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Also inexcusable that Carney's bio is not the first sentence in the post. Would it not work for Amazon to come out with more of a "Look, it's a difficult busin
by pbreit 11y ago
Also inexcusable that Carney's bio is not the first sentence in the post.
Would it not work for Amazon to come out with more of a "Look, it's a difficult business and our folks work incredibly hard. Sometimes it might get a little out of hand. We want to make sure all of our employees are healthy and treated with respect while fulfilling Amazon's mission of delighting customers around the world. We are constantly looking at our practices and the work environment at Amazon and will continue making improvements as we see fit. We don't think the environment portrayed by the Times article is accurate but it has prompted us to work even harder to make Amazon the best place to work."
- rdancer 11y agoIt's badly composed, not inexcusable.
- roymurdock 11y agoHad to chuckle when I read this sentence - Even with breaking news, journalistic standards would encourage working hard to uncover any bias in a key source. - then scrolled down to see Jay Carney's bio: "Senior Vice President for Global Corporate Affairs at Amazon. Previously, he served as White House Press Secretary and spent 20 years as a reporter for TIME."
- srtjstjsj 11y agoWhat a weird career trajectory. Smells like revolving door corruption to give Amazon privileged access to government.
- fweespeech 11y agoI wouldn't say its inexcusable. However, it does reflect poorly on Amazon that such an oversight occurred. I'd say your version would have gone over better and/or providing actual evidence rather than more anecdotes.
- ipsin 11y agoAlso inexcusable that Carney's bio is not the first sentence in the post. It's also standard in newspaper opinion pieces to put the bio at the end. I actually prefer it -- as a game -- to guess who writes the author's paychecks as I'm reading.
- caskance 11y agoThat sounds like an inane corporatese non-statement that everyone would immediately dismiss.