Amazon lays off hundreds in Alexa division (opens in new tab)

(seattletimes.com)

6 pointsCrunchified2y ago10 comments

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[dupe]

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38305097

I know, now. I used search on this site for "Amazon" but results were obviously not complete enough to be helpful. Any advice on how not to duplicate, short of paging through the submissions to the nth degree?

I checked the guidelines and FAQs. I emailed the contact info but haven't heard their answer yet, either. Sigh.

This was my first submission, and I don't want to repeat this mistake!

dredmorbius2y ago

"Alexa" would be a more specific search. "Amazon" and one or more of "jobs", "cuts", "lay", "layoff", etc., would also be useful.

Searching "amazon" alone, sorting by popularity, and limiting to the past 24 hours, turns up the prior submission as the first result:

<https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=last24h&page=0&prefix=fals...>

(For future readers, bound on today's date: <https://hn.algolia.com/?dateEnd=1700261998&dateRange=custom&...>)

ChrisArchitect2y ago

Oh just filter by Last 24hr since it's fresh news. There's like 3-4 right at the top you'll notice. Not too difficult.

CrunchifiedOP2y ago

Amazon is cutting “several hundred” jobs in its Alexa division to focus more on generative AI, the company announced Friday. (Seattle Times)

quantified2y ago

Ouch. I guess there's no use for those employees elsewhere, just deadweight?

rybosworld2y ago

Amazon is uniquely ruthless towards their engineers. There is a philosophy among the company's leaders that if a department as a whole is not doing well, all the people who are a part of it are to blame.

dkubb2y ago

Its usually leadership who are the problem if a whole department is failing. If they started firing from the top down they'd eventually reach competent people who stayed with the department out of loyalty or because they felt responsibile to hold things together. Seems such a waste to fire those people too.

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senderista2y ago

Unintended consequence: reluctance to join a high-risk initiative because you'll likely be laid off if it fails?

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ChrisArchitect2y ago

[dupe]

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38305097

CrunchifiedOP2y ago

I checked the guidelines and FAQs. I emailed the contact info but haven't heard their answer yet, either. Sigh.

This was my first submission, and I don't want to repeat this mistake!

dredmorbius2y ago

"Alexa" would be a more specific search. "Amazon" and one or more of "jobs", "cuts", "lay", "layoff", etc., would also be useful.

Searching "amazon" alone, sorting by popularity, and limiting to the past 24 hours, turns up the prior submission as the first result:

<https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=last24h&page=0&prefix=fals...>

(For future readers, bound on today's date: <https://hn.algolia.com/?dateEnd=1700261998&dateRange=custom&...>)

ChrisArchitect2y ago

Oh just filter by Last 24hr since it's fresh news. There's like 3-4 right at the top you'll notice. Not too difficult.

CrunchifiedOP2y ago

Amazon is cutting “several hundred” jobs in its Alexa division to focus more on generative AI, the company announced Friday. (Seattle Times)

quantified2y ago

Ouch. I guess there's no use for those employees elsewhere, just deadweight?

rybosworld2y ago

dkubb2y ago

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senderista2y ago

Unintended consequence: reluctance to join a high-risk initiative because you'll likely be laid off if it fails?

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse