Do you work for Amazon? I am a consultant hired by Fortune 500 companies to help them plan layoffs. You would be surprised how bloated some companies got during the last few years, as hiring shortages caused them to hoard talent. Many of the positions that should be eliminated include excess layers of management. Did you know Amazon has 12 layers of management between an hourly worker & the CEO? That is a lot of "middle management" that don't create value to customers, but instead spend their time in meetings with other middle managers. These administrative and program management roles can actually slow the organization down because the chain of approvals gets too big for decision-making to occur in an efficient manner.

I'm not advocating for layoffs, but I equally disagree with the stance that layoffs are bad. The US government shows how disfunctional things can get when there are too many layers of leadership. My fear with Amazon is they have grown into an organization with too many silos & layers that will prevent them from continuing to innovate effectively. It is apparent to the outside that this is happening, as Amazon hasn't rolled out many new things for customers in recent years except on the AWS front. To fix this, Amazon either needs to split up into separate companies or carefully assess their corporate staffing to ensure the ratio of managers vs productive team members makes sense.