Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has stated that the new layoffs at the company are not due to cost-cutting or artificial intelligence, but rather to improve the company’s culture. The company recently laid off approximately 14,000 corporate employees. According to media reports, the total number of layoffs could reach 30,000, which is believed to be the largest reduction in Amazon’s history. Jesse explained that the company’s culture is being reset. The corporate headcount tripled from 2017 to 2022. This slowed down decision-making, but now it’s important to control it. He said that as size increases, sometimes employees lose a sense of ownership without realizing it. Reducing middle management through layoffs will expedite decisions and make the company more entrepreneurial. He added that in this era of technology, it’s important to remain lean, flat, and fast. We need to bring back the same ‘two-way door’ culture, where people can make quick decisions and take responsibility for their work. Amazon should operate like the world’s largest startup. This is the biggest layoff since Amazon laid off 27,000 employees in 2022-2023 after the COVID-19 pandemic. These layoffs represent approximately 4% of the company’s 350,000 white-collar (corporate) employees, even though the company reported a quarterly profit of $18 billion (approximately ₹1.6 lakh crore). CEO created an anonymous complaint line. CEO Andy Jassy has stated that the increasing use of AI tools is likely to lead to further job losses, especially in jobs that involve repetition and routine work. Earlier this year, he created an anonymous complaint line to flag non-performance issues, which received approximately 1,500 responses. Savings of Rs 1 lakh crore estimated by 2027 Internal documents have revealed that these robots will save up to 30 cents (approximately Rs 2.5) in picking, packing and delivering every item. A total saving of $12.6 billion (approximately Rs 1 lakh crore) can be achieved between 2025 and 2027. Plan to automate 75% of operations Amazon plans to build warehouses where fewer humans work. These warehouses will be designed for superfast delivery. The final plan of the company’s robotics team is to automate 75% of the operations. People are searching for Amazon layoffs Amazon is laying off around 30,000 of its corporate employees to improve operations and balance the overhiring that happened during the peak demand of the pandemic. After this, people are continuously searching about the company. If we look at the graph of the last few days, it is clearly understood that suddenly the graph of ‘Amazon layoffs employees’ has increased rapidly. See Google Trends below… Source: Google Trends Read this news also American companies call back workers with H-1B visa: Microsoft, Meta, Amazon asked to return by tomorrow; many Indian employees got off the plane America will now charge an application fee of one lakh dollars (about 88 lakh rupees) every year for H-1B visa. After this decision, American tech companies Microsoft, Meta, financial company JP Morgan and e-commerce company Amazon have advised their foreign employees to return to America immediately. Click here to read the full news…
