Steve Aoki dropped the beat at Amazon throughout layoffs

Amazon might have simply confirmed that it might be shedding workers, nevertheless it appears to nonetheless have room for a Steve Aoki live performance. On Wednesday night, the famous person DJ carried out a reside live performance for what seemed to be a gaggle of Amazon warehouse workers, and the entire thing was streamed on the AmazonVestLife Twitch channel.

We realized this was occurring in any respect due to the New York Occasions’ Karen Weise, who tweeted about the performance shortly earlier than it wrapped up. But it surely appears the live performance wasn’t precisely a secret, because the “amazonvestlife” Instagram (which, just like the Twitch channel, describes itself because the “official account for Amazon associates”) posted a narrative that includes Aoki to advertise the present earlier on Wednesday. The DJ gave a shoutout to “Amazonians” and mentioned the present could be streaming on Twitch.

If this “maintain a live performance proper after laying individuals off” factor rings acquainted to you, you’re not alone; WeWork reportedly hosted an in-office live performance that includes Darryl McDaniels of Run-DMC a number of weeks after CEO Adam Neumann fired 7 % of the workers.

Amazon didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.

The cuts introduced Wednesday by Amazon SVP Dave Limp affected the corporate’s units and providers group, and spokesperson Kristy Schmidt characterised the layoffs to me earlier as a really small share of the group. However that division isn’t the one one affected, as Vox reported that some workers within the firm’s HR division have obtained a buyout supply. The New York Occasions reported Monday that Amazon plans to put off roughly 10,000 company and expertise workers in complete.