Amazon and its CEO have come under scrutiny during Covid-19 for its treatment of employees. Accusations include:
- Amazon is not notifying warehouse workers when employees test positive for Covid-19
- Employees complain about working under an atmosphere of fear because of what they interpret to be unsafe working conditions
- Amazon fired workers who protested over the company’s policies regarding employee risks during Covid-19 (here is a report on how amazon responded to this case)
These accusations have been worsened by how much Jeff Bezo’s, the company’s CEO, seems to have made during this crisis. Amazon is seeing a surge in consumer demand, which has pocketed its CEO about 24 billion USD due to an increase in amazon’s stock price.