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OPINION: Amazon CEO risks striking a wrong note in bold memo on workplace culture, WFH

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Julie DiMauro

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Andy Jassy’s note to staff about a couple changes he’s making at Amazon “to further strengthen our culture and teams” raises questions.

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has said in a message to staff that he was worried the company he has presided over since 2021 was seeing its corporate culture diluted by too many bureaucratic layers. And by flexible work.

The last part of his message is getting a lot of media attention,

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