Report Reveals Amazon’s Punishing Workplace Culture

“We see that it’s not just an Amazon issue, it’s a tech issue”, he said. These are people who for the most part do have options and alternatives, and many of them choose to leave. One of the most shocking aspects of the story is how employees send secret feedback to each other’s bosses in a system that operates like a brutal game of Survivor in which alliances are formed to tear down certain workers.

A woman suffering from breast cancer was also put on the plan, as she was told “difficulties” in her “personal life” were interfering with her work. Nakao said he’s been in the industry for 15 years and has worked for large companies like whitepages.com. That’s not to say they all kept quiet.

CBS News checked on that, and it’s true, 80 percent of U.S. companies do not have a paid leave policy.

That’s not what you get when you walk into Amazon’s offices. An emergency room doctor who treated some of the warehouse’s workers reported Amazon for unsafe work conditions.

I’m willing to believe that Musk doesn’t remember sending the e-mail, and that Bezos has a picture of his company that’s different from the one the Times reporters pieced together by talking to former and current employees. It seems anti-Amazon activists in Seattle prefer simply, “sociopaths”. In San Francisco, 23 employees gave the firm 3.1.

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“Somehow seeing the story in the Times made me feel better-because it’s like you think you’re insane for not loving this supposedly awesome company-and then you read about all of these other people who went through what you did and it’s like, yeah, OK, I didn’t dream it all”. Such attitudes are forged by practices such as the organisation level review, which was described as a “semi-open tournament” akin to a court case in which managers debate their staff’s performance, with the worst losing their jobs in a process known as “rank and yank”. “Whatever you choose to do, you can expect more employees to start expressing opinions and emotions about your company-not less”. “It’s a disgusting feeling”. But many actually thrive in Amazon’s tough environment, and don’t perceive it as unpleasant.

They have said this from the very beginning.

Amazon itself says that staff are held to “unreasonably high” standards. “And we’re vocal about our employee happiness”. What an Amhole! But clearly Ciubotariu, the head of infrastructure development for the company’s “search experience”, has had a rewarding 18 months at Amazon.

Bezos in a fight back has already stated that he does not recognize the company being described in New York Times Report. Warehouse employees still have to sign detailed noncompete agreements that potentially limit their ability to work at retail outlets selling similar goods to Amazon.

Amazon has faced complaints in the UK for using zero-hour contracts and tagging staff to monitor their performance. The alternative to working in a warehouse is, quite possibly, unemployment. There have also been claims that staff are given a job for 12 weeks then sacked, only to be re-employed, to avoid getting the same rights as full-time workers.