Amazon seems to have that prematurely recognized layoffs within AWS after an internal email referencing “organizational changes” and “impacted colleagues” was accidentally sent to cloud employees. CNBC reports: “These types of changes are difficult for everyone,” Colleen Aubrey, senior vice president of applied AI solutions at Amazon Web Services, wrote in an email seen by CNBC. “These decisions are difficult and are being made carefully as we position our organization and AWS for future success.” The note also references a message from Amazon’s HR chief Beth Galetti, saying the company was notifying “impacted colleagues in our organization.” The subject of the email says “Project Dawn,” and the email says it was “cancelled,” possibly indicating that it was subsequently recalled by the sender. It is unclear what Project Dawn refers to.
The job cuts come after Amazon announced in October that it would lay off 14,000 corporate employees. At the time, the company indicated that the cuts would continue into 2026 as it found “additional places where we can remove layers.” Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said the layoffs were aimed at reducing layers of management and bureaucracy within the company. He also predicted last June that efficiency gains from AI would shrink Amazon’s workforce in the coming years.
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