Amazon's pledge to become 'Earth's Best Employer' is failing.

It's Throw it Back>$4 Thursday, reader. I'm Diamond Naga Siu, and I'm just trying to make it to the weekend.

I get a lot of satisfaction out of what I do, but I'd love to work for the world's best employer. What does that even mean, though? What would the best employer in the world look like? What would make them so great?

While we ponder these imponderables, I can tell you that it's probably not Amazon — despite its $4 to become "Earth's Best Employer." My colleague $4 reports that $4 with just how far Amazon is from that goal.

We've got that and more below for today's tech news.

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1. Amazon is fumbling its "Earth's Best Employer">$4 pledge. This is one of the company's most ambitious projects, aimed at turning around its $4. Yet nearly two years later, employees — including top executives — lack clarity about the undertaking.

• Employees have repeatedly asked Amazon execs to provide clarity on the pledge. But their responses were often evasive and inconsistent. CEO Andy Jassy even once admitted that the definition of Earth's Best Employer is "subjective."
• Many employees said a lack of transparency at the company is especially counterproductive to the goal. They pointed to $4. Many $4 or one-on-one chat. And the restructuring plan wasn't revealed until the media had already covered it.
• My colleague $4 talked with more than 20 current and former Amazon employees about the lofty pledge. Spoiler alert: he found that there's a lot of work to do.

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In other news:

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2. Watch Jeff Bezos' $500 million megayacht set sail. The 417-foot vessel hit open water for the first time. It's the same boat that caused uproar for $4 for it to pass. $4

3. Google's leaked guidelines on how to train its ChatGPT competitor. Googlers were told to not let the chatbot talk like it is a human. $4 (Bonus: $4 He asked all Googlers to spend two to four hours testing the chatbot.)

4. "I tried Amazon's prescription service for generic meds>$4." RxPass covers 80+ health conditions for a flat, $5 monthly fee. My colleague $4 tried the service but probably won't use it again due to how difficult the setup was. $4

5. No Role Modelz>$4: Elon Musk thinks CEOs and politicians should be more like him. The billionaire said that other public figures should also run their own social media accounts. He said the current method of corporate press releases and ghostwritten Twitter posts sounds like "propaganda." $4

6. Tesla workers say the company tracks their keystrokes. Employees in New York say their keystrokes are monitored to ensure they're actively working, per Bloomberg. They emailed Elon Musk on Tuesday to inform him they were campaigning for a union. $4

7. An ex-Amazon manager says they quit over unfair performance ratings. Their boss encouraged them to quit after they defended a high-performing employee from getting the lowest performance rating. $4

8. Safety first: Mark Zuckerberg loves security. The Meta CEO's personal security allowance just got a $4 million increase — up from $10 million last year. Last year, the company shelled out $25 million for his personal security. $4

Odds and ends:

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9. Kia and Hyundai are tired of people stealing their cars. A viral TikTok challenge taught people $4. The Korean carmakers finally rolled out a free anti-theft software update for the targeted models. $4

10. Then leave>$4: These Walmart stores are shutting down. The retailer annually shuts down a few stores for underperformance. Insider compiled the ones it's shuttering across five states, including Illinois, Florida, and Wisconsin. $4

What we're watching today:

• It's the $4.
• Quarterly earnings for DoorDash, Dropbox, WeWork, and other companies. $4
• The US Postal Service is $4 for a Women's Soccer commemorative Forever stamp. It coincides with the $4.
• Happy birthday, The Weeknd. $4 for another day.

Curated by Diamond Naga Siu in San Diego. (Feedback or tips? Email dsiu@insider.com or tweet @diamondnagasiu>$4) Edited by Matt Weinberger (tweet @gamoid>$4) in San Francisco and Hallam Bullock (tweet @hallam_bullock>$4) + Nathan Rennolds (tweet @ncrennolds>$4) in London.