Amazon and NY Times continue to disagree on workplace culture

Matt Spaw • Jan 12, 2018

Jan 12, 2018

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                <h1>Amazon and NY Times continue to disagree on workplace culture</h1>
                <h2><p>And the New York Times-Amazon war continues: In response to last month's New York Times expose decrying Amazon’s workplace culture, Amazon’s top public relations boss has posted an article on Medium to refute many of the claims. According to a Seattle Times story, the PR boss</p></h2>
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            <p>And the New York Times-Amazon war continues: In response to last month's New York Times expose decrying Amazon’s workplace culture, Amazon’s top public relations boss has <a href="https://medium.com/@jaycarney/what-the-new-york-times-didn-t-tell-you-a1128aa78931?ref=avalancheghost.one">posted an article on Medium</a> to refute many of the claims. According to <a href="http://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon/amazon-rebuts-ny-times-story-on-tough-workplace-culture/?ref=avalancheghost.one">a Seattle Times story</a>, the PR boss asserts that one of the Times’ most important sources falsified records while working at Amazon. The PR boss (none other than former Obama Press Secretary Jay Carney) also said that an employee evaluation tool criticized in the NY Times piece has been well-received by employees.</p><p>New York Times Executive Editor Dean Baquet <a href="https://medium.com/@NYTimesComm/dean-baquet-responds-to-jay-carney-s-medium-post-6af794c7a7c6?ref=avalancheghost.one">responded to Amazon this morning</a>, saying that the paper's source disputes the account of his departure provided by the Amazon pr boss. Baquet also said that many of the comments he has received from the article backed up the reporting.</p>
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And the New York Times-Amazon war continues: In response to last month's New York Times expose decrying Amazon’s workplace culture, Amazon’s top public relations boss has posted an article on Medium to refute many of the claims. According to a Seattle Times story, the PR boss asserts that one of the Times’ most important sources falsified records while working at Amazon. The PR boss (none other than former Obama Press Secretary Jay Carney) also said that an employee evaluation tool criticized in the NY Times piece has been well-received by employees.

New York Times Executive Editor Dean Baquet responded to Amazon this morning, saying that the paper's source disputes the account of his departure provided by the Amazon pr boss. Baquet also said that many of the comments he has received from the article backed up the reporting.

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By Matt Spaw

Matt Spaw, a former intern at Crosscut, is a journalism student and a writer at The Daily of the University of Washington.