Commentary: Shining a light into the dark corners of a big corporation – like Amazon – always makes a great media story. When enormous, successful, unique, customer-obsessed companies show weakness, someone is always there to pounce. But let’s be honest – no place is perfect.
I think of Amazon employees like the Navy Seals of tech – performance junkies on a mission to speed up the markets they disrupt. Maybe this is a great approach. Maybe it’s inhumane. Maybe some of both. I don’t work there, so I can’t say. But whether you are a lover or lambaster of the Bezos way, take the controversy as an opportunity to look hard at your own corporate culture.
