World’s richest man is optimistic despite challenges

Amazon held its first ever online shareholders meeting and CEO Jeff Bezos thanked everyone all over the world in the fight against coronavirus. According to several online reports, Bezos, who is also the world’s richest man, said, “There are challenges ahead, but I remain very optimistic that we as a society will meet them and take important lessons from this pandemic that will make us stronger.”
Both Bezos and Amazon have faced some criticism over firing employees who had spoken out against the working conditions at Amazon. The Amazon CEO refuted those claims and said, “We didn’t fire anyone for speaking out about working conditions,” Bezos said, before adding, “We support every employee’s right to criticize their employers working conditions, but that also doesn’t mean that they’re allowed to not follow internal policies.”
He also said that the company has been taking every possible measure to ensure employee safety, especially those who work in warehouses. Bezos said that employees for sure had “rights to protest working conditions, we take that super seriously and we have no problem with that at all.”