Alexis Scott-Windham was one of the people injured in the New Orleans attack by Shamsud-Din Jabbar on Bourbon Street. He ran over and shot her in the foot. Amazon denied her request for a leave of absence. We don't hate Jeff Bezos enough. - ThreadSky

artcandee.bsky.social • 147 days ago

Alexis Scott-Windham was one of the people injured in the New Orleans attack by Shamsud-Din Jabbar on Bourbon Street.

He ran over and shot her in the foot.

Amazon denied her request for a leave of absence.

We don't hate Jeff Bezos enough.

Comments

redheaddebbie.bsky.social•147 days ago

I had no idea he also shot at people. Sending Alexis Scott-Windham a wish for a speedy recovery. Jeff Bezos sucks and I canceled my anything Amazon related when he stopped the WAPO endorsement

ohyeahisee.bsky.social•147 days ago

EXACTLY

nomagaqnutz.bsky.social•147 days ago

Wow! Jeff Bezos is a POS!

jaynew.bsky.social•147 days ago

What?

drawsacat.bsky.social•147 days ago

Amazon felt the heat. Said she filled out the wrong form and is giving her leave. Blame the victim! She didn't know to use the special form for getting shot and run over!

deardean22.bsky.social•147 days ago

*they granted her leave “after” originally denying it.

sheeple-herder.com•147 days ago

Well to be fair she totally didn't need her foot for her desk job.

edithbb.bsky.social•147 days ago

You always take a risk when you use sarcasm. Keep up the good work!

sheeple-herder.com•147 days ago

One of these days I'll figure out why I don't have any friends.

mariaire2002.bsky.social•147 days ago

😏

winterlightstudios.bsky.social•147 days ago

You're right, we don't. He should have gotten some serious adjustments by now...

al-b.bsky.social•147 days ago

If we grant you a leave of absence, we'll have to grant everyone shot and hit with a vehicle in a terrorist attack a leave of absence. 😐

redheaddebbie.bsky.social•147 days ago

Shake it off, Sport. This is what I voted for. ~Billionaire Jeff Bezos

sheeple-herder.com•147 days ago

Exactly. I mean where does it end? Pretty soon your entire workforce is out on leave.

katvanzandt.bsky.social•147 days ago

Omg lol!

alissact.bsky.social•147 days ago

JFC..... I've been in HR for my entire career, but I blame someone in their HR department for this decision.

firehorsep.bsky.social•147 days ago

It's not possible to hate people like him as much as they deserve.

winterlightstudios.bsky.social•147 days ago

True, but that just means that we need more practice.

rslmontana.bsky.social•147 days ago

Inconceivable!

sheeple-herder.com•147 days ago

I see what you did there.

clkfm.bsky.social•147 days ago

Cant be true. There is such thing as FMLA its the law.

odetteroulette.bsky.social•147 days ago

For an Amazon worker, even if she claims FMLA, they can still let her go, citing other reasons and it will be hard to prove or manage that situation for the average person. They lay ppl off regularly at Amazon and can say the Christmas rush is over.

hoopsdi.bsky.social•147 days ago

So she should be required to stay home with ZERO PAY after surviving a terror attack????

my2bits4u.bsky.social•147 days ago

In other news, Jeff Bezos just bought an 80 million dollar plane

gaylordthek9.bsky.social•147 days ago

What a thunder C*nt....

midwesternmama.bsky.social•147 days ago

Shame on you #JeffBezos & #Amazon!

choochoo-bob.bsky.social•147 days ago

America's Oligarch's are all vile human beings.

princefan-1.bsky.social•146 days ago

Can she sue?

lindapal.bsky.social•147 days ago

Boycott Amazon. They are throwing freezing water on strikers

grammie1517.bsky.social•147 days ago

Think twice about placing that amazon order. WOW

fnceyrpool.bsky.social•147 days ago

That’s horrible!

batheinblue.bsky.social•147 days ago

Bezos is a monster.

