Re:Amazon's Silent Sacking
by iLoveOncall on Saturday December 30, 2023 @03:44PM
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That's not true though.
I've been working there for 6 years and the scale at which layoffs have been happening since 2022 is unparalleled to what has happened in the past.
There may have been some rare team closures here and there before, but people could easily join another team and it was a rare event anyway.
Now, since 2022 it has been massive team shutdowns with hundreds of people laid off every time, while there is a hiring freeze in the whole company. And this will continue in 2024.
Amazon always had a cutthroat culture but at least if you were good (aka not PIPed) you knew you'd fine another team and weren't worried about not having a job the next day. This is not the case anymore.
Re:Amazon's Silent Sacking
by Kephael on Saturday December 30, 2023 @05:26PM
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Google has been doing the same thing. The fact is that these companies simply have too many employees and they aren't able to properly utilize everyone.
I've been working there for 6 years and the scale at which layoffs have been happening since 2022 is unparalleled to what has happened in the past.
There may have been some rare team closures here and there before, but people could easily join another team and it was a rare event anyway.
Now, since 2022 it has been massive team shutdowns with hundreds of people laid off every time, while there is a hiring freeze in the whole company. And this will continue in 2024.
Amazon always had a cutthroat culture but at least if you were good (aka not PIPed) you knew you'd fine another team and weren't worried about not having a job the next day. This is not the case anymore.