Jeff Bezos Shareholder Letter: Amazon Is Developing An ‘Algorithmic’ Solution To Workplace Injuries

On Thursday, Jeff Bezos published his final letter to shareholders as CEO of Amazon. Throughout the course of the 22-minute read, the richest person in the world offered fascinating insight into the trillion-dollar company he founded in a Seattle garage; the wealthy share-owners who bought seven-eighths of the company’s stock; the 1.3 million workers who toil to build the company’s fortune; and the enigmatic psyche of the man himself. In particular, Bezos dedicates a core part of the letter space to Amazon’s mission to become “Earth’s Best Employer and Earth’s Safest Place to Work,” after the company was caught in a storm of negative commentary about what critics called abusive labor practices in recent weeks. Read more at Fast Company.