Andy Jassy

Andy Jassy took years to try out different jobs before he found his way to Amazon at 29. Now, the tech giant CEO has shared what he learned in the last three decades about shaping his career.

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy reveals why he is cutting off middle managers while enforcing RTO

Last September, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy declared he wanted to 'increase the ratio of individual contributors to managers by at least 15 percent by the end of Q1 2025.' The $2.3 trillion tech giant has already beat the marker.

Amazon, echoing Microsoft, says can’t keep up with AI demand

CEO Jassy said the supply of chips — from third parties and Amazon’s own chip design unit — and power capacity are limiting the ability of Amazon Web Services to bring new data centers online.

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy denies full in-office mandate is 'backdoor layoff'

Amazon said in response at the time that it is providing commuter benefits and subsidized parking rates, among other things, to help with its return-to-office policy

73% of Amazon employees are thinking of quitting after 5-day return-to-office mandate: Survey

Ninety one percent of the employees said that they were 'overwhelmingly dissatisfied' with the tech giant's return-to-office mandate. 'My morale for this job is gone,' a verified Amazon employee wrote on Blind.

'Never imagined I’d be at the company for 27 years': Amazon CEO Andy Jassy

'My plan (which my wife and I agreed to on a bar napkin in 1997) was to be here a few years and move back to NYC,' Amazon head Andy Jassy wrote in his memo on Monday.

Amazon employees slam CEO Andy Jassy's return to office mandate: 'It's just going backwards'

Amazon employees also commented on CEO Andy Jassy's leadership skills. 'It's day 1169,' the publication quoted an employee writing on Monday, referring to the number of days since Jassy became CEO on July 5, 2021. It refers to founder Jeff Bezos's philosophy that it's 'always Day 1 at Amazon,' meaning the company should always be 'curious, nimble, and experimental'.

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy ends WFH for employees from January 2, X erupts in memes

In his memo, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said working from office would help employees 'invent, collaborate, and be connected enough to each other'. While a number of business owners seemed to welcome the move, working professionals appeared to think otherwise.

Amazon orders employees to work from office 5 days a week, internet calls it 'stealth layoff'

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy's announcement has been called a 'stealth layoff' by many on social media because it is likely to push employees who want to prioritise a better work-life balance into finding new jobs.

Amazon invests Rs 830 crore in India entity

Amazon’s investment in India unit comes weeks after Walmart, the US-based retailer, infused $600 million into Flipkart, the homegrown rival

Amazon CEO tells remote employees ‘it’s probably not going to work out for you’

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has warned remote workers defying his three-days-in-office mandate that their time with the company may be limited.

CEO Andy Jassy confirms Amazon's $15 billion investment pledge for India

This announcement follows Amazon's cloud computing unit Amazon Web Services (AWS) saying last month it will invest 1.06 trillion rupees ($12.9 billion) in the country by the end of 2030.

Amazon skips India update, warns of slowdown in global cloud business

Amazon has already shut units like Amazon Food in India and also announced that Amazon Academy would be closed down in a phased manner, starting August 2023

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy took a 99% pay cut in 2022

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy took a 99 percent pay cut in 2022, a securities filing by the company revealed on Thursday.

Amazon layoffs: Bengaluru employee disappointed that 'my first job ended so soon'

Amazon layoffs: The former employee said that the people he met during his 9-month stint are now helping him 'through these unfavorable circumstances'.

Amazon CEO’s email to staff on 9,000 job cuts: ‘You will be missed’

Amazon has announced a second round of layoffs in what CEO Andy Jassy called a 'difficult decision' but one that is necessary for the long-term health of the company.

Amazon tells staff to be in office 3 days a week

CEO Andy Jassy's announcement marks a shift from Amazon’s current policy of allowing leaders to determine how their teams worked.

Amazon still grasping for success with supermarkets, CEO Andy Jassy says

The company has paused expansion of its Fresh supermarkets and cashier-less convenience stores until it finds the right recipe for success, Chief Executive Andy Jassy said on Thursday, in a rare appearance on the company's quarterly results call.

‘People crying in office’: Amazon India employee describes scene amid layoffs

An Amazon employee has described grim scenes at the company’s India offices amid widespread job cuts.

Read Amazon CEO's full statement announcing mass layoffs

Amazon plans cut over 18,000 jobs, mostly across Amazon Stores and PXT organisations.

Amazon layoffs expected to mount to 20,000, includes top managers: Report

Twenty thousand employees are the equivalent of about 6 percent of corporate staff, and about 1.3 percent of Amazon's total 1.5 million-strong workforce including global distribution center and hourly workers.

NITES writes to Labour Minister over Amazon layoffs, alleges violation of labour laws

The employees' body has alleged that Amazon employees are being forced to quit voluntarily, and sought an inquiry into the matter.

Will Amazon require remote workers to return to office? What CEO said

Andy Jassy has previously said there is no "one-size-fits all approach" as every team at Amazon has distinct requirements.

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy breaks from the Bezos way

Andy Jassy’s actions in Washington are a sign of a new era taking shape at Amazon.

Amazon executive behind its massive delivery operation to leave after 23 years

Clark joined Amazon in May 1999, a day after graduating from business school. He quickly rose ranks, from an operations manager in Kentucky to running all of Amazon’s retail, logistics and other consumer-facing businesses as of last year.