Amazon stock: The sick and the pregnant fell by the wayside, trampled on by colleagues who are encouraged to snitch on co-workers, according to The Guardian. Only the meanest survived. The article, in the New York Times, made Amazon sound like the Hunger Games crossed with 1984. A tidal wave of think pieces followed along with calls for a boycott. But a week on, the reaction from shoppers and – perhaps more importantly – Wall Street and the tech community is a big meh . Related:Amazon stock surge makes CEO Jeff Bezos $7bn richer in 45 minutes In the week following the story, Amazon stock did the financial equivalent of a emoticon shrug: ¯\_ _/¯. On Monday, Amazon opened at 528.67, down from 531.52 it closed at on Friday. Dr Evil himself – Amazon founder Jeff Bezos – was forced to speak out and claim such behavior was anathema to himself and the company.
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