Earlier today, Amazon sent an email to all its employees to explain why it needed to make "organizational changes" that would result in 14,000 corporate roles being laid off. The message carried the usual phrases one sees in missives from senior management: more leanly, fewer layers, more ownership, move as quickly as possible. The reason why all of that is now required was also laid bare, and it's AI.
The message in question came from Beth Galetti, Amazon's senior vice president of people experience and technology. In it, she confirmed that the retail and server giant is reducing its workforce: "While this will include reducing in some areas and hiring in others, it will mean an overall reduction in our corporate workforce of approximately 14,000 roles."
