Amazon layoffs
Views of my brother in USA. Indian policy makers, founders, employees may find it useful
The Amazon Moment We Weren’t Ready For
Amazon just announced 30,000 layoffs .. the largest in company history. But the number itself isn’t the story. What’s happening beneath the surface should concern every working person on Earth.
THE SCALE
10% of Amazon’s 350,000 corporate workforce. Gone. Not warehouse workers. Not seasonal staff. Engineers. Managers. Cloud architects. HR professionals. The “safe” jobs.
This eclipses their 2022-2023 cuts of 27,000. And it’s happening while Amazon pours $100+ billion into AI infrastructure in 2025 .. up from $83 billion in 2024.
THE ADMISSION
CEO Andy Jassy said it plainly earlier this year: “We will need fewer people doing some of the jobs being done today.”
Not “different” jobs. Fewer people. Full stop.
This isn’t about pandemic overcorrection anymore. This is the beginning of structural replacement.
THE MATH THAT DOESN’T WORK
AWS, logistics, payments, gaming, devices … cuts across every division. The company isn’t struggling. They’re optimizing. Replacing $100K salaries with AI systems that run 24/7 for pennies per query.
30,000 families. TODAY. How many tomorrow?
THE VOID
Here’s what should terrify you: There is no plan.
No UBI legislation. No automation taxes. No retraining infrastructure at scale. Just unemployment insurance designed for temporary gaps, not permanent technological displacement.
We’re running 1950s social programs against 2025 AI capabilities.
THE TIMELINE
Bill Gates suggested robot taxes. Andrew Yang campaigned on UBI. Economists have been warning us for years.
We nodded. We debated. We did nothing.
Now 30,000 Amazon employees will find out what “economic transition” actually feels like. And they won’t be the last.
THE QUESTION NO ONE WANTS TO ANSWER
If AI makes workers redundant faster than new jobs emerge, who buys the products? Who pays rent? Who sustains the economy?
You can’t have capitalism without consumers. You can’t have consumers without income.
Amazon just made that math problem real.
This isn’t fearmongering. It’s Tuesday, October 28, 2025. The layoff emails have gone out already.
The age of AI displacement isn’t coming. It’s here. And we’re completely unprepared. more
The Amazon Moment We Weren’t Ready For
Amazon just announced 30,000 layoffs .. the largest in company history. But the number itself isn’t the story. What’s happening beneath the surface should concern every working person on Earth.
THE SCALE
10% of Amazon’s 350,000 corporate workforce. Gone. Not warehouse workers. Not seasonal staff. Engineers. Managers. Cloud architects. HR professionals. The “safe” jobs.
This eclipses their 2022-2023 cuts of 27,000. And it’s happening while Amazon pours $100+ billion into AI infrastructure in 2025 .. up from $83 billion in 2024.
THE ADMISSION
CEO Andy Jassy said it plainly earlier this year: “We will need fewer people doing some of the jobs being done today.”
Not “different” jobs. Fewer people. Full stop.
This isn’t about pandemic overcorrection anymore. This is the beginning of structural replacement.
THE MATH THAT DOESN’T WORK
AWS, logistics, payments, gaming, devices … cuts across every division. The company isn’t struggling. They’re optimizing. Replacing $100K salaries with AI systems that run 24/7 for pennies per query.
30,000 families. TODAY. How many tomorrow?
THE VOID
Here’s what should terrify you: There is no plan.
No UBI legislation. No automation taxes. No retraining infrastructure at scale. Just unemployment insurance designed for temporary gaps, not permanent technological displacement.
We’re running 1950s social programs against 2025 AI capabilities.
THE TIMELINE
Bill Gates suggested robot taxes. Andrew Yang campaigned on UBI. Economists have been warning us for years.
We nodded. We debated. We did nothing.
Now 30,000 Amazon employees will find out what “economic transition” actually feels like. And they won’t be the last.
THE QUESTION NO ONE WANTS TO ANSWER
If AI makes workers redundant faster than new jobs emerge, who buys the products? Who pays rent? Who sustains the economy?
You can’t have capitalism without consumers. You can’t have consumers without income.
Amazon just made that math problem real.
This isn’t fearmongering. It’s Tuesday, October 28, 2025. The layoff emails have gone out already.
The age of AI displacement isn’t coming. It’s here. And we’re completely unprepared. more
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we have FDI in retail & make in india to support local interpreter convert & boost in manufacturing. We have roadside repair shops who repair puncture of tyres. They will repair drones & AI codeing needs updates patches. AI is not permanent & upgrades changes will be regularly required even when OS version changes. We have software hubs in our country & we are transforming every moment. We have gst exemption thresehold limit also. The layoff will degrade 30k but will transform to more interpreters. .parivartan Sansar ka niyam hai. more
Nov 01
The environment at large tech companies is shifting — less tolerance for “just growing head‑count,” more focus on “what tasks humans do vs what can be automated.” more
Oct 30
You are complaining about loss of jobs for already employed. Atleast they earned something. What about present unemployed in India, & under employed i.e., below minimum sustanenace incomes. No solutions, our Great leaders make slogans only. We, Modern class likes Sycophancy and blindly rallied behind Great influencers and lacks objective review and Criticism. Modern India lacks Neutral and Honest Media for elightening the masses. more
Oct 29
