Amazon executive says he quit to protest firing of employees, toxic company culture
An Amazon executive said he quit his job at the online-retail giant to protest the firing of employees who spoke up about the conditions inside company’s warehouses and its record on climate change.
Tim Bray, a vice president at the business, wrote in a blog post that he left his job the other day “in dismay” after Amazon fired several personnel who publicly criticized the company. He said the firings were “proof a vein of toxicity running right through the business culture.”
Amazon, which is situated in Seattle, declined to comment.
Among those given the pink slips was a fresh York warehouse worker who led a strike last month, pushing Amazon for more protections for workers against the new coronavirus. At the time, Amazon said the worker was fired for not obeying social-distancing rules.
Bray, who said he worked at Amazon’s cloud business for more that five years, said he brought up the firings internally at the business.
“That done, remaining an Amazon VP would have meant, in place, signing off on actions I despised,” he wrote. “So I resigned.”
