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Amazon plans to to increase its representation of Black employees and women among its corporate workforce. Above, an Amazon tower is reflected in the Amazon Day 1 building above the Amazon Spheres in Seattle. (Amanda Snyder/Seattle Times/TNS)
New Amazon data shows Black, Latino and female employees are underrepresented in best-paid jobs
Amazon published Wednesday the most detailed look yet at its workforce demographic data, showing what many critics of the company have long suspected: Black, Latino and female employees are underrepresented in the best-paid jobs at Amazon.
The only segment where the number of women reflects countrywide demographics is among the company’s nearly 850,000 U.S. employees working lower-paid jobs, including in warehouses. Black and Latino workers are overrepresented in that slice of Amazon employees.
Amazon Releases Extensive Action Plan After Racial Discrimination Claims
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Amazon is a leading online retailer known for getting items to buyers in a heartbeat with the click of a mouse. However, for many, that convenience can’t forgive accusations of discriminatory practices. The retial giant’s response: focus more on inclusion.
Recode by Vox illuminates the backdrop of a mounting issue, sharing the story of a Black woman named Chanin Kelly-Rae, who started working at Amazon in 2019 as a global manager of diversity in its cloud computing division. Kelly-Rae was convinced that Amazon’s corporate workplace had deep, systemic issues. According to Recode by Vox, the company disadvantages Black employees and workers from other underrepresented backgrounds. Kelly-Rae said Amazon leadership was unwilling to listen to internal experts regarding how to identify and fix the described problems.
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Current and former Black Amazon employees claim racial discrimination
One lawsuit alleges Amazon has “a pattern of hiring Black employees at lower levels than comparable white employees.” Author: Christin Ayers Updated: 10:16 PM PDT April 5, 2021
SEATTLE Chanin Kelly-Rae said the lack of ethnic diversity in upper-level management at Amazon was one of the first things that struck her when she walked onto the company’s Seattle campus for the first time.
“The only Black people that I saw every day were either opening doors or cleaning floors,” said Kelly-Rae. “As a woman that happens to identify as Black or African American, I was never as consciously aware of feeling very detached or different in the space as I was at the Amazon corporate campus.”
Black Amazon manager sues tech giant over alleged discrimination, sexual harassment and assault
Charlotte Newman, who remains at the company and is based in Washington D.C., claims Amazon has a history of down-leveling Black employees. Author: Matthew Torres Updated: 4:54 PM EDT April 5, 2021
WASHINGTON Charlotte Newman still holds back tears when she recounts a work dinner that “spiraled” in January 2018.
The former economic policy advisor to Sen. Cory Booker had already been employed at the Amazon Web Services (AWS) department for a year, when she alleged a director put his left hand under the table and pressed on her lap “in proximity to her genitalia” before he grabbed and groped her upper thigh.