Amazon cloud VP tells staff to 'use technology to simplify work' in email addressing layoffs
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Amazon cloud VP tells staff to 'use technology to simplify work' in email addressing layoffs
""Moving forward, I encourage you to keep finding ways to use technology to simplify our work, amplify our impact, and focus on the activities that directly drive value for our customers,""
""And most importantly, take care of yourselves and each other.""
""Although the company initially linked the October layoffs to AI, CEO Andy Jassy later said they were driven more by cultural fit than by cost reductions or automation.""
""On Wednesday, Amazon's chief human resources officer, Beth Galetti, said in the layoff announcement that the company will continue hiring and investing in 'strategic areas.'""
Amazon cut 16,000 corporate jobs in a second round of mass layoffs. Leadership at AWS encouraged remaining employees to use technology to simplify work, amplify impact, and focus on activities that directly drive customer value. Amazon initially linked prior layoffs to AI but CEO Andy Jassy later said those decisions were driven more by cultural fit than by cost reductions or automation. Amazon's chief human resources officer Beth Galetti said the company will continue hiring and investing in strategic areas despite the cuts. The company seeks greater efficiency amid rapid advances in AI.
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