Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos didn't take kindly to the NY Times article about the horrible work environment at Amazon and angrily responded in a memo to his workers. The Hollywood Reporter posted his entire memo here. (I'll translate a few of the quotes for you. My comments are in parenthesis)
*"The article doesn’t describe the Amazon I know or the caring Amazonians I work with every day." (7 days a week, 22 hours a day)
*"Even if it’s rare or isolated, our tolerance for any such lack of empathy needs to be zero." (And would somebody please send this perfect example of my mensch-ness to whats-her-name in the hospital? I deleted her contact info when she got sick.)
*"I also encourage you to read this very different take by a current Amazonian:
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/amazonians-response-inside-amazon-wrestling-big-ideas-nick-ciubotariu" (And by all means, tell him what you think of this piece in his new corner office)
*"The article goes further than reporting isolated anecdotes. It claims that our intentional approach is to create a soulless, dystopian workplace where no fun is had and no laughter heard. Again, I don’t recognize this Amazon. (That's why the beatings will continue until morale improves. Get it? That's a joke. Don't EVER say I don't joke again)
*"I strongly believe that anyone working in a company that really is like the one described in the NYT would be crazy to stay." (But just so you know, those non-compete clauses will cost you a few hundred Gs to litigate in court.)