Meetings at Amazon begin with 30 minutes of silence: Bezos
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has revealed that the company's meetings begin with about 30 minutes of silence. Bezos said PowerPoint presentations are banned at Amazon, instead employees put together "six-page memos" and read them while sitting in silence. Bezos added new executives get a cultural shock at their first meeting as "this is the weirdest meeting culture you ever encounter".