THE PULSE: AMAZON LAYOFFS – AI OR ECONOMY TO BLAME?

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Amazon announced another round of mass layoffs affecting 14,000 employees, with software engineers being disproportionately impacted, following previous cuts of over 27,000 jobs since 2023. While Amazon claims the layoffs are to become "more lean" and invest in AI transformation, analysis shows that the company has strong financials with $93B in cash reserves and $32B in free cash flow, making the $2-4B in salary savings from layoffs relatively small.