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A top Amazon executive has quit over the company’s firing of whistleblowers.
Tim Bray announced online that he quit his job as an Amazon engineer and vice president.
He said that he could not work for the company when it was firing whistleblowers.
Brady alleged Amazon let go of several employees for sharing concerns about the spread of the coronavirus at Amazon warehouses.
The employees raised concerns about protections for warehouse workers and working in an unsafe conditions.
The employees included several warehouse workers and two corporate employees.
In his post, Bray noted that all of the employees fired were minorities or women.
Amazon argued that they support their employees’ right to criticize.
Instead they said they fired some of the employees for violating social distancing guidelines and others for violating internal policies.
Amazon has been a go-to service for people dealing with lockdowns but it’s also been controversial.
Posted – 5.5.20