It's been a few weeks since Amazon announced plans to cut 14,000 corporate jobs , but many laid-off employees are still coming to terms with it. While the original announcement cited a need to be leaner in the age of AI , CEO Andy Jassy later said, "It's about culture." Business Insider spoke with six former Amazon employees who lost their jobs in the latest round of layoffs. One was an anonymous single parent who said they'd just moved to Seattle in June due to the company's return-to-office