[lovich]

Eh, they really shouldn’t be using Amazons name for their group while doing advocacy in their private life.

I had to get pretty far down in the article to find that bit, when I was fully ready to pull out the pitchforks against Amazon initially.

[FabCH]

Where does it say that in the article, except from the extremely unreliable source of the Amazon HR rep?

[golly_ned]

The article says that the company /may/ have been speaking in their capacity as Amazon employees and not citizens.

Even if they described themselves as working for Amazon, that doesn't mean they were posing as representatives of the company.

Further, even if this violates Amazon policy -- the policy itself violates Seattle law: https://library.municode.com/wa/seattle/codes/municipal_code...

[lovich]

Bruh, read the article.

They were part of an activist group they named “Amazon Employees for Climate Justice”

There is no nuance there to say they weren’t trying to tie their speech to Amazon with that name.

Hell if they had even made it anonymous with like “FAANG Employees for Climate Justice” or “Former Amazon Employees for Climate Justice“ there would be some wiggle room.

I am generally on the left for most political views, so I am saying this from a “the call is coming from inside the house” energy. The leftist groups tend to be dogshit at naming things and getting burned for it.

The right will make a horrible bill removing our rights and call it “The Patriot Act” and get low information voters on board, the left will push for comprehensive legislation that restructures emergency services to split it out so that police don’t show up to situations that don’t need violence and send social workers instead and call it “Defund the Police”

Naming their group as associated with the company was an unforced error.