Amazon's Layoff Blunder: Premature Email Alerts AWS Employees to Job Cuts

• Amazon accidentally sent an email to AWS employees prematurely, alerting them to upcoming layoffs planned for Wednesday.
• The email, signed by Colleen Aubrey, Senior VP of Applied AI Solutions at AWS, incorrectly stated that affected employees in the U.S., Canada, and Costa Rica had already been informed.
• The company had not yet officially confirmed the layoff plan, referred to internally as "Project Dawn," nor informed the impacted employees.
• The errant email led to the almost immediate cancellation of a team-wide meeting scheduled for Wednesday.
• This incident follows previous layoffs in October and recent cuts in Amazon Fresh and Go divisions, with more job reductions anticipated.

Why It Matters: Amazon mistakenly notified AWS employees about impending layoffs through an early, misfired internal email.