From PC Mag: Amazon has announced it is cutting approximately 16,000 roles across the company. This comes just three months after it cut 14,000 jobs and warned that further reductions were on the way.
The reason for the new round of layoffs is the same as the last one: "reducing layers, increasing ownership, and removing bureaucracy."
Beth Galetti, Amazon's head of HR, said that these cuts won't be a recurring event. "That’s not our plan. But just as we always have, every team will continue to evaluate the ownership, speed, and capacity to invent for customers, and make adjustments as appropriate. That’s never been more important than it is today in a world that’s changing faster than ever," the executive added.
One thing she didn't mention: AI. In her October layoff memo, Galetti argued that AI was allowing companies like Amazon to "innovate much faster than ever before." CEO Andy Jassy later said the job cuts were due to "culture," not AI.
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