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.

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

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

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.

Ah thanks for clearing that up.