Amazon's layoffs target middle management and corporate roles amid AI integration

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Amazon's recent layoffs of 14,000 middle managers highlight how AI is beginning to reshape the white-collar workforce by automating management tasks, signaling a shift where AI may impact managerial roles before blue-collar jobs, amidst a broader trend of job cuts across various industries due to automation and economic slowdown.
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