tadmarshall.bsky.social•147 days ago

Between blocking the WaPo Harris endorsement and contributing a million dollars to Trump's coronation, I've lost all respect for Bezos. He's basically MAGA-lite at this point.

redhibiscus23.bsky.social•147 days ago

I totally agree. As much as I dislike Walmart, that .com is a better alternative to show my hate towards Bezos.

berniebluesky1.bsky.social•147 days ago

Nope!😒 not nearly!😒🙄😒

clarkindeir.bsky.social•147 days ago

WTF. "But the Amazon warehouse where she works denied her request for a leave of absence, and she worries she'll have to find a new job once she's recovered."

https://www.nola.com/news/crime_police/alabama-mom-is-hit-by-truck-then-shot-in-new-orleans-attack/article_f985df4e-c965-11ef-8ec3-a3bc378dd1ae.html

kathykatd.bsky.social•146 days ago

We should hate him, though.

dickritchie.bsky.social•147 days ago

This has now become a national story and Amazon isn't going to fire her, guaranteed. Bezos is still a prick, though.

brownejax2024.bsky.social•147 days ago

WTF???? Jeff bezos is like a scum landlord

unicrnshrtsprkles.bsky.social•147 days ago

We should.

teejay2.bsky.social•147 days ago

Omg no shit!!!

lindydr9.bsky.social•147 days ago

How do you know this I looked online and could not find any statement from Her

drtardigrade.bsky.social•147 days ago

Maybe you should delete this as it turns out it is no longer true. We don’t want good place becoming a cess pit of disinformation like the bad Place.

redheaddebbie.bsky.social•147 days ago

Not if public attention caused the change from 10 am this morning. Change doesn't happen when you protect them.

drtardigrade.bsky.social•147 days ago

Fair point. Need an edit button to add that suggestion

goodwilltriumph-25.bsky.social•147 days ago

Boycott Amazon!!!!

hergesmith.bsky.social•147 days ago

Yes, Amazon are cunts, of course, but the real issue is the indentured servitude Americans accept as acceptable work conditions. It’s insane how little leave you get, the health benefits that tie you to an employer and the culture/ religion lying to you about ‘hard work = good citizen/ blessed’.

winterlightstudios.bsky.social•147 days ago

The truth about amazon is that it's the Idiocracy's version of Foxconn.

passj.bsky.social•147 days ago

Unbelievable!!

sandman20.bsky.social•147 days ago

Not a fan of Bezos but I doubt he’s the one that denied her request

trickytrev.bsky.social•147 days ago

That’s probably because the 1% orchestrated and paid for the attack to happen 🤔 Can we really put anything past the people who bought our democracy?

mw1989.bsky.social•147 days ago

#CancelAmazonPrime

There are other places to shop!!! Get it trending!

christinarocco.bsky.social•147 days ago

Isn't emergency family medical leave still the law?

themosersaurus.bsky.social•147 days ago

Can’t have anything chipping away at his $600M wedding now, can we?

first-amendment.bsky.social•147 days ago

Bare minimum here. Besides him being a total shit, I don’t want to buy his girlfriend any bigger boobs.

gspiggott.bsky.social•147 days ago

What a bizarre fantasy.

alimor999.bsky.social•147 days ago

Costco should offer her a job!

brooklynamerican.bsky.social•147 days ago

This! Exactly!

fortiermichel.bsky.social•147 days ago

How more inhuman could you get ? The worse morally 🙄

hangingchadsbook.bsky.social•147 days ago

Can we just get to children working in coal mines? The waiting is killing me.

porcorosso92.bsky.social•147 days ago

I hate Jeff Bezos for a lot of things, but mostly for buying an on-screen cameo in "Star Trek: Beyond"...

lwprodemoc.bsky.social•147 days ago

On January 20th,- If you have already done so, cancel your Amazon and Washington Post subscriptions. Fuck Jeff Bezos. And here is a place to get more info on Bezos owned companies: https://theorg.com/iterate/what-companies-does-jeff-bezos-own

lessafetoday08.bsky.social•147 days ago

I've hated him for quite a while now.

