Charlotte Newman a black senior-level manager at Amazon has filed a suit against the company as well as two executives over alleged race and gender discrimination, as well as pay inequity. Charlotte Newman was hired at Amazon in January 2017 for a public policy manager position in Washington, a level lower than the job she initially applied for, she accepted the “Level 6” Amazon job because she was told that her responsibilities would only require her to do U.S. related domestic policy work, within months Newman was doing “Level 7” international-based work outside of the U.S. a job that would pay her hundreds of thousands of dollars, if not in the seven figures, more.
Today Charlotte Newman sat down to speak her truth for the first time ever in an interview.
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A senior manager at Amazon is suing the company and two managers for racial discrimination and sexual harassment. Charlotte Newman alleges the discrimination began during her hiring process in 2017.
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