Ethics In Tech & Lack Thereof Sleeping Under The Cell Tower By Vahid Razavi Another Breakdown Unfortunately, due to the incessant work stress, my mania came roaring back. I grew fearful of my work computer and digital devices. At 8:00 a.m. on May 11, 2017 I went to Amazon’s San Francisco office to turn in my laptop, as I strongly …
Christmas in February – A Critical Overview of Amazon Leadership Principles
Ethics In Tech & Lack Thereof Sleeping Under The Cell Tower By Vahid Razavi Christmas in February – A Critical Overview of Amazon Leadership Principles I’d like to dive deeper (that’s actually Principle 12) into Amazon’s leadership principles, or at least the ones that I’ve given the most though to. The one that really grinds my gears is Principle 13,“have …
Welcome to the (Amazon) Jungle
Ethics In Tech & Lack Thereof Sleeping Under The Cell Tower By Vahid Razavi Welcome to the (Amazon) Jungle While recovering from my injuries I wanted to get back to work in the tech sector. I was looking fora job that would reflect my background and industry experience in cloud computing. The biggest and largest provider in this space was …
Stateside Crisis
Ethics In Tech & Lack Thereof Sleeping Under The Cell Tower By Vahid Razavi Stateside Crisis I was back in the United States within 24 hours of being released from the hospital. I experienced mixed emotions upon my homecoming; I was glad to be out of the mental institution and back inthe comfort and familiarity of the States, but I …
Belgrade Breakdown
Ethics In Tech & Lack Thereof Sleeping Under The Cell Tower By Vahid Razavi Belgrade Breakdown As soon as we reached a settlement I booked a flight to see my co-workers and friends in Belgrade.I wanted to explain to them what had happened and I sorely needed a sympathetic ear. My dear friends in Serbia welcomed me with open arms. …
Taking On Titans
Ethics In Tech & Lack Thereof Sleeping Under The Cell Tower By Vahid Razavi Taking On Titans I wasn’t going to let the torture enablers at CSC steal my company’s name and trademark (as well as its good reputation) without one hell of a fight. I knew a lawsuit was our best chance at justice, but there was a huge …
CSC: Torturers Become Thieves
Ethics In Tech & Lack Thereof Sleeping Under The Cell Tower By Vahid Razavi CSC: Torturers Become Thieves A year and a half after we launched BizCloud, Computer Sciences Corporation, perhaps in a bid to rehabilitate their reputation, did what so many other companies do when they want people to forget their dirty deeds — they offered a new product …
Khaled El-Masri
Ethics In Tech & Lack Thereof Sleeping Under The Cell Tower By Vahid Razavi Khaled El-Masri The best-known of all of CSC’s rendition victims is an innocent man named Khaled El-Masri. Born In Kuwait to Lebanese parents, El-Masri grew up in Lebanon before immigrating to Germany During the Lebanese civil war. He eventually married a German woman, obtained German Citizenship, …
Road to Rendition
Ethics In Tech & Lack Thereof Sleeping Under The Cell Tower By Vahid Razavi Road to Rendition Following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States the George W. Bush Administration instituted a series of policies and actions that shocked the world’s conscience,violating both the law and any sense of human decency. He launched a global war against …
A Rotten Company
Ethics In Tech & Lack Thereof Sleeping Under The Cell Tower By Vahid Razavi A Rotten Company By this time CSC had long since crossed over to the dark side, if you will, by signing many highly lucrative contracts with the US military and military-industrial complex corporations, including a $186 million office automation deal with the US Air Force — …