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Amazon Cuts 16,000 More Jobs

Is Amazon's restructuring necessary innovation or corporate greed disguised as efficiency?
Amazon Cuts 16,000 More Jobs
Above: Amazon's German headquarters in Munich, Germany, on Jan. 27. Image credit: Matthias Balk/picture alliance/Getty Images

The Spin

Optimist narrative

Amazon's organizational restructuring will reduce bureaucracy, increase ownership and strengthen operations for long-term growth, putting the company on a strong footing moving forward. While this will be challenging for some, Amazon will provide substantial support, including through internal job searches, severance pay and health benefits.

Left narrative

Amazon's latest layoffs are nothing more than corporate greed disguised as efficiency, forcing thousands into uncertainty, while the company posts tens of billions in profit. These cuts, therefore, are indefensible, unnecessary, and an insult to the white and blue-collar workers, not the leeching executives or shareholders, who made Amazon what it is today.

Metaculus Prediction


The Controversies



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