“These jobs are typically ones that are very difficult, very arduous jobs that require a lot of physical hardship, and the native-born workers just haven’t done these jobs for quite some time and are in no mood to take them now—certainly not at these wages.”

As Amazon pours $200 billion into AI this year, Bezos says the company’s next act will define the next decade.

Around 41% of employees say their companies trimmed management layers last year, according to Korn Ferry.