Amazon's internal principles explicitly demand expressing disagreement until a decision is made. While I'm seven levels below Jeff, in five years at Amazon, I

Amazon's internal principles explicitly demand expressing disagreement until a decision is made. While I'm seven levels below Jeff, in five years at Amazon, I have never seen any hint of people being reluctant to express disagreement with leadership. I have seen people at my level contradict VPs in company forums, and be thanked for it. Unwarranted generalized cynicism does not advance our understanding.