Annie Palmer / CNBC:
Amazon’s Andy Jassy has no plan to force employees to return to the office, will “proceed adaptively as we learn”, and says most have returned for some weekdays — – Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said the company doesn’t plan to call its employees back to the office.
Annie Palmer / CNBC:
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says the layoffs will continue into 2023, after the company cut roles across its Devices and Books businesses on Wednesday — KEY POINTS — Amazon will continue to lay off employees in the coming year, CEO Andy Jassy wrote in a memo to workers on Thursday.
Annie Palmer / CNBC:
Amazon increases its average starting pay for front-line US staff to $19+/hour, up from $18/hour; warehouse and delivery workers will earn $16/hour to $26/hour — – Amazon is bumping its average starting pay for warehouse and delivery workers to more than $19 an hour, up from $18 an hour, the company said Wednesday.
Annie Palmer / CNBC:
Internal memo: Amazon’s head of workplace health and safety Heather MacDougall is leaving the company on October 7; MacDougall joined Amazon in 2019 — – Heather MacDougall will depart Amazon on Oct. 7, according to a memo viewed by CNBC. — MacDougall joined Amazon in 2019 as vice president …
Jules Roscoe / VICE:
The NLRB files a complaint against Amazon CEO Andy Jassy for allegedly violating labor law with comments he made to CNBC and Bloomberg earlier in 2022 — Andy Jassy told CNBC that Amazon thinks employees would be “better off” without a union. A new NLRB complaint alleges that violated labor law.
Annie Palmer / CNBC:
Amazon unveils Sparrow, a robotic arm using AI to move items of varying shapes and sizes for packaging, saying it identifies ~65% of Amazon’s product inventory — – Amazon on Thursday unveiled new warehouse technology at its robotics and delivery conference.
Annie Palmer / CNBC:
Internal documents: Amazon is offering voluntary buyouts to some employees as it looks for ways to cut its headcount beyond the massive layoffs already underway — – Amazon sent out “voluntary severance” offers to some employees this week as it looks for ways to rein in costs beyond the massive layoffs already announced.
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