Amazon Suspends Engineer Who Sent 'threatening' Letter to CEO Andy Jassy
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Amazon suspended an engineer after sending a letter to CEO Andy Jassy, with the company's response sparking debate over the nature of the letter and the policy violation; the discussion highlights the lack of clarity around the incident and Amazon's statement.
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> Amazon spokesperson Brad Glasser declined to address Shahrour's specific case but said the company doesn't "tolerate discrimination, harassment, or threatening behavior or language of any kind." The company revoked Shahrour's access to email and tools while conducting its investigation.
As an aside: this India Times website is terrible. It overrides copy/paste so you cannot copy text and share it here easily. And it messes with reader mode too. How do browsers even allow this? Is there a way to disable it on a mobile browser?