US EditionAmazon inadvertently announces cloud unit layoffs in email to employees
Amazon mistakenly sent a draft layoff email to AWS employees, prematurely revealing planned cuts affecting staff in the US, Canada, and Costa Rica as part of a cost-cutting move.
- On Jan 27, Amazon mistakenly alerted many Amazon Web Services employees about layoffs planned for the morning of Jan 28, referencing the cuts by the internal name `Project Dawn`.
- A person familiar told CNBC the e-commerce giant is expected to announce widespread corporate layoffs as soon as this week, and Reuters reported on Jan 23 that Amazon intended to lay off thousands of corporate employees.
- Colleen Aubrey signed the internal email, writing `Changes like this are hard on everyone,` and the notice referenced Amazon HR boss Beth Galetti's post about `impacted colleagues in our organization`.
- Slack channels showed the scheduled Jan 28 meeting was cancelled, and Amazon did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the premature notice.
- Reported scope spans multiple divisions and countries, with Amazon Web Services and Amazon's retail division among those affected and impacted employees listed in the United States, Canada and Costa Rica.
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