Amazon Layoffs: Thousands of Engineers Fired
- * Amazon Layoffs: Amazon has conducted notable layoffs, impacting over 500 product and program managers (over 10% of that workforce) and roles at the senior and principal...
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* Amazon Layoffs: Amazon has conducted notable layoffs, impacting over 500 product and program managers (over 10% of that workforce) and roles at the senior and principal levels.
* Areas Affected:
* Gaming: major cuts in the gaming division, particularly in San Diego and Irvine, California, impacting game designers, artists, and producers. Amazon is halting much of its work on large-scale (AAA) MMO game growth,including projects like a “Lord of the Rings” MMO.
* Other Experimental/Unprofitable Initiatives: Amazon has been sunsetting various projects including a telehealth service, a kids’ video calling device, a fitness wearable, and several brick-and-mortar retail chains.
* Visual Search & Shopping: Significant cuts were made to these teams.
* AI Investment: Despite the layoffs, Amazon is heavily investing in Artificial Intelligence, competing with companies like Cursor, OpenAI, cognition, and its own Kiro.
* Cost Cutting: These layoffs and project cancellations are part of a broader effort to reduce costs and curtail investments in less profitable areas.