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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American internet company Amazon accidentally sent an email to its employees about a new, global round of layoffs. The email—intended for Amazon Web Services employees—stated that employees in the US, Canada, and Costa Rica were being notified of their layoffs, but that turned out to be untrue. Amazon is not commenting at this time.
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