Eugene Kim
Chief Tech Correspondent at Business Insider
Chief Tech Correspondent @businessinsider covering Amazon. Email: [email protected] or [email protected].
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2 days ago |
businessinsider.com | Leena Rao |Eugene Kim |Henry Blodget
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy told employees Tuesday that AI will shrink the company's corporate white-collar workforce over the next few years, citing "efficiency gains" as the driving force. Amazon employees weren't having it. Across internal Slack channels, Amazon's white-collar workers tore into Jassy's message, taking aim at his leadership and unapologetic push for AI, according to messages seen by Business Insider.
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1 week ago |
businessinsider.com | Alistair Barr |Eugene Kim |Henry Blodget
2025-06-12T09:01:02Z Share Facebook Email X LinkedIn Copy link lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. Jason Buechel assembled a new leadership team to reorganize and run Amazon's grocery business.
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1 week ago |
businessinsider.com | Alistair Barr |Eugene Kim |Henry Blodget
Amazon is integrating Whole Foods more deeply into its core business, in a major reorganization that it hopes will reinvigorate its grocery business under new leadership. In an internal memo last week, Whole Foods CEO and Amazon VP of Worldwide Grocery Jason Buechel explained how the restructuring will bring the two companies closer together.
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1 week ago |
businessinsider.com | Alistair Barr |Eugene Kim |Henry Blodget
Amazon's retail business is locking down its hiring budget. According to an internal email, this major part of the company will keep a "flat headcount opex," or operating expenses, this year compared to 2024. Headcount operating expense refers to employee salaries plus their stock-based compensation, the email noted. The update was shared earlier this year by a finance leader in Amazon's retail unit.
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2 weeks ago |
businessinsider.com | Alistair Barr |Eugene Kim |Henry Blodget
Amazon staff demanded Cursor. They may be about to get it. According to internal Slack messages, reviewed by Business Insider, several Amazon employees inquired about using the AI coding assistant Cursor at work. In response, an HR manager wrote that Amazon is in talks with Cursor's team to formally adopt the popular development tool "asap."The HR manager added that the two companies are addressing "a few high priority security issues" before deploying Cursor's AI tool.
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RT @SpirosMargaris: Amazon employees slam CEO Andy Jassy's memo about AI killing corporate jobs https://t.co/wqr8qRR3kM @businessinside…
New: Amazon is restructuring its grocery business by integrating Whole Foods more closely, aligning corporate staff with Amazon's employee systems, and forming a new leadership team to streamline operations across Whole Foods, Amazon Fresh, and Amazon Go. https://t.co/XHurxdCfAd
New: Amazon has frozen its 2025 hiring budget for its retail business. It’s another example of CEO Andy Jassy's ongoing efforts to boost profitability and operational efficiency. https://t.co/6Ioj5tDjJU