Amazon Employees Share Memes As Layoffs Loom, Sparking Pizza Humor
Business Insider • • business
Key Points:
- Amazon is expected to announce another round of mass corporate layoffs next week, following the elimination of roughly 14,000 jobs in October, according to Business Insider sources.
- In response to the uncertainty, over 26,000 Amazon employees have been sharing memes and jokes on an internal Slack channel to cope with anxiety about the cuts.
- Many memes mock Jeff Bezos' "two-pizza rule," highlighting how much leaner teams are expected to become amid the layoffs, especially in the Amazon Web Services division.
- Employees also use humor to address the rumored January 27 timing of the layoffs and corporate buzzwords like "nimble," reflecting widespread apprehension about the upcoming changes.
- This meme-driven coping strategy mirrors similar behavior seen
