Bray’s resignation comes as Amazon faces increased scrutiny and employee activism surrounding its internal response to coronavirus. In a blogpost explaining his resignation, Bray called the firings of organizers at the company “chickenshit”, and said they were “designed to create a climate of fear”. In resigning, Bray has become the highest-ranking corporate employee at Amazon to publicly speak out about worker conditions. Bray cited the experiences of Emily Cunningham and Maren Costa – two user experience designers at Amazon who were fired in April after publicly denouncing the treatment of warehouse workers. Amazon did not respond to a request for comment, but previously cited violations of internal policies as reasons for dismissing these employees.

Source: The Guardian May 04, 2020 21:02 UTC