“This can backfire because the market will look at this and say, ‘Well, the fact that you need to come out and say and do these things implies that this market has already lost the confidence of investors.'”

As Amazon pours $200 billion into AI this year, Bezos says the company’s next act will define the next decade.

Around 41% of employees say their companies trimmed management layers last year, according to Korn Ferry.