Doesn't say it's programmers though but middle management:
> Amazon slashed 14,000 white-collar jobs in late October, with CEO Andy Jassy stressing the need for the company to eliminate *excessive bureaucracy* by trimming operational levels and reducing the number of managers.
Yes but this is a lie, a vast majority of the cuts in both rounds from October and today have been individual contributors, not managers.
I work at Amazon and I see who got cut.
You can also check the WARN notice in WA.
You can find the warn notices here. [0] From a quick script I wrote up, it seems that ~60% of layoffs noted on 1/26/2026 are from individual contributors
[0]: https://esd.wa.gov/employer-requirements/layoffs-and-employe...
Seems sus, even if they got rid of half the managers, would that add up to the layoffs they've done?
I woke up to two of my engineer friends telling me they got laid off, so it’s not all middle management