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How Amazon’s Meritocracy Project Failed

Por: Slate Life October 22, 2023

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Gabfest Reads is a monthly series from the hosts of Slate’s  podcast. Recently, David Plotz spoke with author Kristi Coulter about her new memoir, Exit Interview: The Life and Death of My Ambitious Career. This partial transcript has been edited and condensed for clarity. David Plotz: Can you talk a little bit about some of the particular ways that sexism manifested itself? Kristi Coulter: It’s not like the Silicon Valley stories that I... + full article



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