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Well , they are about to open a huge distribution center here . They'll be plenty of openings . Did I mention that it's huge ?
 
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If Bezos was smart, he’d use his billions to pay off school loans, and for a shit ton of scholarships. Seeing as how he’s throwing it away anyway, that would remove the burden from the taxpayer (if they get that particular money tap turned back on). Imagine the political clout his leftist buddies could gain.




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Article said... "corporate and technology jobs"

I wouldn't think it would involve the workers on the floor filling orders. Christmas rush is coming.

Just last week Amazon was advertising for warehouse workers in my zip code... $14 minimum starting, $1000 signing bonus.



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Between Amazon, Meta/Facebook, and Twitter that's 30,000+ IT people now looking for jobs.
 
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Funny how all this starts AFTER the midterm elections are safely over for Democrats. Roll Eyes

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I wasn't surprised by the rest of your post as lay offs is a part of a recession that I've been expecting.

The announcement after the midterm did ring a bell for me. That's downright malevolent.



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Twitter let go over 5,000 contractors Saturday. No severance package for those people.


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Article said... "corporate and technology jobs"

I wouldn't think it would involve the workers on the floor filling orders. Christmas rush is coming.

Just last week Amazon was advertising for warehouse workers in my zip code... $14 minimum starting, $1000 signing bonus.


remember much of the business is Amazon Web Services (AWS). It's not all cheap crap stuffed into cardboard boxes.


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AWS is about half of Amazon's profit.
 
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I parted ways with Amazon many years ago. Someone hacked my account from their end, bought a camera with a credit card on that account (which was expired) and they let the transaction go through! I didn’t get charged for it since the card was expired.

They then told me that I would need to change my email address if I wanted to continue my account. I told them to stuff their account and never looked back.


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Amazon is one of the biggest companies in the world and no doubt has acquired some employee excess and first sign of a business down turn won’t hesitate to chop off people. A company I worked for 30 years ago had too many middle management and one (day) fired 2500, and not long after hired newbies at lower pay for the same jobs.
 
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Amazon also pays it's tech employees some of the highest salaries when you roll in bonus & RSU.

https://www.levels.fyi/companies/amazon/salaries

I know contract recruiters there making $150K a year.




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I’m sure that those who are about to be fired will take comfort in their boss’s generous charity… Roll Eyes

Jeff Bezos says he plans to give away most of his $124 billion fortune

Billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos recently said he plans to give away the “majority” of his fortune. Bezos’ comments were made in an interview with CNN on Saturday, when he said he plans to use his wealth to fight climate change and to support societal “unifiers.” Bezos is worth about $124 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
Jeff may be gonna give most of his shit away, but he apparently likes to fish and bought this boat for use on the weekends. Smile




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Jeff may be gonna give most of his shit away, but he apparently likes to fish and bought this boat for use on the weekends. Smile

That's not exactly a Bass Tracker...



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Jeff may be gonna give most of his shit away, but he apparently likes to fish and bought this boat for use on the weekends. Smile

That's not exactly a Bass Tracker...


I don't fault him. If you have the means, and want something why should you not be able to have it. There are tons of people that benefited from his purchase. Would it be better he lived in poverty and gave his wealth to Greta Thunberg with all of her silliness.



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Ruh Roh

That rail road strike might be right around the bend too
Then hopefully a Delta strike, then United strike, then……


Why would you say that? Aren't you in that business?
 
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I had three orders from Amazon delivered yesterday. By three different drivers at three different times. Talk about efficientcy.

Ordered three fishing rods. Two broke during transit. Reading the reviews, it seems like fishing rods get broken left and right. Jeff would have been a lot richer if his company didn't hire tons of buffoons.
 
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Jeff may be gonna give most of his shit away, but he apparently likes to fish and bought this boat for use on the weekends. Smile

That's not exactly a Bass Tracker...


I don't fault him. If you have the means, and want something why should you not be able to have it. There are tons of people that benefited from his purchase. Would it be better he lived in poverty and gave his wealth to Greta Thunberg with all of her silliness.

Oh, I don't fault him either. If you have the means, and want something why should you not be able to have it? Totally agree.
I'm just saying it's not a fishing boat.
based on "he apparently likes to fish".



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I thought there were plenty of jobs to go around? Confused


My local McDonalds, Taco Bell, KFC, and Burger King all have help wanted signs.

But a professional position... that is too funny.





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Well , they are about to open a huge distribution center here . They'll be plenty of openings . Did I mention that it's huge ?


They have 1.3 million employees. 120k is nothing.


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AWS is about half of Amazon's profit.

Most people only are familiar with the consumer facing parts of the business. AWS, like Google Analytics, is a major business segment of those respective business.
 
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