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April 15, 2021
In his latest and last annual letter to shareholders, Amazon founder and outgoing CEO Jeff Bezos set a new goal for the $1.7 trillion e-commerce giant: to become “Earth’s Best Employer and Earth’s Safest Place to Work.” He also admitted that the company has some work to do in order to live up to that ambition.
That section of the letter is a clear response to the ongoing national conversation about the Amazon’s treatment of fulfillment-center workers in the US. The discussion has gained steam over the past year in the wake of concerns over worker safety during Covid-19, and garnered further attention in the past few months as warehouse workers at a Bessemer, Alabama, site voted on whether to unionize. Ultimately, 1,798 Bessemer workers voted against forming a union, while 738 were in favor.
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FILE PHOTO: People walk during the morning rush hour in the Canary Wharf amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in London Britain, October 15, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay
LONDON (Reuters) - British workers’ average hourly output rose by 0.4% last year, despite a fall of nearly 10% in total production due to the coronavirus pandemic, as lower-paid jobs bore the brunt of COVID lockdown measures.
Britain’s Office for National Statistics said the productivity impact of last year’s economic collapse - the biggest in more than 300 years - differed from the 2008-09 financial crisis due to the types of jobs affected.
Workplace advice: If you’re a leader who senses you’ve lost employee trust, acknowledge what’s happened and work to restore your employees’ confidence.