Amazon fires engineer: Sent threatening letter to CEO; HR details emerge
Amazon fired Palestinian software engineer Ahmed Shahrour after he protested the company's $1.2 billion Project Nimbus contract with Israel on internal Slack channels. The termination follows a five-week suspension, with Amazon citing policy violations for posting non-work-related messages about the Israel-Palestine conflict. Shahrour claims the firing is retaliation against Palestinian voices.
Amazon fired Palestinian software engineer Ahmed Shahrour after he protested the company's $1.2 billion Project Nimbus contract with Israel on internal Slack channels. The termination follows a five-week suspension, with Amazon citing policy violations for posting non-work-related messages about the Israel-Palestine conflict. Shahrour claims the firing is retaliation against Palestinian voices.
