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Amazon says Hybrid collaboration is too hard…Dude 🧐 You had a costume delivered to my door within hours of ordering. I have full confidence that you can train your teams to collaborate in today's remote friendly work environment. Instead Amazon ordered Butts in Seats. 😐 5… 🤢 Days… 🤮 A Week… The CEO denies that the 5 day RTO mandate is a backdoor Layoff. They say 9 out of 10 Amazonians support the change. Professional skepticism is a job requirement for Accountants… 🧐 Are YOU skeptical? #Accounting #Finance #AccountingandAccountants —------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 👉Be a Leader of collaboration at MikeFromAccounting👈

Andy Jassy, CEO of Amazon, just dropped a bombshell announcement to employees: 1. 15% reduction in manager headcount by Q1 2025 2. Full return to office (5 days/week) starting January 2, 2025 My Thoughts: Amazon seems to be recognizing the bloat in management layers and is taking decisive action. As an Engineering Leader for the past 7 years, I understand the pitfalls of excessive bureaucracy. In my view, a Tech Manager should dedicate 30-40% of their time to coding, with the remainder focused on architecture and team leadership. While I personally prefer face-to-face interactions in the office, I also recognize the need for flexibility. It'll be interesting to see how Amazon implements this policy and manages the inevitable pushback. What are your thoughts on these changes? How do you think they'll impact Amazon's culture and productivity? Link in comments

Quintessential #Amazon: “We’ve always sought to hire very smart, high judgment, inventive, delivery-focused, and missionary teammates. And, we have always wanted the people doing the actual detailed work to have high ownership. As we have grown our teams as quickly and substantially as we have the last many years, we have understandably added a lot of managers. In that process, we have also added more layers than we had before. It’s created artifacts that we’d like to change (e.g., pre-meetings for the pre-meetings for the decision meetings, a longer line of managers feeling like they need to review a topic before it moves forward, owners of initiatives feeling less like they should make recommendations because the decision will be made elsewhere, etc.). Most decisions we make are two-way doors, and as such, we want more of our teammates feeling like they can move fast without unnecessary processes, meetings, mechanisms, and layers that create overhead and waste valuable time.” https://lnkd.in/gZhsiqwn

I don't typically use social media to share my personal thoughts, but the recent changes announced by our CEO Andy Jassy have inspired me to make an exception. As a 7-year veteran Amazonian, I've had a front-row seat to witness our company's evolution through both prosperous and challenging times. When I first joined, I was deeply inspired by the day-one startup mentality, customer-obsessed DNA, and relentless hunger to invent that defined our culture. That pioneering spirit has always been a driving force for me. Through the COVID-19 pandemic, I saw our entire organization rise to the occasion and do whatever it took to support our customers. At the same time, the rapid growth we've experienced has also introduced new complexities that, in my view, have started to pull us away from those core cultural principles. The influx of new hires and need to scale quickly have brought more bureaucracy and processes into how we work. In the past, the reduced bureaucracy and flatter structure allowed our teams to be much more nimble and responsive to customers. We could make quicker decisions, collaborate effectively, and come together for regular team building events. This fostered a strong sense of community and innovative spirit that has unfortunately faded over time. I acknowledge the return to office (RTO) directive is a sensitive topic requiring adjustments. Personally, the 15-minute commute has been convenient, but I recognize this won't be the case for everyone. Now as a leader, I'm encouraged and delighted to see Jassy take decisive action to strengthen our culture and empower teams. His view resonates - "Having the right culture is something I don't take for granted. We're here to make a difference for customers, invent, and solve their problems quickly." I'm optimistic these changes will help us achieve this while revitalizing our agility. Ultimately, as Amazon leaders, we must keep the company progressing. While change isn't easy, I believe these adjustments are necessary. I'm excited to see these initiatives unfold and be part of writing the next chapter. “These are my personal thoughts and opinions, and do not necessarily reflect those of my management, organization or Amazon as a whole.” Sandeep KumarTodd SandersTodd PawlowskiDerek IngallsManoj MathewAndres A. ElenesAdam HodsonCraig BradneyJulia PefanisTom KegerreisKsenia B.Saravanan ElangoAsh ErrappaHimanshu AroraTony SoongAmazonAmazon Web Services (AWS)Rianne Van VeldhuizenJanet MenziesIain Rouse https://lnkd.in/gP94PMXe

Organizational experts say Amazon is a leading indicator of a new era of flattening in corporate structure, and its slashing of manager roles isn't just about cost-cutting, but a glimpse into the future of work. https://lnkd.in/emqZkr8T

https://lnkd.in/gxpKJ6rP “Organizational experts say Amazon is a leading indicator of a new era of flattening in corporate structure, and its slashing of manager roles isn’t just about cost-cutting, but a glimpse into the future of work”. #HumanResources #Orgchart #Orgstructure #Corporate #CorporateStructure #Amazon #costcutting #manager #management #middlemanager #America #market #NorthAmerica #futureofwork

Organizational experts say Amazon is a leading indicator of a new era of flattening in corporate structure, and its slashing of manager roles isn't just about cost-cutting, but a glimpse into the future of work. https://lnkd.in/eR9CdSAZ

"Organizational experts say Amazon is a leading indicator of a new era of flattening in corporate structure, and its slashing of manager roles isn't just about cost-cutting, but a glimpse into the future of work." https://lnkd.in/gTnvnMpg

I read the message from Amazon CEO, Andy Jassy, to his employees about their pending full time return to office. Here’s my take: “...continuing to make progress on our cost structure and operating margins...” – we have overspent and we are cutting costs. “The number of people we’ve hired the last 6-8 years... it’s pretty unusual...” – we have over hired. “...increase the ratio of individual contributors to managers by at least 15% by the end of Q1 2025. Having fewer managers...” – we could do with letting some people go. “...we’ve decided that we’re going to return to being in the office...” – feel free to leave if you don’t like that. Andy is clear in his message that he wants the company to be “scrappy”, “frugal” and less bureaucratic, although it’s a bit hard to position yourself as the scrappy-underdog-start-up when you did $500bn in revenue last year. It’s a shame, people will leave. But in the short term that could be what he wants for the business. Amazon will always have people queuing up to work for them. Because they are Amazon...