Amazon has begun informing employees about massive job cuts through early-morning text messages, marking a major restructuring move driven by automation, AI advancements, and post-pandemic corporate realignment.
Amazon has started to inform thousands of its corporate workers of layoffs through early-morning text messages. The tech company is in the throes of a restructuring that’s being powered by artificial intelligence (AI) and automation, and the move suggests other companies may opt for the same blunt approach as mass layoffs continue to accelerate.
Your Badge Has Been Removed: Layoffs by Text Message
On Tuesday morning, affected employees received two text messages: one from Amazon instructing them to check their personal or work email before coming into the office, and a second on

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