AWS’ Tim Bray Quits Over Amazon Whistle-Blower Firings
‘May 1st was my last day as a VP and distinguished engineer at Amazon Web Services, after five years and five months of rewarding fun,’ Tim Bray writes in a post on his blog. ‘I quit in dismay at Amazon firing whistle-blowers who were making noise about warehouse employees frightened of Covid-19.’
“I quit in dismay at Amazon firing whistle-blowers who were making noise about warehouse employees frightened of Covid-19. What with big-tech salaries and share vestings, this will probably cost me over a million (pre-tax) dollars, not to mention the best job I’ve ever had, working with awfully good people. So I’m pretty blue.”
Bray (pictured above) said he “snapped” following the reported firings of two Amazon Employees for Climate Justice workers — Emily Cunningham and Maren Costa – who had promoted a petition demanding Amazon coronavirus protections and organized a video call with outside activist Naomi Klein and Amazon warehouse workers after the online retail giant fired another worker who had been conducting organizing efforts for better safety conditions, according to his blog post.
Tim Bray says the company has become ‘toxic’ and the firings are ‘designed to create a climate of fear.’
Tim Bray, a well known senior engineer and Vice President at Amazon has “quit in dismay” because Amazon has been “firing whistleblowers who were making noise about warehouse employees frightened of Covid-19.” In an open letter on his website, Bray, who has worked at the company for nearly six years, called the company “chickenshit” for firing and disparaging employees who have organized protests. He also said the firings are “designed to create a climate of fear.” Amazon’s strategy throughout the coronavirus crisis has been to fire dissenters and disparage them both in the press and behind closed doors.
Last Friday, Amazon workers together with Target, FedEx, Instacart, and Whole Foods workers, went on strike to protest their working conditions.
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