fayelle.bsky.social•147 days ago

Glad they got it sorted, but ut should have been a non issue in the first place. Amazon should have been bending over backward to help her the minute they knew she was injured from this incident.

https://www.newsweek.com/amazon-deny-time-woman-shot-new-orleans-attack-2009424

elle1959.bsky.social•147 days ago

Damn! Heartless!

zoltar76.bsky.social•147 days ago

Eat the Rick. Buy nothing from Amazon. Use it as a search engine and contact the selling company directly. They’ll usually have the same prices and free shipping too.

pibbly.bsky.social•147 days ago

This is the way!!!!

mariaire2002.bsky.social•147 days ago

That’s what I do for name brand products. There are LOTS of smaller inadequate cheap products on Amazon. Look for reviews with pictures. The non-brand products I have had great experiences with are things like stainless steel shelving, office desks and chairs, etc…not clothing.

zoltar76.bsky.social•147 days ago

Supposed to be “eat the rich” but I’m sure most figured that out. 🤨

mariaire2002.bsky.social•147 days ago

😆🤣not me! I went huh?

fergusthepug.bsky.social•147 days ago

That's a really good idea👍

cissybgood67.bsky.social•147 days ago

This is infuriating. Bezos can rot.

justmyopinionok.bsky.social•147 days ago

She was denied initially, until Amazon got the full story and corrected her request form… she has full paid leave and the company said "We wish her a full recovery and look forward to welcoming her back to work once she's able," said Amazon spokesperson Kelly Nantel.
I Still don’t like Besoz though!

gaylordthek9.bsky.social•147 days ago

Good 👍

christinamkaiser.bsky.social•147 days ago

I was kinda wondering if she said the full story. I once was going to get a write up (non-Amazon job) for calling off until I explained it was for a family member’s funeral.

violetsky11.bsky.social•147 days ago

Was just coming here to say all this exactly - right to the end sentence

theladyin302.bsky.social•147 days ago

Nooooooooo!
What a shmuck

222cycles.bsky.social•147 days ago

GET SOME F*cking UNIONS GOING, BY LAW. JUST DO SOMETHING!!!!!!!!!!
......just saying.

💙💙💙🌈🌈🌈💙💙

cluelessclb.bsky.social•147 days ago

They claimed she requested it on the wrong form or something but they gave her the leave of absence finally.

lady-mari.bsky.social•147 days ago

I say eat the rich, but Jeff can just get tossed with the old milk

roxyinlq.bsky.social•135 days ago

My thought is something else is going on.

cdoteff.bsky.social•147 days ago

What

lrhouston.bsky.social•147 days ago

Having (regretfully) worked for HR at Amazon, I question this, decisions on med LOA's don't happen this quickly. Maybe a personal LOA, those happen at the building level. She wouldn't even have the paperwork completed by now. That said, Jassy makes Bezos look like a man of the people. Fuck 'em both

alifoley82.bsky.social•147 days ago

Has to be a personal LOA. There is no way medical or FMLA would be approved at this point. Never worked at Amazon but I’ve taken FMLA and also may or may not work in a certain department 😉

sylvesterskycat.bsky.social•147 days ago

I'm working on it.

czdanielak.bsky.social•147 days ago

Not true. This is Twitter-like click bait that doesn't belong her. You may hate AMZN, but their insurance/leave policies are some of the best. Plus they are not stupid. And as other responders said - you didn't consider timing.

lewmom.bsky.social•147 days ago

Sorry for all caps but.....
WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK?
Fuck you Amazon and Bezos

sweetiesue1111.bsky.social•147 days ago

#BoycottAmazon

gabbydp.bsky.social•147 days ago

WTF

torturedpoet84.swifties.social•147 days ago

They did end up approving leave with pay, but still…I imagine it was solely an about face and not out of the goodness of their hearts or the concern for her wellbeing.

