Amazon Lays Off Almost 700 NYC-Based Corporate Employees
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Amazon is laying off nearly 700 NYC-based corporate employees as part of a restructuring effort.
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Surely they are going to be hiring the "best and brightest" to replace those 700+ lost jobs? /s
Or are those jobs really going somewhere else?
Translation: Efficient cheap labor is AGI for Amazon.
You will see them fight tooth and nail against the HIRE Act.