Amazon Threatens to Fire Outspoken <br />Critics of Its Environmental Policies.<br />Two employees of the <br />e-commerce behemoth have been <br />accused by the company of violating <br />its external communications policy. .<br />A letter sent to the employees warned <br />them to "review the policy again and in the <br />future anytime you may consider speaking <br />about Amazon’s business in a public forum.".<br />The letter further stated that if they <br />continued to violate the policy, it could <br />“result in formal corrective action, up to and <br />including termination of your employment with Amazon.”.<br />The two employees in <br />question are a user-experience designer <br />and a software development engineer.<br />In Oct., they released <br />a joint statement criticizing <br />Amazon for its contribution <br />to climate change. .<br />Specifically, they criticized <br />the company's exploration of oil <br />and gas companies to aid its own <br />cloud computing business.<br />It’s our moral responsibility to speak up — regardless of Amazon’s attempt to censor us — especially when climate poses such an unprecedented threat to humanity, Maren Costa, Amazon UX Designer, <br />via 'The Washington Post'
