I'm not one to defend Amazon but much of the criticism surrounding the tornado deaths at their factory seem to be coming from people who don't understand tornadoes. Amazon was right to keep the employees in the warehouse and not send them home. That's standard safety protocol.
You don't get into a car and drive during a tornado warning. My wife was out grocery shopping last year when a tornado warning came in and they made everyone stay in the store. Once there's a warning, it's too late to leave. You stay put.
The warehouse should have had some kind of storm shelter. If it didn't then you can certainly blame Amazon for that. But the whole "they made them stay" thing is totally normal procedure and everyone who has been through a tornado warning knows that.
I've seen people complain that Amazon "forced employees to come to work" when there were "tornadoes in the forecast." Listen, there are tornadoes potentially in the forecast in the midwest like 200 days of the year. Tornadoes are not hurricanes. You can't plan the same way.
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