It’s a crime of course, and the use of work accounts is pretty brazen. However, I wouldn’t say “scandal” about something so ordinary, and I certainly don’t see what Mr. Bezos’s involvement is.
Of course prostitutes in Seattle are trafficked from Asia. Duh. If Amazon puts its new HQ in Charlotte (which my son says is a rumor Uptown), they’ll get their underage girls from Central America.
The one thing that surprises me is that many are underage. I’ve never done polling on the topic, but I would have expected ages 18-21 to be in highest demand. I would also expect both customers and the places where the girls work to completely avoid children under 18, if for no other reason due to the higher legal penalties. Perhaps I’m overoptimistic or overly law-abiding.
Amazon in Charlotte sounds good on paper and I love economic growth as much as anyone.
With that being said, traffic in the queen city is horrific enough. I’m glad I don’t have to go there.
It is amazing to me what some people try do with their work computer and work email accounts. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve walked up to a co-worker’s cubical and found they were surfing non-work related stuff or shopping on line on company time.
Two employers ago, one of the outside sales person complained of problems with his company lap top. IT did some diagnostics and discovered porn on it. The guy claimed that he had been hacked, that he had done nothing wrong. IIRC, he was reprimanded but wasn’t fired but warned that his computer and on-line and email activity would be closely monitored and restricted.
The funny thing was that our IT had put so many filters on our internet browsing that I and other sometimes had trouble bringing up legitimate websites we used for work. I in PR/HR and a co-worker in benefits were blocked from the DOL and IRS websites and one time blocked all employee access to our health insurance website during open enrollment.