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US lawsuit accuses Amazon of systemic discrimination against blacks in corporate offices The lawsuit from Charlotte Newman, a business development head at Amazon Web Services who is Black, said the company suffers from a systemic pattern of insurmountable discrimination Reuters | March 2, 2021 | Updated 09:54 IST Amazon has worked to show support for the Black Lives Matter movement A manager at Amazon.com Inc sued the online retailer for discrimination on Monday, saying it hires Black people for lower positions and promotes them more slowly than white workers, and that she was subjected to harassment. The lawsuit from Charlotte Newman, a business development head at Amazon Web Services who is Black, said the company suffers from a systemic pattern of insurmountable discrimination, despite its pledge to fight racism and statements of solidarity from Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos. ....
In 2006, Andy Jassy had founded Amazon’s AWS, Amazon’s cloud service platform used by millions of businesses across the world. The service competes with Microsoft Corp’s Azure and Alphabet Inc’s Google Cloud. ....
We ll soon meet in your inbox. Please wait. In the same earnings report in which Amazon said 53-year-old Jassy would succeed Jeff Bezos later this year, the company reported that AWS pulled in $12.7 billion in sales in the fourth quarter, making the unit a $50 billion business on an annual basis. “Andy brings the first principles thinking that has always been a part of what’s made Amazon successful deeply trying to understand the end customer, creating building blocks by which other people can build and than being good at rapidly iterating,” said Matt McIlwain, a managing director with Madrona Venture Group in Seattle, who has closely tracked Amazon’s rise. “He watched how Jeff approached problems. That’s very important because there a lot of things that are deeply embedded in the culture of Amazon.” ....
URL copied Image Source : AP IMAGE, In this Dec. 5, 2019, file photo, AWS CEO Andy Jassy, discusses a new initiative with the NFL during AWS re:Invent 2019 in Las Vegas Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has announced he will step down as the chief executive officer of Amazon, later this year. Bezos will transition to the role of executive chairman in the third quarter of 2021. Andy Jassy, CEO of Amazon Web Services would take over as CEO of Amazon. The announcement came as Amazon released its financial results for its fourth quarter that ended December 31, 2020. The company recorded USD 100bn in sales for last three months of 2020. ....