'14-hour days with no break and no bathroom': Amazon founder Jeff Bezos sued by his former housekeeper

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Among the allegations made by Mercedes Wedaa is that she sometimes had to climb out of a laundry room to access a bathroom.

A former housekeeper for Amazon founder Jeff Bezos alleges she and other employees were made to work in unsafe and unsanitary conditions - including having to climb out of a laundry room window to access a bathroom.

She was hired in 2019 for a housekeeping role that required her to"work around a family without being seen", according to the complaint. When the Bezos family was at home, the housekeepers were only allowed to enter the house to clean, meaning they could not use the laundry door to access a bathroom directly, as it led only to the residence.

 

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Cruelty and misuse of power 😐

She earned more than 6 figures...so...7 figures?

AnnickBidwell He’s is one of the worst human beings on the planet

Slave driver.

Why not just leave if not happy and working in those conditions?

I call bull. At some point in that 14 hours she's cleaning a bathroom.

Good. He’s anti-Semitic. Profiting from anti-Semitic propaganda disseminated through Amazon.

Meh. Might be true. I've known some people who treat their housekeepers really bad, and they're not egomaniacs like bezos. Not to mention the fact that having money to do literally anything makes you feel like it's ok to treat people like crap. Someone check on elonmusk maid!

Did he stand over her the whole time? Sounds questionable to me.

Good.

If anyone at washingtonpost wants to report similar working conditions please DM me

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