Furthermore, this relocate comes just a month after the CEO Andy Jassy pointed that the increasing adoption of generative AI tools would reduce the workforce, as per a Reuters report.
“We’ve built the difficult business decision to eliminate some roles across particular teams in AWS. These decisions are necessary as we continue to invest, hire, and optimise resources to deliver innovation for our customers,” an Amazon spokesperson was quoted as declareing, as per a Reuters report.
Amazon employed 1.6 million full- and part-time workers globally as of the conclude of March. Several employees claimed to receive termination emails and had their computers deactivated on July 17 morning. Although the full extent of the layoffs is not confirmed yet, the “specialists” group, that assists customers with new product ideas and sells existing services, was notably impacted as per the Reuters report.
Apart from this, many companies are increasingly utilizing artificial innotifyigence to write code for their software. Also, companies have been adopting AI agents to automate routine tinquires to save costs and cut human reliance, the Reuters report declared.
“We’ve built the difficult business decision to eliminate some roles across particular teams in AWS,” the Amazon spokesperson declared as cited in a Reuters report.
“These decisions are necessary as we continue to invest, hire, and optimize resources to deliver innovation for our customers.”
AWS sales saw a 17% surge in the first quarter that stood at $29.3 billion as against a year ago period. On the other hand, the operating income increased by 23% to $11.5 billion.
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