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The timelines and numbers around Amazon blurry. I believe they are:

* Nov 14, 2022: 10k layoffs coming soon

* Jan 5, 2023: Correction. 18k layoffs coming soon

* Jan 18, 2023: 18k layoffs commence

The article headline seems to imply it’s a fresh round of 18k as opposed to the same we’ve known about.

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Always good to have layoffs in the future, when its performance review and sallery re-negotiation time. Sets the mood.

Guess some lone wulfs currently rediscovering unions aka packs for themselves.

Also gives folks the opportunity to hold off on the new house or luxury car.

Since it is long term and difficult to get started on unions, lone wolves are moving to Europe for now.

They'll get cut eventually. Just like META London part of 11k just got the cut yesterday, not last year.

Doom and gloom gets the most clicks. News is just an afterthought at this point.

It's still 8k extra job loses in our industry... we should be kinda scared and worried

Why? It's 1.2% of Amazon's workforce, which is basically nothing.

10k here, 20k there, next thing we're talking real numbers.

As others pointed out it's very likely that more people quit in any given month.

you seem to be implying these would be the same people and that those quitting normally would not be replaced

> it's very likely that more people quit in any given month

18k quit in a given month? Nope.

There are thousands job cuts and hiring freeze in this industry. While 1.2% is nothing, that 1.2% won't have easy time to get re-hire when there's a massive layoffs in the specific industry they're on + hiring freeze + recession coming up.

I meant the headline kind of implying 18,000 fresh job cuts like the comment I was replying to was saying.

Obviously, layoffs in the tech industry should concern all of us.

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