Amazon has announced it supports the federal legalization of marijuana, and that the company is revising a controversial workplace policy critics say has been used to keep employees working at a breakneck pace
The twin announcements, Amazon said, are aimed at reiterating the company's commitment to being an attractive employer. In a blog post, Dave Clark, CEO of Amazon's worldwide consumer division, said changing state laws on marijuana mean Amazon will no longer include the substance in the company's pre-employment drug tests and that the drug will now be treated the same as alcohol.
"Read MoreTime off policy changeAmazon is also taking a closer look at its so-called Time off Task policy, which automatically tracks workers' productivity by analyzing the time they spend on breaks. Critics have said that Time off Task contributes to a stressful work environment that treats workers as cogs in a machine rather than as people. On Tuesday, Clark appeared to acknowledge that criticism even as he claimed the policy is easily"misunderstood.
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