The giant Amazon has received a complainte in the United States that his administrative staff may have been discriminated against.
An African US Context Amazon, Charlotte Newman, filed a federal court complaint on Monday, March 1, charging the e-commerce King with a reduced payroll as the white male company employees. It also denounces that society has no global diversity.
Between discrimination, unfair remuneration and harassment
Charlotte Newman, a member of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud division, wishes to alert her management of this latter internal practices, which she considers to be "racistic" and sexistic towards black women.
The file filed at the American judge's desk stated that, unlike Black employees who, however, have the same professional qualifications, Amazon would employ persons of color at "lesser standards" than white employees, who would benefit more from advancements in the company. Charlotte Newman was hired and paid for a management role when she was actually doing the worst, in addition to allegations of discrimination and unequal pay.
Last October, an employee of the Amazon group was fired four months after the facts reported by Ms. Newman, who reported physical touching, inappropriate advances and insulting remarks. " These practices have a particularly serious effect on black women in the company " denounces the law firm which filed a complaint on behalf of Charlotte Newman.
Amazon claims to investigate the allegations and wants to reassure
Beyond her personal case, the complaint also insists on the more collective motivations of Charlotte Newman, a Harvard graduate in business administration and head of the company's public policies, who even sees beyond what can happen at Amazon. In particular, she mentions the discouragement of many African Americans who, in a turbulent context in the United States, may have felt devalued or harassed.
Beyond her own personal case, the complaint also emphasizes Charlotte Newman's collective reasons, a Harvard business administration student and head of public policy of the company, who even looks beyond what could happen at Amazon. She mentioned in particular the discouragement of many African Americans who may have felt devalued or harassed in a turbulent situation in the United States.
Amazon (and the tech industry as a whole) is many blame for the lack of diversity in race and gender. 'Blue collar warehouses where products are packaged and shipped to customers are the majority of the diverse work force of the seattle-based e-commerce company' Bloomberg writes. '
