An Amazon grocery executive says the company’s internal bureaucracy is “ridiculous” and that the retail giant is working to reduce it.
At an internal meeting last week for Amazon’s grocery team, an employee asked how the company planned to speed up decision-making due to the “multiple levels” needed for approval. The meeting leaked on Wednesday when Business Insider obtained a recording of it.
Amazon’s Vice President of Worldwide Grocery and Whole Foods CEO, Jason Buechel, responded to the employee’s concern by characterizing internal bureaucracy as “ridiculous” and saying that Amazon is trying to speed up processes in several areas, like spending approvals. According to Buechel, bureaucracy slows down Amazon’s grocery business