Bezos says Amazon needs to do better for employees

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Amazon.com Inc. needs to do better at taking care of its employees, Jeff Bezos said in his final letter to shareholders as chief executive of the online retail giant on Thursday.

Just a few days after Bezos’ remarks, Amazon warehouse workers in Alabama voted against forming a union by more than a 2-to-1-margin margin – a major victory for the retailer, which has fiercely opposed the union for decades.

“While the world’s richest man, Bezos, wrote in the letter,” while the voting results were omitted and our direct relationship with employees is strong, we must clarify that we need a better approach to employees Needed.

“I think we need to do a better job for our employees.”

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Amazon, America’s second-largest private employer, has criticized some of its 800,000 employees because of their harsh working conditions.

Bezos asserted against that criticism in his letter, stating that the company’s workers were treated “as robots”.

Bezos, who is setting up as CEO of the company later this year in 1994, said he planned to work to secure Amazon’s workhouse in his new role as executive chairman.

Stuart Appelbaum, president of the retail, wholesale and department store union, said in a statement, “Their (Bezos’) entry will not change anything, workers need only one more Amazon public relations effort to control damage.”