Amazon sent an internal email to cloud employees on Tuesday, January 27, that appeared to acknowledge an upcoming “organisational changes” before the message
was later pulled.
The note surfaced as the company is expected to announce widespread corporate layoffs this week with its cloud computing and retail units among those likely to be affected.
CNBC reviewed the email sent by Colleen Aubrey, senior vice president of applied AI solutions at Amazon Web Services that said the decision to lay off are made keeping future success of AWS in mind.
“These decisions are difficult and are made thoughtfully as we position our organization and AWS for future success,” she wrote. “Changes like this are hard on everyone”.
The content of the email reportedly also indicated that those that will be affected by layoffs were notified. It also referenced Amazon’s HR boss Beth Galetti and said the company notified “impacted colleagues in our organization.” The message also mentioned “Project Dawn,” though it is unclear what project or initiative that refers to.
