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.
> 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.
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.
> 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.