In the statement, the workers say they are experiencing “dehumanizing.” conditions. And they are “terrified of the potential consequences for speaking out against the wealthiest man on the planet.”
Toxic Workplace, litigation, and missed deadlines
These claims come after an 11 minute July 20th space jaunt. Bezos diverted billions of Blue Origin operating funds for a private low orbit space flight in the New Shephard rocket.
Even before the flight Bezos was complaining that NASA had not accepted his bid for the Moon Program’s Artemis Human Landing System. And was denouncing his competitors, especially SpaceX. It is important to note that Blue Origin’s bid was double the SpaceX bid.
In the meantime, the United Launch Alliance (ULA) contract specified that Blue Origin would deliver the first two flight-ready BE-4 engines by April 2020. But, in early 2019, the company’s engines team presented an update to Smith and every component of the BE-4 engine had technical issues, claims an inside source.
