The 3 things Amazon staff were asked to do
In order to ensure the company’s bright future, Jassy called on employees for their buy-in across a range of subjects—with many of the themes already well-known to staff.
Jassy continued to encourage workers to think of themselves as “owners” of the business, urging them to work closely as a team and keep cost-cutting principles front of mind. He asked them to be “speedy and insurgent” to keep ahead of competition.
Focus is also key, he added, saying a reduction in hiring should free up time “to be more productive.” And lastly, he called for renewed “customer obsession”—a phrase often touted by the company’s leadership team—as he believes the shake-up offers an opportunity to “reprioritize and rethink” what matters to shoppers.
He sought to reassure his remaining employees that their leadership team has a plan: “I know that this is and feels like a really difficult time. For any leadership team and for all of us as a group, we always have to look at what’s going on around us in the macro economy as well as in our businesses.”
Source fortune.com
Did we now suddenly become important for the company's success, considering that all the time the company made it pretty clear that we are all easily replaceable? /sarcasm