Mr. Bezos, responding to an article that was published by The New York Times over the weekend about Amazon’s hard-hitting management style, deplored what he called its portrait of “a soulless, dystopian workplace where no fun is had and no laughter heard” and said, “I don’t think any company adopting the approach portrayed could survive, much less thrive, in today’s highly competitive tech hiring market.” He told workers: “I don’t recognize this Amazon and I very much hope you don’t, either.”... In a letter to employees, Mr. Bezos said Amazon would not tolerate the “shockingly callous management practices” described in the article. He urged any employees who knew of “stories like those reported” to contact him directly... Mr. Bezos urged his 180,000 employees to give The Times article “a careful read” but...also suggested reading a piece on LinkedIn by an Amazon engineer, Nick Ciubotariu