"Bob Carrigan, the CEO of Audible, told employees in a Tuesday email, which was seen by Business Insider, that affected workers have been notified and additional organizational changes would follow. Those changes would "add focus and speed" to the audiobook and podcast division's most critical growth areas, he said. Carrigan added that Audible is "laser-focused on making sure we are organized and resourced for continued strength in the years ahead.""
"The post outlined how Amazon is aiming to be leaner against the backdrop of AI, which she described as the "most transformative technology we've seen since the Internet."Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said in June that Amazon's workforce would shrink as a result of AI-driven efficiency gains. The company cut jobs in its cloud division, Amazon Web Services, in July after it froze its hiring budget for the retail unit."
Amazon is eliminating some roles at Audible as part of a larger plan to cut 14,000 corporate jobs. Audible CEO Bob Carrigan said affected U.S. employees have been notified and that additional organizational changes will follow to concentrate resources on critical audiobook and podcast growth areas. Carrigan said Audible is laser-focused on being organized and resourced for continued strength. Amazon framed the broader cuts as efforts to become leaner amid transformative AI advances, a technology the company described as the most transformative since the Internet. Prior cuts included a 5% reduction at Audible in January and AWS job cuts in July.
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