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jstx1
> there will be more role reductions as leaders continue to make adjustments. Those decisions will be shared with impacted employees and organizations early in 2023. We haven’t concluded yet exactly how many other roles will be impacted (...) but each leader will communicate to their respective teams when we have the details nailed down.

So there will be layoffs but he won't give more details right now? I find the decision to announce it like this a bit strange. Can anyone with more experience shed some light on this - why say anything at all at a time when you can't give specifics yet?

dmitrygr
> why say anything at all at a time when you can't give specifics yet

"Desired Attrition"

losteric
He's saying the specifics have been delegated - look at "local" leaders for further guidance on the set timeline, and don't panic based on what other orgs are doing.
bogomipz
>"Our annual planning process extends into the new year, which means there will be more role reductions as leaders continue to make adjustments. Those decisions will be shared with impacted employees and organizations early in 2023."

>"The key will be to do what Amazon does best – obsess over customers and invent relentlessly on their behalf – and if we do that, we should all be very optimistic about Amazon’s future. I know I am."

This is pretty amazing - more layoffs are coming but we should all be very optimistic about Amazon’s future. This man is out of touch and tone deaf.

Ancalagon
Yet another reason I don't understand why people - especially people with options - _want_ to work for Amazon.