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Re:Letter to Amazon Board from Fired Ad Exec by chj on Thursday November 13, 2014 @06:50AM (#8601055)
Since no one else asked -- isn't this confidential?
Re:Letter to Amazon Board from Fired Ad Exec by indymike on Thursday November 13, 2014 @07:18AM (#8601130)
Only the people who use the internet can read it.
Re:Letter to Amazon Board from Fired Ad Exec by dontworryboutit on Friday November 14, 2014 @12:56AM (#8605993)
git it, boo! this is the perfect comment to this entire delicious thread. "oh, sorry, but internet just happened. grab your kids and head to the basement; gonna weirder there, too, now that I think about it."
Re:Letter to Amazon Board from Fired Ad Exec by gtirloni on Thursday November 13, 2014 @07:13AM (#8601111)
It's written at the bottom of every page "Confidential". Sorry, didn't get your point.
Re:Letter to Amazon Board from Fired Ad Exec by corin_ on Thursday November 13, 2014 @07:48AM (#8601228)
I think his point is: who released it to the public?
Re:Letter to Amazon Board from Fired Ad Exec by seren on Thursday November 13, 2014 @07:56AM (#8601254)
Since the document is signed by "Kivin Varghese" and it was posted by user "kvargs", it might be a hint the leaker is actually the author.
Re:Letter to Amazon Board from Fired Ad Exec by chj on Thursday November 13, 2014 @08:29AM (#8601369)
If so, isn't he ruining his own career? Who is going to hire him now?
Re:Letter to Amazon Board from Fired Ad Exec by wpietri on Thursday November 13, 2014 @12:14PM (#8602639)
If I were looking for somebody of his background, I definitely would talk to him.

Obviously, a whistleblower like this is dedicated, passionate, and energetic. The question is whether they do this because of real dedication to the customer and good business practices, or whether they're just the sort of person that likes blowing shit up when they find a good excuse.

Some of the top-performing people on my teams have been seen as "difficult". But I don't particularly want to hire obedient people. I want to hire people who will tell me I'm wrong when I'm wrong.

Re:Letter to Amazon Board from Fired Ad Exec by jeremycole on Thursday November 13, 2014 @09:08AM (#8601534)
Well, he wrote it, he marked it confidential, he is free to release it under different terms.
Re:Letter to Amazon Board from Fired Ad Exec by jacquesm on Thursday November 13, 2014 @07:40AM (#8601206)
Not anymore by the looks of it.