kayokalin.bsky.social•147 days ago

Sounds about right. Typical Amazon treatment of employees…

kathleenrose.bsky.social•147 days ago

#BoycottAmazon

massdisillusion.bsky.social•147 days ago

...or Tim Cook.

rosiewayffux.bsky.social•147 days ago

they gave her the option to leave, she should just take that, bezos is trying not to lose money🤷‍♀️

delmack.bsky.social•147 days ago

Very true

okeefe34.bsky.social•147 days ago

Is it verified that she was shot by the driver and not the police? I wonder if there was any "friendly fire" accidents since driver died they said in a "shoot out."

citizensullivan.bsky.social•147 days ago

This is illegal in New Hampshire. I was the prime sponsor of the Crime Victim Employment Leave Act.

https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/XXIII/275/275-62.htm

louisev1.bsky.social•147 days ago

They can’t deny a FMLA request.

alifoley82.bsky.social•147 days ago

Yes they can if she doesn’t qualify for it. Have to be at the company 1 year or more and have worked 1250 hours in the last year. FMLA provides job protection. It is unpaid.

chartjulian.bsky.social•147 days ago

I'm happy to tell everyone that I cancelled Amazon Prime yesterday.

hoopsdi.bsky.social•147 days ago

I cancelled 4 years ago never regretted it once

corgislave.bsky.social•147 days ago

WTAF

hazletonhorseman.bsky.social•147 days ago

She’s now getting paid time off…

fl-anjet.bsky.social•147 days ago

this is no longer the case..she gets time off with pay ..also, Bezos no longer runs amazon

atlantajan.bsky.social•147 days ago

She got time off with pay. Damn. Read to the end. Sheesh. The original denial of leave was probably related to lack of information about her injuries.

lilnasty.bsky.social•147 days ago

I with you but but he step down in 2021 is he a good person u don’t know but this not on him

khr5.bsky.social•147 days ago

Bezos cares more about making the orange fool happy than taking care of his employees

suzvotesblue.bsky.social•147 days ago

She's all set, Amazon claims she filled out the paperwork incorrectly and gave her the leave after public outcry.

paulahenderson.bsky.social•147 days ago

No, that was not true. just somebody making up something for clicks. we gotta be careful what we spread around.

belleviefarm.bsky.social•147 days ago

It was true briefly - but amazon spokesperson came out and said they denied it by mistake, and now her paid leave has been approved 🤨

needmoresleep19.bsky.social•147 days ago

The Oligarchs are auditioning for Trump in the cruelty stakes.....

ronp25.bsky.social•147 days ago

It's all about the hate now
'Murica 2025

lordzobin.bsky.social•147 days ago

The culture of Amazon is toxic. I'm a teacher. For extra money I worked in the "system" for two months during the summer break. Working in an Amazon warehouse is back breaking work designed for poor people who have no other options. I'm Metis, but look white as the Irish snow.

lordzobin.bsky.social•147 days ago

Side note, I happily took my 4 days paid vacation and 4 days sick leave without a doctor's note (I was legit sick) with absolutely no problems or questions asked.

lordzobin.bsky.social•147 days ago

Needless to say, I declined.

lordzobin.bsky.social•147 days ago

When I resigned, they offered me a much higher paying position in management.

mrfoo123.bsky.social•147 days ago

"I'm Grundoon. I used to only say, 'grs!'."
"Now I can say, ' Billionaires are not human beings!'"

tripowkow.bsky.social•147 days ago

No more amazon in my home.

db0rg.bsky.social•147 days ago

One of my adult sons (there are 4) who worked at Whole Foods (Butcher) for 16 years with a stellar work and performance record was fired two days after a medical emergency and had a Dr.'s note but no PTO. Amazon rules not W.F.'s.

deborahinohio.bsky.social•147 days ago

WTF???

lonestardemocrat.bsky.social•147 days ago

Sounds like a lawsuit to me

independent1976.bsky.social•147 days ago

BEZO is as much trash as MUSK... FILTH..... #RESIST

peltonka.bsky.social•147 days ago

The Amazon warehouse where she works originally denied her request for a leave of absence, but the company said in a statement Friday that they've since spoken with her and given her time off with pay.

