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Amazon is so decentralized that the anti-patterns you list are probably only under your VP. If anything I think the company is taking action to trim bloated org
by beastcoast 9y ago
Amazon is so decentralized that the anti-patterns you list are probably only under your VP. If anything I think the company is taking action to trim bloated orgs. For example there are internal efforts to prune middle management issues.
(For those that don’t know, Amazon has only one middle manager level (L7); L6 is a frontline manager and L8 is a director. The anti-pattern is when you have L6 reporting to L6, L7 reporting to L7, L8 reporting to L8, L10 reporting to L10...)
- throwawayamzn52 9y agoHaving been within three separate orgs within AMZN within the last three years, it's hard to believe this is a problem specific to individual orgs. Too much growth too fast.
- perseusprime11 9y agoDon't you read Bezos's letters? It is still Day 1...
- amzltway 9y agoThis issue is definitely not isolated at Amazon. It isn't even a regional problem. The same issues exist in offices at Lab126, UK, NYC. It's not a retail problem either.. Go on Blind(the 'anonymous' corp talk app) and you will quickly realize it's a common theme across the entire company.
- throwawayamzn88 9y ago> Amazon is so decentralized that the anti-patterns you list are probably only under your VP. One would think so, yet friends in other orgs tell me stories that make me feel the rot has reached the top. Or, those at the top who are't rotted are too far away from anyone doing anything. Jeff Bezos may believe in the Leadership Principles but that doesn't matter if he's 8 levels of management away from the people actually doing anything, and none of those 7 levels in between give a shit about anything other than hitting their numbers.