Zappos gets rid of all managers

Pretty sure this is all going to amount to BS. Humans like hierarchies and power. When someone realizes they can make themselves more important than others and as such curry favor with &quot;lead links&quot; they won&#x27;t hesitate to do so.<p>Of course, I used to have a former Zappos manager as a boss and found him wanting, so maybe I am just bitter.

This seems like a great pr story. Could someone with relevant experience explain how a story like this is planted in a reputable newspaper like WSJ or NYT? I don&#x27;t quite understand the m.o.

This may work for some aspects of their company, but there are still traditional roles at a company like Zappos that are going to require structure.<p>I can&#x27;t imagine that their order fulfillment chain is going to just let the pickers and packers decide what circle they want to be in today.

No people actually fired =&gt; demagogy.

As a worker at a telcom company with a lot of useless (and worse) managers, I hope this is part of a growing trend...

Kudos!!

What no mention of Valve? from whom they borrowed this concept.