Amazon is giving some staff a alternative: relocate or resign.
Bloomberg experiences that Amazon is ordering hundreds of employees on a number of U.S. groups to maneuver to foremost hubs in Seattle, Washington; Arlington, Virginia; and Washington, D.C. Amazon has 1.56 million full-time and part-time staff unfold throughout its international enterprise, together with 350,000 company employees.
The trouble to get some staff to relocate has been happening “for greater than a yr now,” as “some groups have been working to convey their teammates nearer collectively to assist them be as efficient as doable,” an Amazon spokesperson advised Bloomberg.
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One Amazon worker shared within the firm’s inside messaging platform, in messages seen by Bloomberg, that their supervisor gave them 30 days to resolve whether or not to relocate or resign. That they had 60 days after that to start the relocation course of or to go away the corporate — and in the event that they selected the latter, they might not obtain severance pay.
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy. Photograph by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Photos
The mandate signifies that some employees should transfer throughout the nation. As an alternative of rolling out the requirement by mass emails, Amazon is informing staff that they have to relocate by one-on-one conferences and city halls.
Amazon employees already face uncertainty about their jobs being changed within the subsequent few years by AI. Amazon CEO Andy Jassy sent a memo to staff earlier this week that he expects Amazon’s workforce to lower “within the subsequent few years” as AI automates duties, prompting issues from staff about doable layoffs within the coming years. Amazon is presently utilizing AI in its warehouses to enhance supply pace and has given its customer support chatbot AI capabilities.
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Amazon is spending closely on AI, and plans to maintain investing within the expertise. In a quarterly earnings name in February, the corporate disclosed that it plans to spend about $105 billion in capital expenditure this yr, with most spending going in the direction of AI.
Earlier this yr, Amazon started requiring staff to work within the workplace five days a week, main some to look for other jobs with distant work choices. Amazon has laid off greater than 27,000 employees since 2022 to chop prices.
Amazon is giving some staff a alternative: relocate or resign.
Bloomberg experiences that Amazon is ordering hundreds of employees on a number of U.S. groups to maneuver to foremost hubs in Seattle, Washington; Arlington, Virginia; and Washington, D.C. Amazon has 1.56 million full-time and part-time staff unfold throughout its international enterprise, together with 350,000 company employees.
The trouble to get some staff to relocate has been happening “for greater than a yr now,” as “some groups have been working to convey their teammates nearer collectively to assist them be as efficient as doable,” an Amazon spokesperson advised Bloomberg.
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