Amazon layoffs hit workers trying to get severance pay

Workers were told to stop work after layoff notice, but a system glitch “reinstate[d]” them for several days — only to have them laid off again. They’re speaking out about the “stressful” ordeal. <br><br>Some workers were told to stop “completing work for your team” — only to see their systems privileges restored in a system glitch. “It’s a weird feeling,” one worker said. “You literally do not exist [at the company].”<br><br>By some counts, hundreds of workers have been impacted over the past five months.