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‘It’s culture’: Amazon CEO says massive corporate layoffs were about agility — not AI or cost-cutting

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy at the GeekWire Summit in 2021. (GeekWire File Photo / Dan DeLong) Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says the company’s latest big round of layoffs — about 14,000 corporate jobs — wasn’t triggered by financial strain or artificial intelligence replacing workers, but rather a push to stay nimble. Speaking with analysts on Amazon’s quarterly earnings call Thursday, Jassy said the decision stemmed from a belief that the company had grown too big and too layered. “The announcement that we ...

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