A number of Amazon staff are angry with their employer, accusing the company of not showing enough support for LGBT+ people, after several Pride posters were defaced at its headquarters.
At least 10 Pride posters – stuck up inside lifts – have been vandalised in the past two month at Amazon’s headquarters in Seattle, Washington, reports CNBC.
According to an internal email seen by CNBC, on one poster, the “T” in “LGBT” was crossed out and the word “Why?” was added to the sign.
Amazon replaced the vandalised posters, and also put up new posters, which stated: “Posters are company property. Defacing posters is a violation of Amazon’s policy.”
The company’s response has reportedly angered some staff, who argue that it did not go far enough.
The incident was debated by employees in an internal email thread, which was seen by CNBC and received more than 100 responses.
Some members of staff reportedly said that the company had not gone far enough to ensure inclusivity in the workplace and to combat the problem.
“The proper response to widespread pride poster defacement is not only a policy that prohibits defacement, but also a massive and overwhelming show of support for pride in many forms,” one employee wrote in an email seen by CNBC.
Another member of staff described the company’s response as “authoritarian and un-Amazonian.”
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