'They come in with an energy and excitement, a new view on things': AWS CEO Matt Garman explains why Amazon is hiring 11,000 new interns and junior staff when others are getting rid

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Thu, 25 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0000

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Amazon might've fired 16,000 workers earlier this year, but it's bringing in 11,000 new workers for fresh talent.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Threads Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Amazon is hiring 11,000 new workers, mostly new graduates and interns Garman says they're more impressionable and willing to adopt AI Willingness to learn could be more important than existing skills Amazon CEO Matt Garman has confirmed the company's plans to hire 11,000 interns and new grads this year despite an ongoing internal push for AI tools.

The news comes around six months after the company warned that 16,000 workers would be losing their jobs, with Garman's cloud business hit hard. With the latest news, the company looks to be refocusing human resources instead of getting rid of human workers altogether as business priorities change and new opportunities open up. Latest Videos From Watch full video here: Amazon to hire 11,000 workers in the same year it laid off 16,000 Speaking with Casey Newton of Platformer in a YouTube interview , Garman explained that white-collar jobs are changing as a result of AI, but they're not being eliminated. He compared AI to Excel spreadsheets, which dramatically
increased productivity for accounting and finance work.

"If you look at what your job was two years ago, and what your job is going
to be in two years, it's going to be vastly different," he said. You may like AWS CEO says workers need to keep adapting to deal with AI Report warns younger workers set to be hit by AI hiring Even Amazon CEO Andy Jassy is surprised at AWS cloud success

Garman also noted a shift in where humans bring the most value writing code itself is becoming less valuable, but engineers are still important reviewing AI-generated code, understanding business requirements and designing systems with the AI-generated code.

As for why the company is hiring junior workers specifically, Garman acknowledged that they're among the cheapest labor to hire, but they also learn company culture faster and can embrace AI more positively than older generations. Are you a pro? Subscribe to our newsletter Sign up to the TechRadar Pro newsletter to get all the top news, opinion, features and guidance your business needs to succeed! Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners
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The CEO previously said that replacing junior employees with AI was "one of the dumbest things I've ever heard."

Without hiring graduates today, companies risk creating a long-term skills
gap in the future because they have nobody to train into senior and experienced engineers, he added.

He implied that recruitment is becoming more about a willingness to learn,
not the skills that have already been mastered, but the interview ultimately confirmed the continued value of human workers. Follow TechRadar on Google News and add us as a preferred source to get our expert news, reviews, and opinion in your feeds.



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