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Amazon on Wednesday said it plans to lay off 16,000 corporate employees.
An Amazon employee used an AI tool to analyze internal conversations and list affected teams.
The list is AI-generated, so it may contain inaccuracies, and Amazon hasn’t responded to verify it.
An Amazon employee used an AI tool to analyze internal conversations and compile a list of potential teams and organizations affected by layoffs, according to messages viewed by Business Insider.
Amazon announced layoffs on Wednesday, saying it would cut 16,000 corporate employees. The company hasn’t publicly revealed where it plans to make cuts. The employee’s list is AI-generated and appears to be based on internal Slack conversations, so it may contain inaccuracies. Amazon did not respond to a request to verify the list.
Business Insider edited the list for length and clarity. The employee used an AI tool called Pippin to make the list, which Amazon employees have been using increasingly for writing and reviewing documents.
“Used Pippin to help me parse conversations from today,” the employee wrote on the company’s Slack. “Please note that this info may not be 100% accurate. Take care, everyone!”
Business Insider independently reviewed internal messages related to Amazon layoffs within the AI cloud service Bedrock, the cloud data warehouse service Redshift, the ProServe consulting team, the Prime subscription service, and the last-mile Delivery Experience team.
Wednesday’s round of layoffs marks the latest mass job cut since October, when Amazon shed 14,000 roles. Amazon employs more than 1.5 million people globally, though its corporate workforce represents a relatively small share of that total, at roughly 350,000 employees.
Read the list below:AWS Sales OrganizationAWS BedrockAWS Quick SuiteAWS Premium Support/Support EngineeringAWS ProServe (Professional Services)AWS EC2 NetworkingAWS Database ServicesAWS Load BalancingAWS AuroraAWS RedshiftAWS RDSAWS OpenSearchAWS EKSAWS SecurityAWS Internet Availability EngineeringAWS ElastiCacheAWS Data Center NetworkingAWS VirtualAWS Vulnerability ManagementAWS IoTAlexa OrganizationAlexa Excellence in D&SAlexa Connections teamAlexa Kids teamAlexa Shopping DepartmentAlexa Smart PropertiesAlexa AI Dev ToolingAlexa Devices & StoreRetail & OperationsLast MileSCOT (Supply Chain Optimization Technology)Amazon BusinessBooksSeller Support/Seller Partner Services (SPS)FBA (Fulfillment by Amazon)Customer Service (CS)Prime Video (Live TV, Doppler)Devices OrgPXT (People Experience and Technology)AGS (Amazon Global Services)WWSO (Worldwide Specialist Organization)WWPS (Worldwide Public Sector)
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