It is nice to know that Jeff
Bezos, the chief executive of Amazon, has swiftly sought to reject claims that
the company he founded is a "bruising workplace”. He has written an Email to
the employees, pacifying them and even rebutting the New York Times article
which rudely describes Amazon as inhuman place to work. I have been dealing
with media for the last 25 years and can understand his anguish when such
reports get published. At times, I too feel in democratic countries such as USA
and India some writers or journalists tend to be highly irresponsible. In
India, they can get away easily simply because companies and individuals find
it difficult go through the legal system which takes its own time. It takes
years to get the judgement in cases such as defamation, slander or contempt of
court. But I believe, the US legal system is robust and Amazon has an option to
evaluate legal course of action if it really feels hurt. It is up to Jeff Bezos
on how to take it further or call it off with his letter to employees.
It is my feeling that the
big companies such as Amazon which provide fantastic careers to people across
the world must be much better place than the one described in the article. I
can’t directly comment on the article which describes the Amazon “I don’t know
from inside” and say that everything written is wrong. However, I appreciate the gesture of
encouraging the employees to read and share their feeling directly with the
Chief Executive.
Nice way to go Jeff!
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