{"id":38316,"date":"2016-11-29T13:45:03","date_gmt":"2016-11-29T13:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/?p=38316"},"modified":"2016-11-30T06:57:45","modified_gmt":"2016-11-30T06:57:45","slug":"amazon-man-leaps-of-the-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/amazon-man-leaps-of-the-building\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon man leaps of the building"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">An Amazon.com Inc. employee was injured when he leaped off a building at the company&#8217;s Seattle headquarters in what police characterized as a suicide attempt.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The man, who wasn&#8217;t identified by authorities, sent an e-mail visible to hundreds of co-workers, including Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos, before the incident occurred, according to a person familiar with the matter. The man survived the fall from Amazon&#8217;s 12-story Apollo building at about 8:45 a.m. local time Monday and was taken to a Seattle hospital, police said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-38321\" src=\"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/1408492_1280x720.jpg\" alt=\"Amazon man leaps\" width=\"682\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/1408492_1280x720.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/1408492_1280x720-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The man had recently put in a request to transfer to a different department, but was placed on an employee improvement plan, a step that can lead to termination if performance isn&#8217;t improved, said the person, who asked not to be identified discussing company personnel matters. More than 20,000 people work in multiple buildings at Amazon&#8217;s headquarters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-38322\" src=\"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/920x920-1.jpg\" alt=\"Amazon man leaps\" width=\"490\" height=\"423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/920x920-1.jpg 920w, https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/920x920-1-768x664.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Our thoughts are with our colleague as he continues to recover,&#8221; Amazon said in a statement. &#8220;He&#8217;s receiving some of the best care possible and we will be there to support him throughout the recovery process.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the e-mail, the man expressed criticism of how the company handled his transfer request, and he hinted that he might harm himself, according to the person.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Amazon.com Inc. employee was injured when he leaped off a building at the company&#8217;s Seattle headquarters in what police characterized as a suicide attempt. 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