Amazon authorized “a handful of senior managers” to talk with the Times reporters for the article, but declined to make Bezos or other top leaders available for interviews, according to the story.īut the reporting clearly has Bezos’ attention now. Faced with criticism throughout its history - whether dealing with book publishers or diversity issues - Amazon’s approach has been to stay quiet. It is rare for Bezos to respond so directly to a news report. I strongly believe that anyone working in a company that really is like the one described in the NYT would be crazy to stay. Hopefully, you’re having fun working with a bunch of brilliant teammates, helping invent the future, and laughing along the way.” I know I would leave such a company.”Īnd he concludes, “But hopefully, you don’t recognize the company described. He adds later, “I strongly believe that anyone working in a company that really is like the one described in the NYT would be crazy to stay. You can also email me directly at Even if it’s rare or isolated, our tolerance for any such lack of empathy needs to be zero.” “But if you know of any stories like those reported, I want you to escalate to HR. “The article doesn’t describe the Amazon I know or the caring Amazonians I work with every day,” Bezos writes. In the memo, Bezos encourages Amazon employees to read the report, and requests that anyone seeing the type of abusive culture described in the piece should report it immediately to human resources or directly to him. RELATED STORY: Amazon employees on ‘ludicrously comical’ NYT story: ‘Some people don’t belong here, maybe’ In a memo to employees this weekend, obtained by GeekWire, Bezos says he doesn’t recognize the company described in the article. The cruel and back-stabbing environment described by The New York Times in a report this weekend on the workplace culture at has struck a nerve with Jeff Bezos. Jeff Bezos responded to a piece in the NYT, asking employees to report issues that they see at the company.
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