Months after Amazon’s own job cuts, Amazon Web Services’ marketing chief asked employees to recruit recently laid off Meta workers, saying the organization is understaffed and scrambling to fill open roles.
During an internal staff meeting late last month, AWS Chief Marketing Officer Julia White was asked about attrition in her organization and whether the company was considering compensation changes to improve retention.
White said hiring was the bigger challenge. AWS’s marketing unit had roughly 160 open positions at the time. “That’s a lot,” she said, while stressing that accelerating hiring was one of her top priorities.
“If you have friends and family or colleagues — or I know Meta just laid off 8,000 people — any of those great people you know, ping them,” she said. “We have jobs and we need top talent here.” Business Insider reviewed a recording of the meeting.
The comments highlight a tension inside…
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