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Saturday, March 22, 2025

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy really wants to reduce management layers. During a recent internal all-hands meeting, Jassy reiterated his commitment to de-layering, a move he thinks will cut bureaucracy. Amazon previously announced a plan to increase the ratio of individual contributors to managers by 15% by the end of March.

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... At the Tuesday meeting, the CEO said Amazon is actively changing how it thinks about promotions. He stressed the best leaders are those who "get the most done with the least amount of resources required to do the job," according to a recording of the meeting obtained by Business Insider.

Jassy added that "every new project shouldn't take 50 or more people to do it," and reminded employees that some of AWS's most successful products initially started with teams of about a dozen.

"The way to get ahead at Amazon is not to go accumulate a giant team and fiefdom," Jassy said. "There's no award for having a big team. We want to be scrappy about us to do a lot more things." ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-03-22 12:05 AM | Reply

In essence, I do not disagree.

Amazon, in the past, has had the ability to just thrown moeny at new projects because, well, it was Amazon.


But, going forward, can Amazon rely upon that fountain of money?


#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-03-22 12:07 AM | Reply

OK, this one is from back in the day when prog rock was a thing. Long (timewise) songs that told a story, usually a good story.

That said ...

Triumvirat - Illusions On A Double Dimple (1973) (24 minutes)
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Lyrics excerpt ...

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...
[Verse]
A song for all who've tried and lost
A sad and bitter tale
You can't succeed your whole life long
But some folks always fail
So we all know we have to die
The thought is full of pain
You make the grave your last farewell
Your life has been in vain

[II. Schooldays 00:57-04:19]

[Instrumental Intro 0:57 - 2:24]

[Verse 1]
So sorry, teacher
But I don't know the things you made me learn for today
We've got ten kids at home, have little room
Although my daddy's gone away
This is the last time you will have had the chance
Don't you believe that I'm your fool, keep it cool

[Verse 2]
There's a lot of work outside
Please take your books I'd like to see you leave that school
Where is the open hand
That guides me into a land with a friendly sky, oh, so wide?
...


Yeah, those lyrics don't seem to make sense.

But take a step back and look at them again when you have some time to ponder ...


#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-03-22 12:14 AM | Reply

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