Yes, headline should have just been "Amazon threatens to fire employees that say things in public that does not agree with the company line". I read the article and am surprised a bit. I was expecting the employees to be at least senior or in marketing/PR roles, but nope. It is getting very weird in the US. Bezos a left leaning guy restricting peoples thoughts. Similar to Bloomberg when he told employees there will be no stories about him at Bloomberg News. So no freedom of thought, no freedom of press, an
You said you read the article, but it seems you missed the salient point. It's not restricting what they can say in general, it's restricting what they can say while they identify themselves as working for the company.
This is typical in many industries and settings, because unfortunately when someone says "I work for X and think Y" many assume the company has the same position. And these employees are not (unless they receive approval) authorized to speak on behalf of the company itself.
Seriously, in today's world, or even back to the 1920's or earlier, how hard is it, was it to find out where someone worked? Did they self identify or did the reporter find out and confirm it? I think my point stands, you should be able to express your opinion when working for a company unless you are a senior exec or PR person. And when senior exec's say something bad, they usually get a golden parachute that would make any poster on/. think they hit the magamillions jackpot.
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So the text contradicts the headline: it is not about climate change, but about criticizing the company in public.
This is a fake news headline. Please fix it.
(I worked with Maren briefly. She was great to work with. I also worked at Slashdot for many years, and this headline is trash.)
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You said you read the article, but it seems you missed the salient point. It's not restricting what they can say in general, it's restricting what they can say while they identify themselves as working for the company.
This is typical in many industries and settings, because unfortunately when someone says "I work for X and think Y" many assume the company has the same position. And these employees are not (unless they receive approval) authorized to speak on behalf of the company itself.
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