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Steve Aoki dropped the beat at Amazon during layoffs
Summary
The article discusses how Steve Aoki performed a concert for Amazon employees shortly after the company announced that it would be laying off employees. The concert was streamed on the AmazonVestLife Twitch channel. Some employees in the company’s HR division have received a buyout offer. The New York Times reported Monday that Amazon plans to lay off approximately 10,000 corporate and technology employees in total.
Q&As
What did Steve Aoki do at Amazon during layoffs?
Steve Aoki performed a live concert for what appeared to be a group of Amazon warehouse employees, and the whole thing was streamed on the AmazonVestLife Twitch channel.
How was the concert livestreamed?
The concert was livestreamed on Twitch.
Who was the concert for?
The concert was for Amazon warehouse employees.
How did people find out about the concert?
People found out about the concert from the New York Times’ Karen Weise, who tweeted about the performance shortly before it wrapped up.
What other company has done something similar?
WeWork reportedly hosted an in-office concert featuring Darryl McDaniels of Run-DMC a few weeks after CEO Adam Neumann fired 7 percent of the staff.
AI Comments
👍 I think it's amazing that Amazon was able to bring in a big name like Steve Aoki to perform for their employees, even after announcing layoffs. It shows that they still care about their workers and are trying to make the best of a difficult situation.
👎 It's pretty tone-deaf of Amazon to have a concert right after announcing mass layoffs. I'm sure the employees who are losing their jobs don't appreciate being treated like this.
AI Discussion
Me: It's about Steve Aoki performing a concert for Amazon employees right after Amazon announced layoffs.
Friend: That's messed up.
Me: I know. It's pretty tone deaf of Amazon to do something like that.
Action items
- Reach out to your local representatives to discuss the implications of large corporations hosting events for employees immediately after announcing mass layoffs.
- If you are an Amazon employee, consider joining or forming a union to protect your rights and negotiate for better working conditions.
- Boycott Amazon and other companies that engage in similar practices until they change their policies.
Technical terms
- Livestream
- a live video broadcast
- DJ
- a person who plays recorded music for an audience
- Warehouse
- a large building where goods are stored
- Twitch
- a live streaming platform
- New York Times
- a newspaper
- Karen Weise
- a journalist
- Amazonians
- people who work for Amazon
- Dave Limp
- an Amazon executive
- Kristy Schmidt
- an Amazon spokesperson
- Adam Neumann
- the CEO of WeWork
- Run-DMC
- a hip hop group
- Vox
- a news website
- GPUs
- graphics processing units