"The invitation had the subject line "Send Project Dawn email" and was written by Colleen Aubrey, senior vice president of AWS Solutions, although it appears to have been sent by an assistant. The invitation was for a calendar event at 5 a.m. Pacific time on Wednesday, but it was canceled shortly after it was sent. Some employees noticed it and shared the information with Business Insider."
""This is a continuation of the work we've been doing for more than a year to strengthen the company by reducing layers, increasing ownership, and removing bureaucracy, so that we can move faster for customers," the accompanying message read. "The notifications to impacted colleagues in our organization who are based in the US, Canada, and Costa Rica have now been completed.""
A calendar invitation referenced impending job cuts and an initiative called Project Dawn aimed at improving efficiency. The invite was attributed to Colleen Aubrey of AWS Solutions and was scheduled for 5 a.m. Pacific before being canceled. An accompanying message described the changes as a continuation of year-long efforts to reduce layers, increase ownership, and remove bureaucracy, and said notifications to impacted colleagues in the US, Canada, and Costa Rica were completed. Amazon plans thousands of corporate reductions in coming days, marking a second large round of layoffs following cuts in October.
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