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Amazon To Fire 10,000 Employees, Largest Layoff In Company History
November 14, 2022, 04:57 PM
selogicAmazon To Fire 10,000 Employees, Largest Layoff In Company History
Well , they are about to open a huge distribution center here . They'll be plenty of openings . Did I mention that it's huge ?
November 14, 2022, 05:25 PM
gearhoundsIf 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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cparktdArticle 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.
Endeavor to persevere. November 14, 2022, 08:57 PM
bryan11Between Amazon, Meta/Facebook, and Twitter that's 30,000+ IT people now looking for jobs.
November 14, 2022, 09:05 PM
Rey HRHquote:
Originally posted by PASig:
Funny how all this starts AFTER the midterm elections are safely over for Democrats.
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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November 14, 2022, 09:07 PM
braillediverTwitter let go over 5,000 contractors Saturday. No severance package for those people.
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November 14, 2022, 09:16 PM
radiomanquote:
Originally posted by cparktd:
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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November 14, 2022, 09:48 PM
sig2392AWS is about half of Amazon's profit.
November 14, 2022, 11:23 PM
beltfed21I 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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November 15, 2022, 01:36 PM
satchAmazon 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.
November 15, 2022, 01:53 PM
myrottietyAmazon also pays it's tech employees some of the highest salaries when you roll in bonus & RSU.
https://www.levels.fyi/companies/amazon/salariesI know contract recruiters there making $150K a year.
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Jim Shugartquote:
Originally posted by Ronin1069:
I’m sure that those who are about to be fired will take comfort in their boss’s generous charity…
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.
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November 15, 2022, 03:30 PM
chellim1quote:
Originally posted by Jim Shugart:
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.
That's not exactly a Bass Tracker...
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-rduckwor November 15, 2022, 03:55 PM
NavyGuyquote:
Originally posted by chellim1:
quote:
Originally posted by Jim Shugart:
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.
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.
Men fight for liberty and win it with hard knocks. Their children, brought up easy, let it slip away again, poor fools. And their grandchildren are once more slaves.
-D.H. Lawrence November 15, 2022, 06:20 PM
wingfootquote:
Originally posted by erj_pilot:
quote:
Originally posted by BigSwede:
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?
November 15, 2022, 10:22 PM
SIP2000GLOI 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.
November 16, 2022, 09:41 AM
chellim1quote:
Originally posted by NavyGuy:
quote:
Originally posted by chellim1:
quote:
Originally posted by Jim Shugart:
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.
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".
"Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible."
-- Justice Janice Rogers Brown
"The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth."
-rduckwor November 16, 2022, 09:57 AM
Sig2340quote:
Originally posted by Edmond:
I thought there were plenty of jobs to go around?
My local McDonalds, Taco Bell, KFC, and Burger King all have help wanted signs.
But a professional position... that is too funny.
Nice is overrated
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November 16, 2022, 10:46 AM
rscalzoquote:
Originally posted by selogic:
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.
November 16, 2022, 11:57 AM
corsairquote:
Originally posted by sig2392:
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.