[Reuters] Exclusive: Amazon targets as many as 30,000 corporate job cuts, sources say

I worked with a guy where, at his previous employer, an A/B email was sent to all employees. Those receiving the A version were directed to one conference room while those receiving the B version were directed to another conference room. Those in the A group were getting laid-off while those in the B group would hear about what was happening to the A group.

This guy I mentioned wasn’t big on checking email, so when a coworker told him about an all-hands meeting, he just followed him to the conference room where the A group was gathering. Meeting starts, CEO comes in to drop the hammer, and notices this guy is in the wrong room. “Uh, Zack, you’re supposed to be in the other conference room.” Still clueless, he gets up and goes to join Group B, only then finding out what was up. :smiley:

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A staffer in Amazon’s customer support division who was laid off last week after 15 years at the company described how the push to flatten organizations meant “they remove people but not the work.” The person said senior leadership appears “extremely disconnected from the workers.”

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Yup, people are now going to have 5x the workload

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Resulting in -4x output as only 1x of the increase might actually get done.

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