Dismay at the handling of death in warehouse

In the US, an Amazon warehouse worker died just before the end of his shift. But the work in the camp just went on, workers had no idea there was a corpse in the building. A similar case only occurred in August in the Amazon logistics center in Leipzig. On December 27, 2022, 61-year-old Rick Jacobs died … Continue reading Dismay at the handling of death in warehouse →

Amazon cuts more than 18,000 jobs

The job cuts at Amazon are higher than initially planned. Instead of 10,000 jobs, 18,000 jobs are now to be cut. The wave of layoffs at the world's largest online mail-order company Amazon is significantly larger than initially assumed. CEO Andy Jassy announced on Wednesday evening in a memo to employees and on the company blog that more … Continue reading Amazon cuts more than 18,000 jobs →

Amazon and Microsoft give up their data centers in Ireland… for lack of electricity

While the world's two largest cloud service providers were preparing to set up data centers in Ireland, they will probably have to give up on their project. In question, the energy crisis. © Taylor Vick/Unsplash With a budget of nearly 2 billion euros, the two American giants wanted to strengthen their presence in Europe. While Amazon was … Continue reading Amazon and Microsoft give up their data centers in Ireland… for lack of electricity →