<story><title>Amazon to lay off 9,000 more workers after earlier cuts</title><url>https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/20/amazon-layoffs-company-to-cut-off-9000-more-workers.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>toomuchtodo</author><text>If you’re good, you’re already looking. If you’re not good or you don’t think you’re good, you’re waiting. Severance, unemployment, etc. Broadly speaking of course, exceptions as always.</text></item><item><author>Xeoncross</author><text>Those affected will be notified Mid-April.&lt;p&gt;So the question on a lot of employees minds is: Do we try to relocate in time for the May 1st RTO and risk getting fired - or do we wait to see if we&amp;#x27;re part of the layoffs and then try to relocate with the remaining 2 weeks we have left.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>whatever1</author><text>If you are good and single.&lt;p&gt;If you have a family to look after, you cannot casually have your partner quit their job, your kids to switch schools in the middle of the year, break your lease&amp;#x2F; mortgage and move states overnight.&lt;p&gt;There are real transaction costs for employees that do not allow for proper free market function</text></comment>
<story><title>Amazon to lay off 9,000 more workers after earlier cuts</title><url>https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/20/amazon-layoffs-company-to-cut-off-9000-more-workers.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>toomuchtodo</author><text>If you’re good, you’re already looking. If you’re not good or you don’t think you’re good, you’re waiting. Severance, unemployment, etc. Broadly speaking of course, exceptions as always.</text></item><item><author>Xeoncross</author><text>Those affected will be notified Mid-April.&lt;p&gt;So the question on a lot of employees minds is: Do we try to relocate in time for the May 1st RTO and risk getting fired - or do we wait to see if we&amp;#x27;re part of the layoffs and then try to relocate with the remaining 2 weeks we have left.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>miav</author><text>&amp;quot;The problem doesn&amp;#x27;t exist for the very best&amp;quot; is really not much of an answer. Besides, even the best may not have much luck right now. Tons of employees from what are considered the top companies are looking for a new job. I have a very solid CV and I&amp;#x27;m getting ghosted when applying for jobs I could have taken for granted a year ago.</text></comment>