""Some may ask why we're reducing roles when the company is performing well," she wrote."
""What we need to remember is that the world is changing quickly," she continued. "This generation of AI is the most transformative technology we've seen since the Internet, and it's enabling companies to innovate much faster than ever before (in existing market segments and altogether new ones).""
""I got laid off and I am pregnant. What should I do?" one post read."
Amazon is conducting the largest layoffs in its 31-year history, with Reuters reporting about 30,000 corporate roles affected while an internal memo cited 14,000 reductions. The cuts represent roughly 10 percent of corporate staff and leave the 1.5 million blue-collar workforce largely intact. Executives attributed the reductions to over-hiring during the COVID-19 pandemic and to rapid shifts driven by a new generation of AI. Thousands of Amazon Web Services employees received layoff notices by text and email. Anonymous posts on Blind described urgent personal impacts, including pregnancy and potential loss of employer-sponsored health coverage.
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