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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy hates bureaucracy so much he's planning to increase the ratio of employees to managers

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy (Credit: Getty Images—Michael M. Santiago)

In an effort to stymie bureaucracy at Amazon, CEO Andy Jassy in mid-September announced a plan to increase the ratio of individual contributors to managers by at least 15% by the end of the first quarter of 2025, according to an internal memo obtained by Business Insider. 

This largely has to do with Amazon’s disdain for inefficiency and having too many stakeholders involved in decision-making. 

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