Amazon exec says it’s time for workers to ‘disagree and commit’ to office return — “I don’t have data to back it up, but I know it’s better.”::“We’re here, we’re back. It’s working,” an Amazon Studios head said in a meeting, before acknowledging a lack of evidence.
How do statements like that not spook investors? You’re telling me that leadership in the world’s largest internet hosting service are making decisions without collecting relevant data first, or worse, wilfully ignoring the data available that doesn’t support their preference? That is not a good sign for the future growth of AWS.
One of Amazon’s core values is being data driven. If you want to change something, you colllect data about it first. It was one of employees large counterpoints to RTO at the org, the lack of data.
This is the exec admitting they aren’t following the Amazon process, but are making people do it anyway.
“Disagree and commit” is a line that’s used in Hardspace Shipbreaker by a terrible middle manager who’s bullying his crew. It’s so obviously framed in the game as just some bullshit to say shut up without using mean sounding words. I should have expected it came from the real world but it was so weird to see it crop up in a news article lol.
The investors are also invested in commercial real estate, so it’s a win/win .
I think this stuff entices investors more than anything