Amazon will be getting leaner by increasing the IC-to-Manager ratio by at least 15%. Managers with less than 7 reports are in jeopardy. Thousands of Manager to be laid off. With 5-day RTO, even less Managers. Desperate measure for expense control.
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Clearly people don’t understand how Amazon does this “lean organisation” stuff.
This is not a new thing. They did this once in 2017-2018.
It doesn’t mean they are firing managers - it simply means fewer people will be managers in the system. They do that by - a) promoting fewer people to a manager level. Level might go up through promo but you will remain an IC, b) anyone with less than X number of direct reports becomes an IC. That person and his/her direct reports start reporting to the person’s manager. Back in 2017, this number was 6. Only Amazonians will know what threshold they will pick now to meet the goal that Jassy mentioned.
Stock value deflation was expected 5 years ago. Covid kept it elevated for a few more years.
For these past few years when I'm not feeling well I'll just stay home and work, helps for recovery, I can stay on top of my work, and not spread anything around the office. So now I will just be taking several more sick days instead? Or have to come in at some point and get the office sick? I don't know...5 days a week sitting at the office and long commute time just to be on virtual meetings anyways after everything this world has been through the past 5 years feels just wrong. We literally outperformed and delivered exceedingly well with remote work, that's what the data says, not these BS anecdotes from Jassy.
Not only that. Imagine eating unhealthy takeout meals 5 days/week. And having more COVID infections. And more pollution. And fighting/waiting for bathrooms. Daycare expenses.. Less privacy ... you get the idea! Jassy's little fantasy to return to pre-COVID times, post-COVID, while COVID is actually still here and spreading!
I feel bad for SDE's, which are arguably Amazon's most important (but worst treated) resource. Imagine being on-call at 3AM for a few nights AND having to RTO 5-days a week AND work on weekends. You'll literally be burned out before your two-hour commute begins and possibly injure someone due to sleep deprivation. Is Amazon adding bunk beds to their offices too? Down with that Jassy tyrant!