Amazon Is Cutting Out The Middle Manager. Here's Why You Shouldn't
CIO, Tuesday, October 8th, 2024
Reorgs are a popular tool for getting your organization where you want, but successful organizational change doesn't start by redrawing the org chart.
Amazon made headlines a few weeks ago with its announced reorganization. According to CEO Andy Jassy, a massive reorganization is what's needed to remove layers, flatten organizations, increase teammates' ability to move fast, and create an employee utopia by getting rid of lots and lots of non-value-adding managers.
I'm not optimistic.
And I don't think you should be either if you're thinking of approaching your organizational issues the same way.