Future Ready Leadership With Jacob Morgan Amazon Workers Say AI Is Making Their Jobs Harder, Oracle Confirms AI Layoffs, and the Safety Net Isn't Ready
Mar 11, 2026
Workers at a major retailer say internal AI tools are increasing surveillance and creating more work, not less. A tech giant openly links AI to headcount cuts while balancing heavy debt. Founders are planning exits amid an AI-driven consolidation wave. The century-old unemployment system is failing to reach most displaced workers, raising urgent policy concerns.
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Amazon's AI Is A Measurement And Control System
- Amazon's internal AI push functions more as surveillance and behavioral control than a pure productivity program.
- Employees report dashboards tracking AI usage, promotion tied to AI adoption, and forced tools from hackathons that create extra work and errors.
Engineer Says AI Code Created More Work Than It Saved
- An Amazon engineer described AI-generated code so error-filled that fixing it took longer than writing code from scratch.
- Workers say they're asked to train AI on their workflows, effectively being asked to prepare their own replacement.
AI Can Hurt Complex Work Through Automation Bias
- AI readiness gaps can reduce productivity: AI helps routine tasks but harms performance on complex work due to automation bias.
- Research: MIT found AI-assisted workers beat peers on routine tasks but underperformed on complex ones.
