努力成为地球上最优秀的雇主
1 分•作者: oenton•大约 1 个月前
内容警告：本帖讨论自杀。
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2026年8月14日，星期五早上，我收到一条来自陌生号码的短信：
“警报！亲爱的亚马逊人，GREF已暂时关闭大楼一天。您可以在BOS17工作，直至另行通知。”
我觉得这条短信很奇怪，但我确认了它的真实性，然后继续远程工作。我的团队进行了日常站会，一切似乎都很正常，直到下午3点，我收到一封来自人力资源部的标准邮件：
“今天上午，在我们一位亚马逊同事不幸离世后，我们关闭了BOS21……” [1]
那封邮件没有提及的是，这位同事是自杀身亡的。得知这个消息感觉很不真实……我从事专业工作已经十多年了，这是我第一次遇到这样的职场悲剧。我不知道该有什么反应。当天下午晚些时候，BOS21的Slack频道里有很多积极的留言，同事们表示愿意倾听，并提供了紧急资源链接。这让人感到宽慰。
我没有想到的是紧随其后的是：*沉默*。特别是来自领导层的沉默。我说的不是一线经理或中层经理，而是总监、副总裁、高级副总裁——他们中的许多人都在那栋楼里工作。我希望这样的悲剧是极其罕见的[2]，以至于当它发生时，应该得到在那栋楼里工作的、真正*的领导者*的个人信息或声明。一个*承认*。我认为对于“地球上最好的雇主”来说，人类的承认是最起码的。
我需要纠正一下上面的说法，因为我们得到的比沉默更具反乌托邦色彩。就在那个星期五，我们的副总裁发了一封全组织范围的邮件，吹嘘使用AI迁移到Rust的效率提升。我再说一遍：在我们的一位同事结束了自己的生命5小时后，我们的副总裁却在庆祝Rust迁移。
此时此刻，如果让我选择，我宁愿接受AI生成的慰问。
[1] https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ognyisn3a48a5yevnjjvo/update.jpg?rlkey=hdd62sow7vjo2k7uu1zsxdltq&st=5kaew5r8&e=3
[2] https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/nrwrrf6bp61vblvygt9ob/img2.jpg?rlkey=f5topyqov589ube7xs1p6xo6d&st=swiffscs
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<i>Content Warning: This post discusses suicide.</i><p>————————————————————————————————————————————————<p>Friday morning, August 14, 2026, I received this text from a number I didn’t recognize:<p>“ALERT! Dear Amazonians, GREF has temporarily closed the building for today. You are welcome to work from BOS17 until further notice."<p>I thought the text was odd but I confirmed it was legitimate and continued my day working remotely. My team had our daily standup and everything seemed quite normal, until 3:00 PM when I received this canned email from HR:<p>“This morning we closed BOS21 following the tragic loss of one of our Amazon colleagues….” [1]<p>What that email didn’t mention was that this colleague died by suicide. Learning that was surreal… I’ve been working professionally for over a decade and this is the first time I’ve encountered a workplace tragedy like this. I didn’t know what to expect. Later that afternoon there were many positive messages in BOS21’s Slack channel, colleagues offering an open ear and providing links to emergency resources. That was reassuring.<p>What I didn’t expect was what immediately followed: <i>silence.</i> Specifically, silence from leadership. I’m not talking about line managers or middle managers, I’m talking about directors, VPs, SVPs - many of which work in that same building. I would hope that a tragedy like this is so exceedingly rare[2] that when it does occur, it warrants a personal message or statement from the human <i>leaders</i> that work in that building. An <i>acknowledgement</i>. I would think a human acknowledgement is the bare minimum for “Earth’s best employer.”<p>I need to correct myself above because what we got was far more dystopian than silence. That same Friday our VP sent an org-wide email boasting about efficiency gains using AI to migrate to Rust. Let me repeat that: 5 hours after a colleague took their own life our VP is celebrating Rust migrations.<p>At this point, if given the choice of that, I would gladly accept AI generated condolences.<p>[1] https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ognyisn3a48a5yevnjjvo/update.jpg?rlkey=hdd62sow7vjo2k7uu1zsxdltq&st=5kaew5r8&e=3<p>[2] https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/nrwrrf6bp61vblvygt9ob/img2.jpg?rlkey=f5topyqov589ube7xs1p6xo6d&st=swiffscs