Typical boss

8 April 2020 By Gina Chon Follow @GinaChon

The Amazon founder has transformed shopping. But the way the $950 bln firm treats its workers is not so futuristic. Like Walmart, it only recently provided protective gear to warehouse employees. That might fit with short-term profit, but not with long-term innovation.

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Amazon.com Chief Executive Jeff Bezos said on April 2 that he is donating $100 million to Feeding America, which supports about 200 food banks. The money will go toward the charity’s response to Covid-19.

Separately, notes from a meeting of Amazon executives, including Bezos, show the company discussed a plan to disparage a fired warehouse employee who led a protest against working conditions, VICE News reported on April 2. Starting the week of April 6, Amazon will implement temperature checks and provide face masks for all of its workers at its U.S. and European warehouses, in addition to Whole Foods Market grocery stores, Reuters reported.

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