redheaddebbie.bsky.social•147 days ago

It's the first part we are upset with.

peltonka.bsky.social•147 days ago

But they fixed it. Some peon made a mistake and the grownups made the right choice.
Bezo’s is scum, but…

redheaddebbie.bsky.social•147 days ago

You don't know that. Amazon isn't good to their employees. They said no to an employee that needed medical time off. They didn't change it until they got the 'story' and that THIS story was out. So there isn't any mistakes.

dtc23.bsky.social•147 days ago

😡

kmg8.bsky.social•147 days ago

How low can they go!!!🤬

lunasky1.bsky.social•147 days ago

Not true.

suzvotesblue.bsky.social•147 days ago

It was true, they just recently reversed it.

bobbiredsox.bsky.social•147 days ago

No. I do. I haven't ordered from Amazon in years. His future wife was the most annoying human on our local Fox news. She was always a hot mess. They're made for each other.

finkeldoppler.bsky.social•147 days ago

This is all Andy Jassy. But you're right, we don't hate Bezos enough either.

holeeguacamole.bsky.social•147 days ago

Let's use some crtical thinking here.

This event happened two nights ago. The day after it happened was a holiday, so the first day this leave could be requested was yesterday, and it's already being reported as denied on the morning after that one day?

I call B.S.

Critical thinking, folks.

tlatshaw.bsky.social•147 days ago

Weird that Amazon released a statement today about it, then.
https://www.nola.com/news/crime_police/alabama-mom-is-hit-by-truck-then-shot-in-new-orleans-attack/article_f985df4e-c965-11ef-8ec3-a3bc378dd1ae.html

holeeguacamole.bsky.social•147 days ago

Weird how you didn't include that statement and no Google search brings it up.

tlatshaw.bsky.social•147 days ago

It's true I'm not finding a press release in a search, but let's put that critical thinking hat back on.

Are you accusing the Times-Picayune, a newspaper that has been around since 1837, of making up quotes about one of the richest and most legally backed corporations in the country?

holeeguacamole.bsky.social•147 days ago

No, I'm saying let's wait to hear the whole story.

TheTimes-Picayune should have followed up on this to get Amazon's side prior to running the story, but being first is now the primaiy tenet of journalism.

"We reached out for comment from Amazon" is not adequate.

tlatshaw.bsky.social•147 days ago

Did... you not read the article?

hvrcrftfullofeels.bsky.social•147 days ago

so no one at Amazon works holidays?

holeeguacamole.bsky.social•147 days ago

Does your HR work holidays?

hvrcrftfullofeels.bsky.social•147 days ago

supervisors do.

holeeguacamole.bsky.social•147 days ago

So, not the people who'd make the final decision on something that's being disputed.

holeeguacamole.bsky.social•147 days ago

*And certainly not anyone authorized to talk to a newspaper reporter.

holeeguacamole.bsky.social•147 days ago

P.S. Jeff Bezos owns about 9% of Amazon and hasn't been involved in the day-to-day operations since 2021.

urgeoverkill.bsky.social•147 days ago

Amazon’s gonna love the lawsuit 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

miama13.bsky.social•147 days ago

kdrowland.bsky.social•147 days ago

This is incorrect.

shedamb.bsky.social•147 days ago

I know she probably needs her job, but it would be nice if she didn’t have to return.

bananarammer.bsky.social•147 days ago

Why is a mother out at 3 am ?

wordsornumbers.bsky.social•147 days ago

How the hell do they expect her to properly do her job in her condition?

andrea-howard.bsky.social•147 days ago

Shame on you @amazon

debsworldat52.bsky.social•147 days ago

They did Finally approve her time off
Probably after it got out what they did

sheeple-herder.com•147 days ago

But does she really need her foot to do her job at Amazon? People aren't asking the important questions.

