[srt146]

I wouldn't read into it too much. Amazon has adopted every stupid management fad and religion under the sun from six sigma to kaizen to lean to 5s to agile, etc. The idea being that if you are an expert on something totally made up you must deserve that big fat raise and promotion. I feel sorry for all the people who are going to have to go through Bezos method decision making training (black belt omega critical OT level VIII version).

[huac]

Amazon has a history of hiring MBA's - they hired a ton from HBS before the crash - when other tech companies didn't. Maybe it's Bezo's Wall Street background.