The tech world was rattled on Wednesday, January 28, 2026, as Amazon officially announced the elimination of 16,000 corporate roles. The Anatomy of a Corporate BlunderThe chaos began late Tuesday evening when a calendar invitation titled “Send Project Dawn email” was accidentally distributed across a broad segment of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) workforce. This invitation contained a draft of a message signed by Colleen Aubrey, the Senior Vice President of Applied AI Solutions. In less than half a year, Amazon has shed 30,000 corporate employees, which represents roughly 10% of its white-collar workforce. The impact of Project Dawn is sweeping, touching nearly every corner of the Amazon empire.