their job in Q1. That sucks. My heart goes out to everyone who is and will be impacted.</text></comment>
<story><title>Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says layoffs will continue into next year</title><url>https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/17/amazon-ceo-andy-jassy-says-layoffs-will-continue-into-next-year.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>allthecybers</author><text>I think this was orchestrated to not give Amazon employees any internal (or very few) options for transfer. First they freeze corp hiring and thousands of positions dry up, then a long drawn out layoff is initiated that gets leaked in the press way before any senior leadership pipes up to talk about it. You have allegedly have 60 days to find a new position in the company. What positions? There is a hiring freeze. Plus in classic Amazon fashion the severance is on the low end of the industry. Plus the added departures just from the stress of not knowing who gets cut next. I guess this has been orchestrated for maximum attrition, which seems to be their forte over there under the orange smile.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m not a fan of Zuckerberg, but his communication about the layoff at Meta was much more timely, clear and empathetic than this note from Jassy.&lt;p&gt;- Zuckerberg: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;about.fb.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;2022&amp;#x2F;11&amp;#x2F;mark-zuckerberg-layoff-message-to-employees&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;about.fb.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;2022&amp;#x2F;11&amp;#x2F;mark-zuckerberg-layoff-mes...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;- Jassy: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.aboutamazon.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;company-news&amp;#x2F;a-note-from-ceo-andy-jassy-about-role-eliminations&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.aboutamazon.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;company-news&amp;#x2F;a-note-from-ce...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jvanderbot</author><text>Amazon has a bunch of internal openings and hiring waivers -- for the profit centers. I think most of the layoffs will be belt tightening. Including my entire org.</text></comment>