layoff
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Washington is racing to fund broad AI retraining initiatives on the premise that mass white-collar layoffs are imminent.
The layoffs are in line with a trend in big tech to trim white-collar management jobs.
From Barron's
The cuts bring Amazon’s total layoffs to roughly 30,000 after it said in October it would eliminate around 14,000 roles.
From Barron's
The layoffs represent a reduction of nearly 10% of Amazon’s corporate workforce.
From Barron's
Some Amazon teams took longer to work out their “organizational changes” than those that were part of the October layoff announcements, she added.
From MarketWatch
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