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Dave Hess said:

Amazon reportedly set to lay off up to 30,000 corporate employees in massive workforce cut​


https://www.geekwire.com/2025/amazo...corporate-employees-in-massive-workforce-cut/


They over hired and realized there’s is waaaaaay too much fat and lots of people getting paid to do very little.
Bigger the company = lots of layers of unnecessary employees and corporate bloat.

Layers and layers of managers having meetings just to fill up their ‘work calendar’ and talking corporate buzzwords to sound good but have zero value to the organization.

I see it all the time at the company I work for….. layers and layers of useless crap.
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Yeah, I recently read this too. Sounds pretty much like leftovers from the hiring bliz during Covid. All management jobs. Keeping in mind that AMZN has 1.5 million employees this is a drop in the bucket, maybe even nice to know they watch their payroll.
We all know AI will replace a lot of desk jobs I suspect even some of this is because of AI. I wouldnt expect them to announce it as it would shake their management workforce.

Anyway, with 1.5 million employees, the media presents 30,000 jobs as a massive workforce cut? How can that be?
 
SC Maintenance said:
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The question is can Walmart continue to command a 40X multiple - which is higher than most of the mag 7?

The mag 7 valuations are more believable than a lot of other stocks actually. I did go ahead and sell some things and bought a little META and MSFT ahead of earnings.
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This is a good point. Walmart has been really good to me for well over 6 years now including the 3 for 1 split. only after that split I divested some 1/3rd as a guess into others with ultimately an equal holding of META which I bought since it was in the high 400's not to long ago. I too wonder where Walmart can go from here. The only thing I am unsure about is its new alliance with ChatGPT.

*LOL* Anyway, thanks for reminding me, Walmart has been my hands off holding forever, ignoring the day to day, even year to year events... 40 times is a bit scary... Ive been so happy with the performance of everything over the last 5 plus years. I think sometimes about bailing out completely, seriously a strong feeling the last week or two. Getting my 401k statement in the mail days ago and the gains so strong I really hate to lose them *LOL*
Not just my Roth with the 3 current holdings. META, Walmart, AMZN but considering cashing out the 401K and taking a break, as currently completely in just two index funds. S&P and Nasdaq

MY dad used to say "there are bulls, bears and pigs" Im starting to feel like a pig. 🫤
 
Dave Hess said:

Amazon reportedly set to lay off up to 30,000 corporate employees in massive workforce cut​


https://www.geekwire.com/2025/amazo...corporate-employees-in-massive-workforce-cut/


They over hired and realized there’s is waaaaaay too much fat and lots of people getting paid to do very little.
Bigger the company = lots of layers of unnecessary employees and corporate bloat.

Layers and layers of managers having meetings just to fill up their ‘work calendar’ and talking corporate buzzwords to sound good but have zero value to the organization.

I see it all the time at the company I work for….. layers and layers of useless crap.
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I thought you owned your company?

Agree Amazon..........
 
I know a lot of people who worked for Amazon. Many came from Microsoft and went to Amazon. No one lasted more than 6 months. They all hated the work environment. Many went back to MS. Amazon had very long hours. They weren't midful with team meetings from folks on the other side of the world. Cut-throat, all around. Just a bad culture, overall.
 
Dave Hess said:

Amazon reportedly set to lay off up to 30,000 corporate employees in massive workforce cut​


https://www.geekwire.com/2025/amazo...corporate-employees-in-massive-workforce-cut/


They over hired and realized there’s is waaaaaay too much fat and lots of people getting paid to do very little.
Bigger the company = lots of layers of unnecessary employees and corporate bloat.

Layers and layers of managers having meetings just to fill up their ‘work calendar’ and talking corporate buzzwords to sound good but have zero value to the organization.

I see it all the time at the company I work for….. layers and layers of useless crap.
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Automation and optimazation. And there is no bigger tool for that than Artificail Inteligence.
AI is the biggest inflection point in modern history.

Coupled with the current pressures on goods and uncertainty, this is the time for companies to make their moves.
 
JeffKeryk said:
Automation and optimazation. And there is no bigger tool for that than Artificail Inteligence.
AI is the biggest inflection point in modern history.

Coupled with the current pressures on goods and uncertainty, this is the time for companies to make their moves.
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And that’s why I need to figure out what small company is going to make it all blow up LOL. A good stock for under $20
 
rijndael said:
I know a lot of people who worked for Amazon. Many came from Microsoft and went to Amazon. No one lasted more than 6 months. They all hated the work environment. Many went back to MS. Amazon had very long hours. They weren't midful with team meetings from folks on the other side of the world. Cut-throat, all around. Just a bad culture, overall.
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I think he shanked his partners in the beginning - I don’t shop there.
 
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