Open letter from ex-employees at Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin alleges a ‘toxic’ and ‘sexist’ work environment

The safety concerns are more important.

https://fortune.com/2021/09/30/blue-origin-jeff-bezos-toxic-work-environment-open-letter-ally-abrams-space/

The employees write that “making progress for Jeff” on rocket launch schedules took precedence over safety concerns that would have slowed down the process. Women were often the ones to raise those concerns, employees say, and were “demeaned” for doing so. The company did not respond to safety concerns raised in the letter. Its July New Shepard flight was its 17th successful launch.

The 21 employees write that they nearly unanimously agree they would not fly in a Blue Origin vehicle, citing the danger of this “suppression” of opposing viewpoints and their knowledge of how teams at the company are “stretched beyond their limits.”

In their letter, these employees write that many members of this group are terrified of “speaking out against the wealthiest man on the planet.” (Bezos’s fortune is pegged around $196 billion.)