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		kvargs on Nov 13, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Letter to Amazon Board from Fired Ad Exec Hi All - Kivin here - thanks for the words of support - it really helps. Yes I thought HR was at a minimum neutral. In Amazon, your HR contact is called your "HR Business Partner" which in retrospect is completely bogus. They are there to do what the exec management chain wants them to do.

zippergz on Nov 13, 2014 [–]

That means they are a partner to the business, not a partner to you. This is a common (not Amazon-invented) term.

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