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Re:Amazon has raised the number of jobs it plans to cut 18,000 by sidewndr46 on Thursday January 05, 2023 @08:49AM (#34259456)
And they can start that hiring engine back up the morning after they make that press release.

If you simply went through all of a company like IBM's announced layoffs of some percentage, you would find their headcount rapidly converges to a value of 0% sometime early in the company's history. Last time I checked, IBM is a not yet an AI-run business to the best of our understanding.

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Re:Amazon has raised the number of jobs it plans to cut 18,000 by simplotek on Thursday January 05, 2023 @09:38AM (#34260116)
> And they can start that hiring engine back up the morning after they make that press release.

This is just ignorant speculation from your end. Amazon stopped all hiring rounds over a month ago and even rescinded open offers, and that hasn't changed since Andy Jassy announced the company was going to start the unprecedented firing rounds.

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