"What are we doing to preserve Amazon's unique culture and principles within Prime Air while building out our org with established industry leaders?"ĭavid Carbon, the vice president of Prime Air and a former Boeing executive who replaced the team's founding vice president, Gur Kimchi, in 2020, said the use of the word "expats" was "ridiculous," likening it to refusing to hire people from Microsoft when you need software experts. "One peer remarked that in the last year all four of the individuals in his leadership chain have been replaced by Boeing expats," the inquiry said, referring to the multiple executives who joined Amazon from Boeing in the past year.
The question that received the most upvotes pointed to a cultural clash between the new executives and existing company structure, according to a transcript of the meeting obtained by Insider. They also brought up the division's high turnover rate, which was 20% in 2020, Insider has learned. These questions zeroed in on these contentious issues, including those between longtime employees and new hires from the aerospace industry, who the former accuse of moving too slowly. These tensions came to a head at an all-hands meeting in March, where Prime Air's leadership had to answer questions that employees submitted and voted on. Leaders also had to address questions over lack of transparency, high turnover, and launch delays.Īmazon's Prime Air drone-delivery team continues to experience growing pains as internal conflict, high turnover, and launch delays threaten one of Amazon's loftiest projects to deliver packages via unmanned aerial vehicles.At an all-hands in March, some employees expressed frustration over newly hired Boeing execs.Amazon's Prime Air team continues to have growing pains as longtime employees war with new hires.Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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