Amazon revealed fresh global job cuts after an internal email reached workers by mistake.
Staff at Amazon Web Services received a cancelled meeting invite containing a draft layoff notice.
The message wrongly said affected employees in the US, Canada, and Costa Rica had already been informed.
Senior vice-president Colleen Aubrey signed the email and called the layoffs “Project Dawn”.
Amazon cut 14,000 corporate roles in October and continues reducing pandemic-era hiring.
Chief executive Andy Jassy has warned AI could replace some white-collar roles.
The news followed job cut plans at United Parcel Service, which will eliminate up to 30,000 roles.
Amazon Signals New Global Job Cuts After Email Sent in Error
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