Amazon is preparing to lay off tens of thousands of corporate workers, reversing its pandemic hiring spree. The cuts come months after the retail giant’s CEO warned white-collar employees their jobs could be taken by artificial intelligence.

I'm sure the tRump slump has nothing to do with it

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[–] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

And one of the biggest departments that expanded massively at many companies during the pandemic? HR. So now there’s a LOT of HR and hiring staff being made redundant in the tech industry.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Recruiters specifically, yeah. Also DEI, but that cratered largely because of the US' political stance on DEI.

    And marketing & sales - that was the largest change because the whole idea was to take advantage of untapped demand

    Also engineering - particularly AI related. Thats a big reason the enginnering job market is hot garbage rn

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