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Acc to article, seems like it’s happening in established businesses like Retail. Maybe those old businesses are due for some consolidation? In last earnings release, Bezos said he’s doubling down on Alexa, which I presume includes increased hiring.
Voice search is already huge and I imagine it may be even bigger. I see Amazon as a threat to Google in this area.
I wonder what type of positions are being targeted in these layoffs? They mentioned which groups but not whom.
My understanding is that most groups outside of Alexa and AWS are in a hiring freeze and they are trying to cut down on the amount of middle-management across the board.
I wonder what type of positions are being targeted in these layoffs? They mentioned which groups but not whom.
This seems like no big deal for Seattle and Amazon.
I wonder what type of positions are being targeted in these layoffs? They mentioned which groups but not whom.
Also worth noting that the article doesn't say anything about re-hiring, or transferring. Just laid off. I wonder why..
“As part of our annual planning process, we are making head count adjustments across the company — small reductions in a couple of places and aggressive hiring in many others,” a spokesman said. “For affected employees, we work to find roles in the areas where we are hiring.”
disc: Amazon employee
So why do they want a second corporate headquarters?
Acc to article, seems like it’s happening in established businesses like Retail. Maybe those old businesses are due for some consolidation? In last earnings release, Bezos said he’s doubling down on Alexa, which I presume includes increased hiring.
Voice search is already huge and I imagine it may be even bigger. I see Amazon as a threat to Google in this area.
LOL. That is like saying Apple (iPhones) are a threat to Google (Android) when it was Apple that first brought touch-based smartphones to market.
You probably meant: "Google is a threat to Amazon in this area" because Amazon invented and still dominates the smart speaker category.
In other words, Google didn't know a market existed for such devices until Amazon created a market for them.
Acc to article, seems like it’s happening in established businesses like Retail. Maybe those old businesses are due for some consolidation? In last earnings release, Bezos said he’s doubling down on Alexa, which I presume includes increased hiring.
Voice search is already huge and I imagine it may be even bigger. I see Amazon as a threat to Google in this area.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Voice search is already huge and I imagine it may be even bigger. I see Amazon as a threat to Google in this area.
> Amazon as a threat to Google in this area. LOL. That is like saying Apple (iPhones) are a threat to Google (Android) when it was Apple that first brought touch-based smartphones to market. You probably meant: "Google is a threat to Amazon in this area" because Amazon invented and still dominates the smart speaker category. In other words, Google didn't know a market existed for such devices until Amazon created a m…