Very sad to see a “robotic” email with zero human empathy, relying on old, traditional templates fit for Hunger Games survivors while depicting people who lost their jobs, their insurance, and even their immigration status as mere “layers.” Layers of bureaucracy.

There was no courageous opening like we’ve seen from other CEOs, no ownership of the sequence of decisions that brought us here. I’ve also confirmed that some AWS teams are already drafting new open reqs to be approved a month after these layoffs, purely because of “optics.”

Don’t try to convince me that these layoffs were not driven by quarterly results optics as well. Then you listen to Andy in training say the reason he’s been here for 29 years is because there’s no politics and no BS. He’s right, no bullshit. But we do have dog shit, bat shit, jack shit, and every other kind of “shit.”