{"id":347288,"date":"2021-10-01T20:34:38","date_gmt":"2021-10-01T17:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/ceo-of-bezos-blue-origin-responds-to-toxic-workplace-allegations\/"},"modified":"2021-10-01T20:34:38","modified_gmt":"2021-10-01T17:34:38","slug":"ceo-of-bezos-blue-origin-responds-to-toxic-workplace-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ceo-of-bezos-blue-origin-responds-to-toxic-workplace-allegations\/","title":{"rendered":"#CEO of Bezos&#8217; Blue Origin responds to toxic workplace allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#CEO of Bezos&#8217; Blue Origin responds to toxic workplace allegations<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>The CEO of Jeff Bezos\u2019 rocket company Blue Origin responded to reports that it fostered a \u201ctoxic\u201d and sexist work environment, assuring employees that the rocket-maker has \u201cno tolerance for discrimination or harassment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, Blue Origin chief Bob Smith did not admit any wrongdoing or apologize in an email to employees on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is particularly difficult and painful, for me, to hear claims being levied that attempt to characterize our entire team in a way that doesn\u2019t align with the character and capability that I see at Blue Origin every day,\u201d Smith wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Smith\u2019s email came hours after 21 current and former Blue Origin employees published a letter alleging that several company leaders have been \u201cconsistently in<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ropriate with women.\u201d Those leaders allegedly included one senior executive within Smith\u2019s inner circle.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven so, Smith personally made him a member of the hiring committee for filling a senior HR role in 2019,\u201d the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lioness.co\/post\/bezos-wants-to-create-a-better-future-in-space-his-company-blue-origin-is-stuck-in-a-toxic-past\">letter<\/a> says, without naming the senior executive.<\/p>\n<p>Many company leaders also showed a \u201cclear bias against women,\u201d according to the letter, which was signed by Alexandra Abrams, who worked as Blue Origin\u2019s head of employee communications until 2019. The 20 other signatories were anonymous.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/blue-origin-ceo-01.jpeg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Alexandra Abrams. \" class=\"wp-image-19657078\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/blue-origin-ceo-01.jpeg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/blue-origin-ceo-01.jpeg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/blue-origin-ceo-01.jpeg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The letter was signed by 21 current and former Blue Origin employees, including former head of employee communications Alexandra Abrams. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Linkedin<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In Smith\u2019s email, the CEO did not respond to any specific allegations but told employees \u201cwe will promptly investigate any new claims of misconduct.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Thursday\u2019s letter also accused senior leadership at Blue Origin of fostering a culture of \u201csuppression of dissent\u201d that has put safety at risk.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-nypost-medium-post\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"322\" height=\"483\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/blue-origin-ceo-06.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=322\" alt=\"Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launch\" class=\"wp-image-19657087\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/blue-origin-ceo-06.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=644 644w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/blue-origin-ceo-06.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=483 483w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/blue-origin-ceo-06.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=322 322w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/blue-origin-ceo-06.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=161 161w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/blue-origin-ceo-06.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 322px) 100vw, 322px\"\/><figcaption>Jeff Bezos\u2019 Blue Origin gave beating other billionaires to space priority over safety, according to the letter. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cBlue Origin has been lucky that nothing has happened so far,\u201d one anonymous engineer who signed on to the letter is quoted as saying. The letter adds that \u201cteams are stretched beyond reasonable limits.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Blue Origin seemed to give beating Elon Musk and Richard Branson in the billionaire space race priority over safety concerns, the group added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, the Federal Aviation Administration <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/aerospace-defense\/faa-review-safety-concerns-raised-by-former-blue-origin-employee-2021-09-30\/\">said it would review<\/a> safety allegations raised in the employee letter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In Smith\u2019s email to employees, the CEO shot back at accusations that led to the FAA review.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe New Shepard team went through a methodical and pain-staking process to certify our vehicle for First Human Flight,\u201d wrote Smith, who has led Blue Origin since 2017. \u201cAnyone that claims otherwise is uninformed and simply incorrect. That team is appropriately proud of the work they\u2019ve done and we should be as well.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Asked for comment on the FAA review of safety issues, a Blue Origin spokesperson did not comment on the FAA review but emailed a statement about Alexandra Abrams, the letter\u2019s only named signatory.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMs. Abrams was dismissed for cause two years ago after repeated warnings for issues involving federal export control regulations,\u201d the spokesperson said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/blue-origin-ceo-04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Blue Origin\" class=\"wp-image-19657636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/blue-origin-ceo-04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/blue-origin-ceo-04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/blue-origin-ceo-04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Blue Origin CEO Bob Smith said the company went through \u201cmethodical and pain-staking\u201d safety checks.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">NurPhoto via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Smith signed the email with \u201cGradatim Ferociter,\u201d Blue Origin\u2019s motto and a favorite phrase of his boss, Jeff Bezos.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBasically you can\u2019t skip steps, you have to put one foot in front of the other, things take time, there are no shortcuts but you want to do those steps with passion and ferocity,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/fs.blog\/2019\/05\/bezos-business-success\/\">Bezos once said<\/a> of the phrase.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Smith\u2019s letter was provided to The Post by a Blue Origin spokesperson. 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