Tuesday, August 18, 2015

"Jeff Bezos Assures Amazon Employees That Human Resources Is Working 100 Hours A Week To Address Their Complaints" (AMZN)

Following up on Sunday's "'Inside Amazon: Wrestling Big Ideas in a Bruising Workplace' (AMZN)"

From AFNS:
SEATTLE—In response to accusations of an abusive workplace environment, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos assured employees Tuesday that the company’s human resources staff was working 100 hours a week to address their complaints. “I’ve heard your grievances, and I promise that HR is toiling 16 hours a day, plus weekends, until the problem is solved,” read a company-wide email from Bezos, who promised that members of the human resources department would not be allowed to rest for a single second until allegations of a cruel, backstabbing office culture at Amazon were fully dealt with....MORE