Last week, The New York Times reported on Amazon’s “
bruising workplace” and described Amazon’s theory that “conflict brings about innovation.” According to the article, Amazon employees are encouraged to criticize each other, both in face to face meetings and to each other’s supervisors. Amazon uses technology called “
Collaborative Anytime Feedback” to capture employees’ opinions of each other and create a “stack ranking” based on employee input. Amazon founder
Jeff Bezos responded to the article, saying “Anyone working in a company like the one described by the NYT would be crazy to stay – I know I would leave.” Amazon employees also provided their responses, with some arguing that the article was
false and blown out of proportion.
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Technology
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Entrepreneur described the
five HR tasks that can be made easier with technology.
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After pointing out Facebook privacy flaws, a Harvard student
lost his internship with the social media giant.
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In other developments
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Kohl’s lost a bid to stop a
former technology officer from joining a competitor, even though the officer had a non-compete agreement.
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The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals highlighted how one employer’s actions demonstrated “the
need for the FMLA.”
