The Amazon new hire numbers represent all workers (and almost entirely - warehouse/logistics).
The Amazon layoffs numbers represent corporate roles.
Someone is comparing Apples and Oranges
The Amazon layoffs numbers represent corporate roles.
Someone is comparing Apples and Oranges
any source for that claim?
Global workforce as of end of 2021: 44.8% women, 55.2% men
Only field and customer support: 48.3% women, 51.7% men
Corporate Employees: 32.8% women, 67.2% men
44.8% (global_women) = corp_employees * 32.8% + field_employees * 48.3%
55.2% (global_men) = corp_employees * 67.2% + field_employees * 51.7%
corp_employees: 22.5%
field_employees: 77.5%What I calculated is the absolute ratio. when looking at new hires you need to look at turnover. Turnover rate is significantly higher for field jobs (sometimes intentionally, e.g. Amazon always hire more people before the holidays for a term). Therefore, when looking at new hires, the ratio is skewed even more towards field workers.
At the end of the day, Amazon has around 300K corp emplyees, of those, they are laying off 18K+. This 6% ratio is similar to other tech companies.
Meta (and Amazon) weren't with the hiring boom.