How the layoffs are landing at Amazon HQ – GeekWire

Amazon grew to become the newest tech huge to make layoffs in its corporate workforce this 7 days in the encounter of the financial downturn, but the method in which the program unfolded remaining some workforce scratching their heads, at best.

Foreshadowed in a Nov. 10 Wall Street Journal report foreshadowing cutbacks in Amazon’s products division, the scope turned clear with a New York Periods report Nov. 14, expressing that the enterprise planned to lay off about 10,000 corporate and tech staff — the major occupation cuts in the company’s record.

But it turned out that selection was an approximation, not a specific rely or a particular target, for the reason that Amazon is leaving the choices to leaders in its divisions.

And it took a pair days for Amazon to officially accept the layoffs, with a memo from Equipment and Companies chief Dave Limp, and later from Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, describing that the career cuts could increase into subsequent yr. 

The reaction was a blend of irritation, anxiety, uncertainty, and also acceptance, as GeekWire reporter Kurt Schlosser found out at Amazon HQ this 7 days. He shares what he observed and read on this episode of the GeekWire Podcast.

Also this 7 days: the impact of the downturn on superior-tech genuine estate brokerage Redfin and our feelings on a possible collaboration concerning Jeff Bezos and Jay-Z. 

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