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Amazon is using its tech prowess to keep employees engaged.

In August last year, Amazon India's country head Amit Agarwal wrote an email to employees encouraging them to log off from work related emailing and calls after 6pm to ensure work life balance. Coming from a 'customer obsessed' company fighting another US retailer, Walmart, in a market that is expected to reach revenues of $120 billion by 2020, this was a welcome change.

At its Bengaluru headquarters in the World Trade Centre, the BT team, heading to meet Director, Human Resources, Deepti Varma, met a group of 'Amazonians' in the elevator who were seriously discussing a tech glitch that had to be fixed as soon as possible. When

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