LA Times · Aug 17, 2015
Jeff Bezos says he won't tolerate a 'callous' Amazon workplace
Jeff Bezos founded e-commerce website Amazon.com in 1994, and has pushed it to become the world's biggest retailer. (David Ryder / Getty Images)Amazon Chief Executive Jeff Bezos rebutted a New York Times depiction of his company’s workplace as overly harsh and demanding, writing in a memo on Sunday: “The article doesn’t describe the Amazon I know.”
The piece, published Friday, described incidents of employees crying at their desks and being dismissed after having children. It painted a picture of a workaholic culture where bosses forced workers into conference calls on Thanksgiving and expected emails to be returned after midnight.