AmazonCultural Value
How Employees Talk About Culture at Amazon
Culture at Amazon
According to 24,404 Amazon employees, the most frequently discussed Big 9 cultural value is execution, and the most positively discussed value is innovation.
Values in Action at Amazon
On the leadership principles section of its company website, Amazon says that it values agility, customer orientation, execution, innovation, performance and respect. The question is, does the company demonstrate these values day to day? According to the analysis done by CultureX:
Agility. Amazon is in the 97th percentile across the Culture 500 sample and is 1.0 standard deviation above its industry average (internet).
Customer. Amazon is in the 91st percentile across the Culture 500 sample and is 1.7 standard deviations above its industry average.
Execution. Amazon is in the 98th percentile across the Culture 500 sample and is 0.8 standard deviation above its industry average.
Innovation. Amazon is in the 99th percentile across the Culture 500 sample and is 1.8 standard deviations above its industry average.
Performance. Amazon is in the 73rd percentile across the Culture 500 sample and is 0.1 standard deviation above its industry average.
Respect. Amazon is in the 36th percentile across the Culture 500 sample and is 0.8 standard deviation below its industry average.
Amazon walks the talk when it comes to agility, customer orientation, execution, and innovation.