- Andy Jassy said that Amazon’s middle managers want to “put their fingerprint on everything” but haven't been always making the right recommendations. So he’s flattening the hierarchy and giving more power to individual contributors—while calling employees back to work.
Layoffs are sweeping corporate America, and many middle managers are trying to keep their heads above water juggling new responsibilities. It’s slowing internal processes down and stretching supervisors thin. So Amazon’s Andy Jassy is putting more power in the hands of employees doing the work, instead of those with sign-off powers.
