Amazon CEO Criticizes Manager Fiefdoms and Stresses the Need For 'Meritocracy' (businessinsider.com)
(Saturday March 22, 2025 @06:34PM (msmash)
from the serenity-now dept.)
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy is pushing to [1]cut bureaucracy by reducing management layers , according to a recording of a recent internal all-hands meeting obtained by Business Insider. Amazon plans to increase the ratio of individual contributors to managers by 15% by March-end, a process the company says is now complete and affected a "relatively small subset of employees."
"The way to get ahead at Amazon is not to go accumulate a giant team and fiefdom," Jassy told employees, stressing that successful leaders "get the most done with the least amount of resources." Jassy has established a "No Bureaucracy" email alias that has received over a thousand suggestions, leading to more than 375 changes aimed at speeding operations. "It's a meritocracy," Jassy said, urging employees to "move fast and act like owners."
[1] https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-ceo-andy-jassy-manager-fiefdoms-2025-3
"The way to get ahead at Amazon is not to go accumulate a giant team and fiefdom," Jassy told employees, stressing that successful leaders "get the most done with the least amount of resources." Jassy has established a "No Bureaucracy" email alias that has received over a thousand suggestions, leading to more than 375 changes aimed at speeding operations. "It's a meritocracy," Jassy said, urging employees to "move fast and act like owners."
[1] https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-ceo-andy-jassy-manager-fiefdoms-2025-3