Amazon Says Layoffs Are Due to Ai. the Data Says Offshoring

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The article argues that Amazon's layoffs are attributed to AI, but data suggests offshoring is a significant factor, sparking debate among commenters about the true reasons behind the layoffs.

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taylodl

2 months ago

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ALL companies are going to say layoffs are due to AI (if it's remotely possible to do so). Investors think senior leadership is smart and boosts the stock price, and competitors waste their time researching what they're missing out on. It's just more hot air inflating the AI bubble. Thing is, there may be a kernel truth in the statement: maybe a few dozen employees were let go as a result of AI.

toomuchtodo

2 months ago

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Well, the cool part is, with enough evidence this turns into securities fraud eventually.

GOD_Over_Djinn

2 months ago

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The sitting president of the United States is taking bribes in exchanges for presidential pardons, committing securities fraud himself, etc. As long as you buy enough of trumps “stablecoin” to earn his favor, the SEC isn’t gonna touch you.

toomuchtodo

2 months ago

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Statute of limitations for federal securities fraud is generally five years from the date of the alleged fraud under 29 USC § 2462, and these suits are adjudicated under the judicial branch. Regime change will come eventually.

johnnyanmac

2 months ago

Eventually. We also had 4-5 years to prosecute one person who insighted an insurrection and we couldn't do that. They will definitely try to stall any consequenes out.

morawr

2 months ago

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I find this analysis so incredibly flawed. You might need 10x more offshore employees Because each country is in a different phase for Amazon.

johnnyanmac

2 months ago

You're assuming Amazon wants to run the same day to day operations and aren't in "maintenance mode" right now. Outside of AI research, there isn't any new innovation occurring these past few years. Perfect place to offshore.

ChrisArchitect

2 months ago

More discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45724813

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45731539

potro

2 months ago

All analysis there is based on percent of jobs posted. It says nothing how absolute number of jobs postings has been changing during the time. Not to mention that number of job posting is the function of employees retention in addition to head count changes, and employees retention will be likely different from region to region.

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