The article title from the editor is junk, or misleading at best. The attrition and hiring comments were specifically about retail/fulfillment/operations and the degree to which that scaled up in 2020-21. This was very clear in both q1 and q2 earnings. The intent was to naturally shed jobs in that area through attrition, reduction in part time workers etc.

Theres been no change or reduction in the _tech_ employee side for retail, digital, or aws that I have seen.

Disclaimer: Principal at AWS, but everything above is from public statements/filings/etc.