AWS Fired Gay Exec for Pursuing Discrimination Claims: Complaint
Male Amazon Web Services executives “felt free” to treat executive Cindy Warner, a gay woman in her late 50s, “with open contempt, insults, and hostility” after the company’s Professional Services operation hired her in April 2019 to grow cloud enterprise…
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revenue through clients Novartis and Cisco, she alleged (in Pacer) Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Riverside, California. Amazon terminated Wagner April 28 in a “blatantly retaliatory move,” two weeks after learning she had hired lawyers to pursue “legal claims of discrimination” against the company, said her complaint. “The openly discriminatory language and other conduct by Amazon’s white male executives show that much of their worst behavior and abuse is targeted at female coworkers and subordinates.” Wagner said she will file a charge with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Her complaint seeks punitive and compensatory damages, plus declaratory judgment that Amazon violated federal and California discrimination laws. Amazon didn’t respond to questions Thursday.