“Each S-team organization will be expected to increase the ratio of individual contributors to managers by at least 15% by the end of the first quarter of 2025, he said.”
Jassy gives corporate staff until Jan. 2 to be in the office five days a week, up from three. The same memo orders 15% more individual contributors per manager and says teams may find roles “no longer required.” Headcount grew just 5% to 1.53 million. The office mandate and the manager cull arrive together, and the people who quit save Amazon the severance.