Amazon’s Bureaucracy Revolution: Jassy’s Efficiency Drive Gains Momentum

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy’s internal campaign to eliminate corporate inefficiency is delivering measurable results. Speaking at the company’s annual seller conference, Jassy revealed that his dedicated “bureaucracy hotline” has already processed 1,500 employee submissions and implemented 455 process improvements. This initiative represents a strategic effort to maintain startup-like agility despite Amazon’s massive scale as a corporate giant.

The program, launched in 2024, empowers Amazon’s global workforce to directly report cumbersome procedures and unnecessary regulations to senior leadership. Approximately 500 process optimizations have been successfully implemented to date—a significant achievement for an organization employing 1.5 million people worldwide.

Beyond the feedback system, Amazon has streamlined its management framework through several structural changes. The company increased the ratio of direct reports per... Read more...