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Grabs popcorn. Olson is clinging to a lie, trying to defend his reputation. Notice how he tries to blame Amazon for his departure, the "revolving series of bo

by exodust 11y ago

Grabs popcorn. Olson is clinging to a lie, trying to defend his reputation. Notice how he tries to blame Amazon for his departure, the "revolving series of bosses" and "overwhelmed" with work. "He and others couldn't keep up". Deflection. He's doing his best to construct a version of events where he is one of the innocents, caught up in the nasty Amazon shit-storm. I bet he got a shock to see Amazon reveal his fraudulent activity in a medium post! You think Amazon would make such a claim if it weren't true? Nobody wants to see personal information released like this, but Amazon were slapped in the face with that NYT piece. Let 'em have their medium return fire. Fraudsters and liars stick to their guns till the bitter end and beyond. It's best to weed them out, and have karma deliver what is deserved.

lightbritefight 11y ago
>I bet he got a shock to see Amazon reveal his fraudulent activity in a medium post! You think Amazon would make such a claim if it weren't true? So your stance is "it must be true, because it would be really stupid of them if it wasen't?" I think its equally valid to say they are acting stupidly, and counting on dollars and cents to keep any trouble off their door. The truth is, they have just claimed the above. They pressed no charges, and have provided no documentation to sustain it. Right now, they have no more proof then him, and have a strong reason (redeeming their reputation though mudslinging) to say that he was a bad man, so his opinion doesn't matter. Of course,as the NYT responds, they interviewed way more people than just the ones Amazon cherry picked to respond too, and those people all disagree with the new Amazon spin.
- exodust 11y ago
  I'm pretty sure a lot of companies would choose to deal with these sorts of internal matters without involving the law. When the NYT times story came out I remember thinking it sounded a bit spinny. "Let's find an angle" is symptomatic of a desperate click-baity news media industry. NYT isn't as guilty of this as other outlets by a large margin, but the story had what I perceived as fabricated bite. At the time, I wondered if any Amazon employees would come out defending their employer. Took me 5 seconds to find something... https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2015/08/16/Working-at-Amazon https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2015/08/16/Working-a... Are there others? Who knows, I don't care enough to search! I'm not interested to take sides, but in big companies it's more likely there's pockets of problems, rather than company-wide problems.

by exodust 11y ago

lightbritefight 11y ago

>I bet he got a shock to see Amazon reveal his fraudulent activity in a medium post! You think Amazon would make such a claim if it weren't true? So your stance is "it must be true, because it would be really stupid of them if it wasen't?" I think its equally valid to say they are acting stupidly, and counting on dollars and cents to keep any trouble off their door. The truth is, they have just claimed the above. They pressed no charges, and have provided no documentation to sustain it. Right now, they have no more proof then him, and have a strong reason (redeeming their reputation though mudslinging) to say that he was a bad man, so his opinion doesn't matter. Of course,as the NYT responds, they interviewed way more people than just the ones Amazon cherry picked to respond too, and those people all disagree with the new Amazon spin.

exodust 11y ago
I'm pretty sure a lot of companies would choose to deal with these sorts of internal matters without involving the law. When the NYT times story came out I remember thinking it sounded a bit spinny. "Let's find an angle" is symptomatic of a desperate click-baity news media industry. NYT isn't as guilty of this as other outlets by a large margin, but the story had what I perceived as fabricated bite. At the time, I wondered if any Amazon employees would come out defending their employer. Took me 5 seconds to find something... https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2015/08/16/Working-at-Amazon https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2015/08/16/Working-a... Are there others? Who knows, I don't care enough to search! I'm not interested to take sides, but in big companies it's more likely there's pockets of problems, rather than company-wide problems.