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At Amazon, Some Coders Say Their Jobs Have Begun To Resemble Warehouse Work
Monday May 26, 2025. 05:41 PM , from Slashdot
![]() Three Amazon engineers told the New York Times that the company has raised productivity goals over the past year and expects developers to use AI assistants that suggest code snippets or generate entire program sections. One engineer said his team was cut roughly in half but still expected to produce the same amount of code by relying on AI tools. The shift mirrors historical workplace changes during industrialization, the Times argues, where technology didn't eliminate jobs but made them more routine and fast-paced. Engineers describe feeling like 'bystanders in their own jobs' as they spend more time reviewing AI-generated code rather than writing it themselves. Tasks that once took weeks now must be completed in days, with less time for meetings and collaborative problem-solving, according to the engineers. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/05/26/1541224/at-amazon-some-coders-say-their-jobs-have-beg...
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