Insiders tell The Register that a company-wide automation push means jobs are disappearing

Amazon.com CEO Andy Jassy's predictions that automation would cost jobs at the company have proven accurate at Amazon Web Services.

Amazon confirmed to The Register today that jobs will go at several teams at AWS, though the company declined to provide specifics on numbers, or which teams were involved. We understand around 100 jobs are at stake.

"After a thorough review of our organization, our priorities, and what we need to focus on going forward, we've made the difficult business decision to eliminate some roles across particular teams in AWS," company spokesperson Brad Glasser told us in an email.

"We didn't make these decisions lightly, and we're committed to supporting the employees throughout their transition," Glasser told us in a cookie-cutter copy of the message we received last year when AWS laid off a batch of employees. "These decisions are necessary as we continue to ...