Thread by @thejobchick

Amazon is performing well, but they are making cuts in support of CEO Andy Jassy's vision to operate the company "like the world's largest startup."

Here's the email sent to those that were laid off and some strange happenings last night as a possible precursor.

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I have some important, but difficult, news to share with you. After a thorough review of our organization, our priorities, and what we need to focus on going forward, we've made the hard business decision to eliminate some roles across Amazon. Unfortunately, your role is being eliminated and your employment will end after a non-working period 🧵2/10

We didn't make these decisions lightly, and we're committed to supporting you throughout this transition, which will include a non-working period with full pay and benefits (as applicable), an offer of a severance package, transitional benefits as applicable by country, and access to several skills trainings as well as external job placement support. 🧵3/10

You likely have questions, and we're here to answer them. You'll soon receive a Chime meeting invitation for a conversation with a leader and/or HR representative from your team to discuss the specifics of your transition and how we can support you. While this meeting is optional, we encourage you to attend virtually as it provides an opportunity to address your individual questions. Your badge access has been restricted, so if you're currently in an Amazon office, Security can assist you with exiting the building. Beyond this conversation, you can also review additional information and FAQs in MyHR at any time. 🧵4/10

As of now, you are no longer required to perform work on Amazon's behalf, and will receive your full pay and benefits (as applicable) for the next 90 days. During this transition period, you'll continue to have access to internal email, Chime, and A to Z on your personal device, and our primary mode of communication with you will be through email. 🧵5/10

If you have not yet downloaded the A to Z app … you'll need it to access important resources like MyHR, where you'll see FAQs about supportive resources, benefits, pay, how to retrieve any personal belongings from your workspace, and how to return your Amazon-issued equipment.

You can find additional information about how to install A to Z, access MyHR, and access Chime and email on this page.

Please ensure your personal email address is up to date in A to Z, and keep your Yubikey so you can access internal email on a personal computer/mobile device. Remember that caring team members are ready to assist you 24/7 through MyHR or the Employee Assistance Portal (EAP), offering free and confidential support, both within the A to Z App. 🧵6/10

If you have not yet downloaded the A to Z app … you'll need it to access important resources like MyHR, where you'll see FAQs about supportive resources, benefits, pay, how to retrieve any personal belongings from your workspace, and how to return your Amazon-issued equipment.

You can find additional information about how to install A to Z, access MyHR, and access Chime and email on this page.

Please ensure your personal email address is up to date in A to Z, and keep your Yubikey so you can access internal email on a personal computer/mobile device. Remember that caring team members are ready to assist you 24/7 through MyHR or the Employee Assistance Portal (EAP), offering free and confidential support, both within the A to Z App. 🧵7/10

Now, I'm going to be very nitpicky about this email for a moment... The lack of punctuation (maybe just from BI) on the first paragraph. ALSO, the " end quote at the end of her name and title on the final part. Seems like an AI thing- you know how it puts everything in quotes... Again, I don't know where the 'typos' occurred- I'm just sitting here like WOW. Can anyone confirm if this is how it was in the layoff email? I'm frankly just curious. 🧵8/10

Employees also reported issues late last evening with access to their payroll/HR dashboards via ADP (login failures, errors) in the context of the layoff wave.

This is unconfirmed by Amazon or third‑party system‑status monitors.

No official communication from Amazon or ADP (in publicly accessible news coverage) noted an outage linked with the layoffs- but those that had access issues have confirmed they have been laid off today. 🧵 9/10

More to come on Amazon layoffs in a bit as I go through it all. There is a LOT of info to piece together here. 🧵10/10