This was always the plan, always why they were excited about AI, and even after it blows up in their faces, they’re gonna keep pursuing it.
Amazon cuts 14,000 jobs, blames AI
Submitted 14 hours ago by nemeski@mander.xyz to workreform@lemmy.world
https://www.theverge.com/news/807825/amazon-job-layoffs-2025-ai
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ceenote@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
kelpie_returns@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
If we’re lucky, this’ll give their rivals a legup in the near future. Doubt we’ll be lucky on this, but one can dream, right?
explodicle@sh.itjust.works 3 hours ago
What rivals? They simply pay Trump to protect their monopolies.
Jhex@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Galetti also espoused the benefits of AI in her message to employees, and claimed the oft-criticized technology is already allowing companies like Amazon to “innovate much faster than ever before.” She suggested it’s important for the company to reduce its headcount in order to take advantage of the perceived opportunity presented by the tech.
This screams of, we need to cut heads so we can pretend to be innovating with AI somehow Most likely, they are just hiding all the sunken AI investment that has returned nothing in terms of revenue
anon_8675309@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Not AI. They know the economy is tanking.
AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 7 hours ago
It’s not AI, that’s just their current excuse. They will just make remaining employees do more work for the same pay.
tfm@piefed.europe.pub 12 hours ago
No it's not AI. It's to boost short term profits
purplemonkeymad@programming.dev 10 hours ago
Just in time for someone to get an Xmas bonus.
copd@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
and then retire once it all collapses, they’ve already made their money
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
This has nothing to do with AI, consumers don’t have any cash left and sales are falling off a cliff. Remember how they had to extend Prime Days?
“Blames AI” is a weird way to put it, and I think that was on purpose, to deflect comments from the real reason.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 12 hours ago
they overhired during lockdown era. People are becoming less and less dependent on Amazon.
morgan_423@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
I’m still trying to figure out how every CEO wants to replace nearly the entire workforce with AI, but somehow still thinks that anyone in society will be able to buy their products after they do that. Make it make sense.
explodicle@sh.itjust.works 3 hours ago
It’s a tragedy of the commons. Each CEO on his own doesn’t make much of a difference in the overall economy. His choices are: layoffs and get a bonus, or no layoffs and no bonus. But he doesn’t influence any other CEO’s choice. They’re all monopolies now so they don’t have to worry about losing sales from poor quality.
avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 13 hours ago
“Some may ask why we’re reducing roles when the company is performing well,” Galetti wrote. “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). We’re convicted that we need to be organized more leanly.”
Themosthighstrange@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
No shit more than 60 million americans soon are going to be wondering where there next meal is going to come from, of course they aren’t buying shit off of amazon
buddascrayon@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Actually Amazon’s profits are skyrocketing right now. They’re doing the layoffs anyway cause they can always make more money.
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
That’s like 14 mid sized businesses all cut down at once. Why didn’t those 14,000 people work hard enough to become billionaires?
thedeadwalking4242@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Increase ownership is just a buzz word for giving more work to less people
Skullgrid@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
can they just fucking stop flooding the market? I don’t even want that much of a wage increase, just to change specialisation!
IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
Executives replace human talent with the scam they are trying to sell, servers collapse.
somehow, it’s not the executive’s fault.
fucking twats.
Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 11 hours ago
What investors need to realize and reward, is that replacing the expensive employees will save more money faster. Starting with the executives puts all that money back in your pockets.
AI won’t sabotage your brand like Elon Musk. AI won’t steal from you by writing a masturbatorial book about itself on Company time like Jack Welch. It won’t waste investor dollars on a private jet so it can work from home and commute from another city like Brian Niccol.
AI executives will never need salaries or stock options. Will never have publically embarrasing affairs at coldplay concerts. Will never get sued for sexual harrassment. Don’t need golden parachutes etc…
It’s the right thing to do and the right time to do it.
meco03211@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Also AI can’t be sued. You can de-risk your potential litigation as well.