Unless you’ve been living under a rock this week, there has been a ton of discussion around a blistering article written by The New York Times about the work culture at Amazon. The article paints a very dark picture of a place where employees put in 85+ hour work weeks and are penalized when they have to take time off for family or medical reasons.
There are a ton of rebuttals and confirmations floating around the Twitters this week and I would encourage you to read a couple before you convict Amazon. In my experience it is very difficult to get a feel for what a large company like Amazon is like. Anyway, here is the best of what I read this week on Amazon and everything else:
Inside Amazon – Wrestling Big Ideas in a Bruising Workplace – the expose that started it all.
Jeff Bezos Dismisses Claims That Amazon is a Soulless Dystopian Workplace – via The Verge.
The Mistakes of Writing About Company Culture – via Scott Berkun
Amazon.com – Its Complicated – an excellent wrap up of the news via Victorio Milian
Maybe Amazon’s New World of Work Isn’t for Me via Ron Thomas at TLNT
And all the other news/opinion in the HR sphere this week:
The 5 Managerial Responses to Sabotage at Work via Kris Dunn
The Transparency Advantage: Informed Employees Are Engaged Employees via TLNT
What Separates Great HR Leaders from the Rest via HBR
A New Platform Makes Parental Leave Easier on Companies and Parents via Fast Company
The Biggest Networking Truth Revealed via Jay Kuhns at No Excuses HR
Social Media:
The Wisdom of Tide Pools!! via Steve Browne
Everything You Say and Do is Public – 5 Rules For Living With The Internet via The Verge
Non-HR stuff I read this week:
Wizard Wars via Scott Adams. Get through the Wizard part and this is an interesting piece on influence.
The Permanent Rules via Seth Godin
Company That Blocked Wi-Fi Hotspots at At Conventions Must Pay $750k Fine via Fast Company.
Article source:Melissa Fairman - Weekly reMix – The Amazon Explosion Edition»
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