Amazon Layoffs in October (Blind TL;DR: October 9, 2026)
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When Rejecting the Job Improves Your Career
Have you ever dodged a bullet by not joining a specific company?
Blind users are sharing offers they’ve declined or didn’t receive at companies where, at the time they were disappointed about, but ended up relieved of their outcome.
Some users are sharing that the company dissolved within a few years of rejecting the offer or that the team they would’ve joined was laid off shortly after.
Others are sharing the regrets they have by accepting the offer.
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Amazon Layoffs Have Begun
After many predictions floated around Blind, Amazon followed through with layoffs on October 7. Whether or not the predicted October 27 layoff is true is to be determined.
Fewer than 1,000 professionals were impacted by the layoffs, but multiple teams were affected.
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