Amazon has a a policy that forbids employees from speaking to the media. Does anyone else think we are truly, finally, almost near the end of this tragicomedy? William, getting nervous yet?
---from motley fool's message board---
Here's a Seattle Times article about Amazon's sahreholders meeting that took place today. It's titled "Bezos touts Amazon's Net growth":
seattletimes.com
This is my favorite quote:
The stock performance has been good to one former Amazon.com employee, Heath Merriwether, who attended today's meeting. Merriwether worked in the warehouse in the company's earliest days, he said.
"I packed next to Jeff Bezos in the warehouse when all of the day's shipments fit in a minivan," Merriwether said.
But the 30-year-old left the company partly because of low wages - he made less than $9 an hour, plus stock options, he said.
"While you couldn't put food on your table for five years, in five years I'd be a millionaire," he said. "I chose to eat now."
He remains a believer in Amazon.com, however, noting that he cashed in some of his stock to put a down payment on a condominium. And he's a loyal customer.
As Merriwether spoke, an Amazon.com spokeswoman came over and scolded him for speaking to a reporter. He responded that he was no longer with the company. The company has a policy prohibiting employees from speaking to the media.
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