The largest online retailer in the world, Amazon, is facing a serious image problem. Amazon has been sued by five women employed by the company. The retaliator will be brought before the courts to find out the truth.
Amazon.com Inc. was sued on Wednesday by five women employees of the company, who accuse them of being harassed, discriminated against and retaliated against.
The women, who have worked at Amazon’s headquarters, regional offices and logistics operations, are all represented by law firm Wigdor LLP.
One employee accuses Amazon of being treated “like a second-class citizen”
In a lawsuit filed Wednesday in Arizona federal court, Tiffany Gordwin, who joined Amazon’s human resources group in 2019, claimed that “she was treated like a second-class citizen by most of her supervisors, all white ”.
She also said that another black employee was not promoted, to the detriment of younger male colleagues who were white.
Amazon spokesman Jaci Anderson said the company was investigating each of the incidents the five women were talking about and had found no evidence to support the allegations.
“We do not tolerate discrimination or harassment in any way,” said the Amazon representative, who stressed that the organization is working hard to create a fair and equitable work environment among employees.
In April, Amazon announced publicly that it aims to promote more women and employees of color, and in its annual letter to shareholders as CEO, Jeff Bezos pledged to focus more on employee welfare. his.
Amazon was founded by Jeff Bezos in 1994. At the time, nothing heralded the resounding success of the retailer, which today is worth $ 1.7 trillion and turned Bezos into the richest man in the world.
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