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Amazon hires outside investigators after employee petition alleges discrimination and harassment
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Amazon has hired outside investigators to probe the internal culture of part of its cloud computing operations after employees circulated a petition alleging systemic discrimination
By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business
Amazon has hired outside investigators to probe the internal culture of part of its cloud computing operations after employees circulated a petition alleging “systemic discrimination, harassment, bullying and bias against women and under-represented groups.”
The petition, viewed by CNN Business, specifically addresses concerns among staffers within an Amazon Web Services (AWS) unit known as ProServe, which assists enterprise customers with adopting its cloud computing products.
E-commerce giant Amazon has opened a probe into allegations of harassment and discrimination at its cloud-computing unit Amazon Web Services (AWS), after more than 550 workers signed a petition, blaming AWS for its underlying culture of systemic discrimination, harassment, bullying, and bias against women and under-represented groups. The petition alleged that Amazon s system to investigate claims of discrimination is not fair, objective or transparent, reports The Washington Post. The petition cites a lawsuit filed in May by Cindy Warner, a gay executive in Amazon Web Services professional services business, who accused a manager of making homophobic comments and alleged she was fired in retaliation, the report said on Friday.
Updated Jul 24, 2021 | 11:57 IST
The petition alleged that Amazon s system to investigate claims of discrimination is not fair, objective or transparent, reports The Washington Post. Amazon to probe harassment, discrimination allegations at AWS | Photo Credit: Twitter
E-commerce giant Amazon has opened a probe into allegations of harassment and discrimination at its cloud-computing unit Amazon Web Services (AWS), after more than 550 workers signed a petition, blaming AWS for its underlying culture of systemic discrimination, harassment, bullying, and bias against women and under-represented groups.
The petition alleged that Amazon s system to investigate claims of discrimination is not fair, objective or transparent, reports The Washington Post.