Amazon is trying to rehire workers it laid off, emails show

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy Isaac Brekken/AP Amazon is recruiting former workers, including eligible laid-off employees. Recruiters are using shorter interview loops to bring back alumni. One recruiter asked whether RTO drove a former employee to leave. Amazon wants former employees back, including some it laid off . The company is reaching out to eligible former employees about open roles across Amazon, including in its cloud-computing and AI businesses, according to recruiter emails obtained by Business Insider and a company spokesperson. In one outreach last month, Amazon's AI agent organization, led by AWS VP Swami Sivasubramanian , invited former employees in AI and machine learning fields to discuss new roles through what a recruiter called "Swami's Boomerang Reengagement Initiative." In another case, an AWS Finance recruiter offered a former employee a shortened path back to an offer and asked whether Amazon's return-to-office policy had driven the employee away.