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Re:Bye, Amazon by throw_m239339 on Monday May 04, 2020 @10:28AM (#23068467)
I am glad he said it so that people here can't claim it is not happening.

I'm also glad he is making clear these policies come from the top at Amazon so that people can't claim that Bezos knows nothing about that and isn't involved in any of this.

These are the most important things to me. People with principles are rare these days. And people here can't just spin these stories into something else now.

Re:Bye, Amazon by koheripbal on Monday May 04, 2020 @11:04AM (#23068895)
In his post, he states...

> It’s evidence of a vein of toxicity running through the company culture.

So clearly he's had other issues and encounters with the toxic work culture there.

It really shouldn't be any surprise that people usually have multiple reasons for quitting their job.

Re:Bye, Amazon by joeys7 on Monday May 04, 2020 @01:24PM (#23070776)
He is the only person resigning at Amazon over these firings. I’ve seen other emails sent to the activist email lists over people resigning due to this. But he’s the most high profile.

I have tolerated a lot of evilness from Amazon and justified it as a “different organization”. I work in Amazon Music which isn’t responsible for facial recognition or warehouse abuses.

But seeing them fire whistleblowers... that’s just heartbreaking to watch. Makes me want to quit too. The only reason I haven’t yet is to keep up the activism.

Re:Bye, Amazon by clevergadget on Monday May 04, 2020 @01:30PM (#23070866)
do it keep it up dont quit, he should have made them fire him for his activism rather than walk away. mad respect to him but there are better ways to go.
Re:Bye, Amazon by stronglikedan on Monday May 04, 2020 @12:47PM (#23070305)
> people here can't claim it is not happening

> people can't claim that Bezos knows nothing about that and isn't involved in any of this.

All of this assumes that people will believe Tim. People still can claim those things simply by saying they don't believe him.