- On Wednesday, Amazon announced plans to lay off 16,000 corporate employees.
- An Amazon employee utilized an AI tool to analyze internal conversations and identify affected teams.
- Since the list is generated by AI, it may contain inaccuracies, and Amazon has yet to verify it.
An Amazon employee leveraged an AI tool to scrutinize internal discussions and compile a list of potential teams set to be impacted by layoffs, as revealed in messages obtained by Business Insider.
Amazon announced layoffs on Wednesday, stating it will reduce 16,000 corporate roles without publicly disclosing the specific areas to be affected. The employee’s list is based on AI-generated data, seemingly derived from internal Slack conversations, hence it may contain errors. So far, Amazon has not responded to requests for verification.
To ensure clarity, Business Insider edited the list. The employee employed an AI tool, named Pippin, to assist in compiling the names. Pippin is becoming a favored tool among Amazon’s workforce for document writing and revision.
“Used Pippin to help me parse conversations from today,” the employee communicated on Slack. “Please keep in mind that this information might not be 100% accurate. Take care, everyone!”
Business Insider independently assessed internal messages pertaining to the Amazon layoffs within teams including the AI cloud service Bedrock, the cloud data warehouse service Redshift, the ProServe consulting team, and others within the company.
Wednesday’s layoffs represent the latest large-scale job cut since October, when Amazon eliminated 14,000 positions. Although the company employs over 1.5 million people worldwide, its corporate workforce comprises only around 350,000 individuals.
Here is the list of affected teams:
- AWS Sales Organization
- AWS Bedrock
- AWS Quick Suite
- AWS Premium Support/Support Engineering
- AWS ProServe (Professional Services)
- AWS EC2 Networking
- AWS Database Services
- AWS Load Balancing
- AWS Aurora
- AWS Redshift
- AWS RDS
- AWS OpenSearch
- AWS EKS
- AWS Security
- AWS Internet Availability Engineering
- AWS ElastiCache
- AWS Data Center Networking
- AWS Virtual
- AWS Vulnerability Management
- AWS IoT
- Alexa Organization
- Alexa Excellence in D&S
- Alexa Connections team
- Alexa Kids team
- Alexa Shopping Department
- Alexa Smart Properties
- Alexa AI Dev Tooling
- Alexa Devices & Store
- Retail & Operations
- Last Mile
- SCOT (Supply Chain Optimization Technology)
- Amazon Business
- Books
- Seller Support/Seller Partner Services (SPS)
- FBA (Fulfillment by Amazon)
- Customer Service (CS)
- Prime Video (Live TV, Doppler)
- Devices Org
- PXT (People Experience and Technology)
- AGS (Amazon Global Services)
- WWSO (Worldwide Specialist Organization)
- WWPS (Worldwide Public Sector)
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