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I work for Amazon and have had people reach out to me about doing this with a large price tag attached to it.
by single_source 6y ago
I work for Amazon and have had people reach out to me about doing this with a large price tag attached to it.
- koolba 6y agoHow much is “large”?
- single_source 6y agoMuch more than I'm getting paid at Amazon.
- idbehold 6y agoOver what length of time?
- single_source 6y agoI didn't get into the details because I was adamantly against doing it.
- TeMPOraL 6y agoWhat you're getting paid at Amazon has the dimension of money/time; a bribe is presumably just money. We need to know the time period to reasonably compare the two :). Otherwise it's like saying "the distance to city is much larger than the speed of my car".
- single_source 6y agotbh, I've already said more than I'd like to about the matter.
- randycupertino 6y agoDid you consider reporting the people who reached out to you? Is there even a method in which to doso? Not sure if that would internal or externally.
- kadoban 6y agoI work at a different large tech company and there are absolutely internal ways to report any kind of suspicious contacts. I'd be shocked if every large company didn't have at least some way.
- dboreham 6y agoEven if there isn't a way, you just lift the phone and dial the general counsel.
- achow 6y agoHow does it matter? Take away is the money offered is not trivial and looks like much beyond the money needed for splurging on a nice new German car. Kudos to the OP on taking a moral stand. How many would do that?
- awb 6y agoNot sure about OC but in this indictment it's $100k presumably paid to multiple people > over $100,000 in commercial bribes to Amazon employees and contractors, in exchange for an unfair competitive advantage on the Amazon Marketplace
- TheOtherHobbes 6y ago$100k is a very tidy sum in India. Even $10k isn't pocket money. This is why those labelling the comments about Indian outsourcing as racist as missing the point. Outsourcing significant business operations to developing countries makes corruption and hostile interference really really cheap - and therefore far more likely.
- wmeredith 6y agoUh, I live in Kansas City and $10k isn’t exactly pocket money.
- gogopuppygogo 6y agoReport this to your company and law enforcement.
- PaulRobinson 6y agoSpeak to your manager about it. Be prepared to speak to legal about it. Not doing so - even if you don't do what they're asking - is possible grounds for disciplinary action if discovered later, e.g. these people are caught bribing others, their files are gone through, and your name pops up as somebody they approached and it's realised you kept quiet. At that point you may have damaged the trust your employer has in you.
- draw_down 6y agoI don’t know what it’s like inside amazon but that feels like the sort of thing that is just as likely to backfire on an employee trying to do the right thing. I’d probably just ignore and play dumb if it came up.
- anyfactor 6y agoI know a person who is literally from a third world country. And he operates some Florida based cosmetic shops virtual assistance effort. They have a 30 member team operating day and night doing something shady. People often underestimate how successful the successful dropshippers are.
- dencodev 6y agoThe advice here to tell your employer and law enforcement is such an awful idea. They're more likely to target you and suspect you coordinated with them even if you didn't. HR and legal isn't there to help you - they're there to help the company.