Shulou(Shulou.com)11/24 Report--

On the morning of October 14, Beijing time, it was reported that two Amazon executives, both of whom were heads of the company's hardware department, had retired.

Amazon confirmed that Greg Zell, president of its hardware research and development group, or Lab126, had retired. Zell has been praised by the industry for inventing the highly successful Kindle e-reader.

In addition, Tom Taylor (Tom Taylor), an elite S-Team member of Andy Andy Jassy, senior vice president and chief executive of the company's Alexa division, is also retiring. Both Taylor and Zell have worked for the company for more than a decade.

"We have succession plans for all our businesses, and both positions have been filled by internal management some time ago," an Amazon spokesman said in a statement. "

Amazon is facing challenges ranging from soaring inflation to slowing sales. Amazon's head of workplace health and safety, Heather McDowell (Heather MacDougall), left the company in September. In July, Jay Carney, the head of public policy, left to join Airbnb. In August, Dave Clark, a veteran who worked at Amazon for 23 years, also resigned as retail director. Dave Pozman (Dave Bozeman), head of operations, and Alicia Boler-Davis, senior vice president of global customer performance, also announced their departure in June this year.

Amazon says it still maintains a high executive retention rate. The average tenure of a vice president is about 10 years, while that of a senior vice president is longer, a spokesman said.

While executives are leaving, Mr. Jassi is also reining in the company's spending. The company has already frozen hiring for retail jobs and has halted projects in recent months, including Care telemedicine and Glow video call projectors.

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