At Zappos, 210 employees decide to leave rather than work with ‘no bosses’

In March, Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh issued an ultimatum of sorts to his employees. If they didn’t feel like they could get behind the company’s radical new management system–in which there are no traditional managers or job titles–he would give them until April 30 to decide whether they wanted to leave in exchange for at least three months’ severance. The company said it was offering the option to eligible employees in order to expedite the new system’s adoption.

Now that the deadline has passed, it turns out that 210 employees, or about 14 percent of the online retailer’s 1,500 workers, have taken Hsieh up on it. Zappos confirmed the number with The Washington Post, though declined to specify how that number breaks down among their sales representatives and executives.

By Jena McGregor

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