In memo to employees, Bezos says face mask orders for workers are unfilled due to short global supply, and that his time is now “wholly focused” on COVID-19
There's a debate emerging … Justine Coleman / The Hill : Amazon doubling overtime pay for warehouse workers Georgina Torbet / Digital Trends : Amazon raises overtime pay for warehouse workers, but holds back one benefit Yoel Minkoff / Seeking Alpha : Bezos asks laid-off workers to come work for Amazon Ben Fox Rubin / CNET : Warehouse workers demand Amazon protect them during coronavirus pandemic Mike Flaminio / Insanely Great Mac : Apple donating personal protection equipment, matching donations for COVID-19 Krystal Hu / Reuters : Amazon says it will stop shipping non-essential products from third party merchants via Fulfillment by Amazon to consumers in Italy and France Ben Fox Rubin / CNET : Amazon CEO Bezos writes open letter to thank employees amid coronavirus Krystal Hu / Reuters : Amazon's hourly warehouse workers in the US will receive double pay for overtime from March 15 to May 9, up from the previous 1.5-times rate Annie Palmer / CNBC : Read the memo Jeff Bezos sent to Amazon employees about coronavirus safety at warehouses Tweets: Max Niederhofer / @maxniederhofer : Simple + to the point. Thanks @amazon for all you do https://blog.aboutamazon.com/ ... @slpng_giants : It should not take Senators to convince a man with a recently bought $165 million home (to go with all of the others) that he should give sick leave during a *pandemic* to the workers who make him all of that dough. What an awful person. Shop local, everyone. https://twitter.com/... @nerdist : Amazon is prioritizing stocking and delivery of household staples, medical supplies, and other “high demand products” in order to meet overwhelming demand. https://nerdist.com/... Mark Suster / @msuster : A great letter from the founder of Amazon, @JeffBezos on their current priorities https://blog.aboutamazon.com/ ... Balaji S. Srinivasan / @balajis : Awesome. Amazon helped get supplies to millions of Americans & @JeffBezos is now all in on COVID19. Hygienic logistics is a huge issue to solve. Bezos: “My own time and thinking is now wholly focused on COVID-19 and on how Amazon can best play its role.” https://blog.aboutamazon.com/ ... Elliott Zaagman / @elliottzaagman : They should've announced this weeks, if not months ago. Nevertheless, better late than never. https://twitter.com/... @baldingsworld : Good for Amazon but this is like perfect for Amazon. They couldn't have designed a better crisis for their business!! https://twitter.com/... Grady Booch / @grady_booch : Thank you @JeffBezos and @amazon https://blog.aboutamazon.com/ ... Peter Fisk / @geniusworks : CEO Letter to Employees ... Jeff Bezos letter to Amazon employees about COVID-19, sent yesterday: https://blog.aboutamazon.com/ ... How he wrote it, what he's doing, and how to get a job at Amazon right now: https://www.inc.com/... https://twitter.com/... Olufemi Awoyemi / @olufemiawoyemi : A message all CEO's must pen to their stakeholders during this #CoronavirusPandemic “This isn't business as usual, and it's a time of great stress and uncertainty. It's also a moment in time when the work we're doing is its most critical.” https://blog.aboutamazon.com/ ... Michael Herf / @herf : Amazon is now paying 200% for warehouse overtime. I hope they cap this at some reasonable number of hours so their employees can sleep and stay healthy. https://www.reuters.com/... Amit Paranjape / @aparanjape : “Dear Amazonians, This isn't business as usual, and it's a time of great stress and uncertainty. It's also a moment in time when the work we're doing is its most critical.....” https://blog.aboutamazon.com/ ... - @JeffBezos' message to @amazon personnel. Tren Griffin / @trengriffin : “We've changed logistics, transportation, supply chain, purchasing, and 3rd party seller processes to prioritize stocking and delivering essential items like household staples, sanitizers, baby formula and medical supplies. We're providing a vital service” https://blog.aboutamazon.com/ ... Tuur Demeester / @tuurdemeester : Jeff Bezos doesn't participate in mask shaming: “We've placed purchase orders for millions of face masks we want to give to our employees and contractors who cannot work from home” https://blog.aboutamazon.com/ ... Chandra R. Srikanth / @chandrarsrikant : “This isn't business as usual, and it's a time of great stress and uncertainty. Across the world, people are feeling the economic effects of this crisis, and I'm sad to tell you I predict things are going to get worse before they get better,” Jeff Bezos https://blog.aboutamazon.com/ ... Doc Tucson / @doctucson : Amazon said on Saturday it is raising overtime pay for associates working in its U.S. warehouses as the world's largest online retailer tries to meet the rapidly growing demand for online shopping https://www.reuters.com/... Nicholas Thompson / @nxthompson : Bezos: 'My own time and thinking is now wholly focused on COVID-19 and on how Amazon can best play its role." https://blog.aboutamazon.com/ ... @toddbishop : Jeff Bezos in an email to Amazon employees Saturday afternoon: “There is no instruction manual for how to feel at a time like this, and I know this causes stress for everyone. My list of worries right now — like yours I'm sure — is...https://www.linkedin.com/ ... https://www.geekwire.com/... Krystal Hu / @readkrystalhu : Amazon announced the second pay improvement in a week as the company continues to see increased demand from customers and it tells warehouse workers “some of us must work to keep goods flowing.” https://twitter.com/... Thanks: @toddbishop