redheaddebbie.bsky.social•147 days ago

If it were a driver, they could hock it towards the door. Im sure those surveys don't mean anything & they're not getting raises off my awards.

sheeple-herder.com•147 days ago

Damn right. When my grandfather shot himself in the foot and was run over by a wagon train, he was back in the coal mine that afternoon with a simple blood bucket tied to his leg. People today don't know what hard work is I swear.

redheaddebbie.bsky.social•147 days ago

A bunch of pansies!

sleeponthebeach.bsky.social•147 days ago

Satire gets me ever time.

sleeponthebeach.bsky.social•147 days ago

I can't even spell, from you to c-span, I'm in stitches over here.

msbonnie.bsky.social•147 days ago

Bezos’ grotesque $600million wedding maybe caused Amazon to walk back their denial of a leave. Now let’s look at her Amazon health insurance.

jean-jeannie.bsky.social•147 days ago

They changed course and ended up giving her time off with pay.

mickeyellis.bsky.social•147 days ago

Bezos only owns 9% of the stock and Andy Jassy has been in charge since 2021. This asshoke hides under Bezos' skirt and we let him get away with it.

Andy Jassy runs Amazon now and he is the person responsible for the current decisions being made.

winterlightstudios.bsky.social•147 days ago

It was no less toxic with bozoz in charge.

mariaire2002.bsky.social•147 days ago

Well we all really love the fast shipping….but there are real people making that happen… being worked till they drop…

robertfingleton.bsky.social•147 days ago

More reason to hate him.. 😡

redheaddebbie.bsky.social•147 days ago

Well he did thank us for funding his space trip. So there's that.

purpleprince89.bsky.social•147 days ago

Oh I absolutely do hate him. So much so that I am one in a billion who doesn't shop on Amazon.

bbqcornnuts.bsky.social•147 days ago

I wish I could offer her a job.

williamafranklin.bsky.social•147 days ago

I detest some of their policies but this has been resolved:

• Amazon initially denied her request
• Reviewed the case
• Has offered the employee paid time off
• Are welcoming her to return when able

This was handled relatively quickly, and not due to a negative PR campaign.

too-young.bsky.social•147 days ago

Thanks

linda-lu.bsky.social•147 days ago

Amazon is Not allowed to deny her leave request. She is covered by FMLA laws, which grants her 12 weeks of leave. The leave is unpaid once she exhausts her accrued paid time off. Unless she has taken her full complement of FMLA in the past 12 months, Amazon hasn’t a choice & they should know this.

alifoley82.bsky.social•147 days ago

She may not be eligible for FMLA. To be eligible, one has to be employed for at last 1 year and have worked 1250 hours in the last year.

absentmindedprof3.bsky.social•147 days ago

Billionaires suck!

anne591.bsky.social•147 days ago

Oh I am going to check at my work about leave absence if I get hurt outside of work ..So this might good idea for everyone to check on there leave of absence . The way our country is next for years we’re at festival this kind thing happens 🥹🥹pray it doesn’t .🌹🌹🌹💙check on it .

prosborne.bsky.social•147 days ago

Yeah, he is probably enjoying the billionaire hate that is focused on Musk so he can go along with his own dastardly plans without much scrutiny.

jammy5.bsky.social•147 days ago

Just like living in Russia you have a Dictator and ruling Oligarchs

kanelawless420.bsky.social•147 days ago

Homey don't play that. Basically.

seavoyager1.bsky.social•147 days ago

Company owners and CEOs can be real idiots. Maybe we need a national workers’ strike (NOT in critical service, like: medicine, fire, rescue, etc) to show these Trump oligarchs, that unlike Russia, WE WILL fight back and maybe, even shut them down.

Time to learn that
No Employees Equals No Business.

sunflowersuezy.bsky.social•146 days ago

I’m sure there is a policy that clearly states all leave must be approved in advance. No exceptions. 🙄😒

vista2020.bsky.social•147 days ago

Once Bezos showed us his real face, I paid off our Amazon card and canceled our account. I’m sick of this 💩

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