Amazon’s Reduction of Managerial Ranks Increases White-Collar Worries

Amazon’s Reduction of Managerial Ranks Increases White-Collar Worries

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy is stepping up plans to lower the ratio of mid-management executives to lower-level employees.

In recent years, it has been said that becoming a manager has become a "punishment game" in the Japanese business scene. This is no surprise. The work of Japanese managers has increased in both name and reality, and is also changing. It is not just about managing and supervising subordinates...