May 1st was my last day as a vice president and distinguished engineer at Amazon Web Services, after five years and five months of rewarding fun.
Last year, Amazonians on the tech side banded together as Amazon Employees for Climate Justice (AECJ), first coming to the world’s notice with an open letter promoting a shareholders’ resolution calling for dramatic action and leadership from Amazon on the global climate emergency.
Four months later, 3,000 Amazon tech workers from around the world joined in the Global Climate Strike walkout.
Stories surfaced of unrest in Amazon warehouses, workers raised alarms about being uninformed, unprotected, and frightened.
On the other hand, Amazon’s messaging has been urgent that they are prioritizing this issue and putting massive efforts into warehouse safety.
