10% cut of the corporate workforce in 2 months is wild lol

Crazy most of it is programmers (and/or various other white collar jobs) tbh

Doesn't say it's programmers though but middle management:

> Amazon slashed 14,000 white-collar jobs in late October, with CEO Andy Jassy stressing the need for the company to eliminate *excessive bureaucracy* by trimming operational levels and reducing the number of managers.

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dymk 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I woke up to two of my engineer friends telling me they got laid off, so it’s not all middle management

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Rebelgecko 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Seems sus, even if they got rid of half the managers, would that add up to the layoffs they've done?

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iLoveOncall 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Yes but this is a lie, a vast majority of the cuts in both rounds from October and today have been individual contributors, not managers.

	▲	petersellers 7 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Do you have a source for that?

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maximedupre 11 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Ah thanks for clearing that up.