Hi Pashmina_Silk1,

"Amazon has told workers of a fresh round of global job cuts in an email that appears to have been sent in error.

Workers at Amazon Web Services (AWS) received a meeting invitation from a top executive on Tuesday for the following day – subsequently cancelled – that also contained a draft email.

The message erroneously said the affected employees in the US, Canada and Costa Rica had already been told they had lost their jobs.

It was signed by Colleen Aubrey, a senior vice-president of applied AI solutions at the company’s cloud computing arm AWS, while the layoffs were referred to in the email as “Project Dawn”.

“Changes like this are h*rd on everyone,” Aubrey wrote in the email, which was seen by multiple news outlets including Reuters and Bloomberg. “These decisions are difficult and are made thoughtfully as we position our organisation and AWS for future success.”

The email referred to a separate message from Amazon’s human resources boss, which did not appear to have been sent.

Amazon had announced in October it was cutting 14,000 corporate roles. In recent days, several media outlets had reported that the Seattle-based online retail multinational was planning a second round of layoffs, but this has not been confirmed by the company.

Amazon has been trying to reverse a pandemic hiring spree in an effort to cut costs and slim down its huge operation, which employs about 1.5 million people worldwide. Its cloud computing and stores units were reported to be the divisions that would be hit in the latest round of layoffs.

Amazon’s chief executive, Andy Jassy, has previously warned white-collar workers at the company that their jobs could be taken by AI in the next few years.

Amazon did not immediately respond to a request for comment."

All Best

Brian

PS Apparently the phrase "h*rd on" is Inappropriate Language

Hi DigitelTechnologyLtd,

"SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Amazon (AMZN.O), opens new tab is planning a second round of job cuts next week as part of its broader goal of trimming some 30,000 corporate workers, according to two people familiar with the matter.

The company in October cut some 14,000 white-collar jobs, about half of the 30,000 target first reported by Reuters. The total this time is expected to be roughly the same as last year and could begin as soon as Tuesday, the people said, who asked not to be identified because they were not authorized to discuss Amazon’s plans."

All Best

Brian

PS "Amazon has told workers of a fresh round of global job cuts in an email that appears to have been sent in error.

Workers at Amazon Web Services (AWS) received a meeting invitation from a top executive on Tuesday for the following day – subsequently cancelled – that also contained a draft email.

The message erroneously said the affected employees in the US, Canada and Costa Rica had already been told they had lost their jobs.

It was signed by Colleen Aubrey, a senior vice-president of applied AI solutions at the company’s cloud computing arm AWS, while the layoffs were referred to in the email as “Project Dawn”.

“Changes like this are h*rd on everyone,” Aubrey wrote in the email, which was seen by multiple news outlets including Reuters and Bloomberg. “These decisions are difficult and are made thoughtfully as we position our organisation and AWS for future success.”

The email referred to a separate message from Amazon’s human resources boss, which did not appear to have been sent.

Amazon had announced in October it was cutting 14,000 corporate roles. In recent days, several media outlets had reported that the Seattle-based online retail multinational was planning a second round of layoffs, but this has not been confirmed by the company.

Amazon has been trying to reverse a pandemic hiring spree in an effort to cut costs and slim down its huge operation, which employs about 1.5 million people worldwide. Its cloud computing and stores units were reported to be the divisions that would be hit in the latest round of layoffs.

Amazon’s chief executive, Andy Jassy, has previously warned white-collar workers at the company that their jobs could be taken by AI in the next few years.

Amazon did not immediately respond to a request for comment."

All Best

Brian

PS Apparently the phrase "h*rd on" is Inappropriate Language