In one instance, an Amazon manager took away free cereals to save money, a former employee said.
The episode is one of many stories recently shared among ex-Amazon staff, who now work at Google.
You are free to solicit donations to try and keep it running,'" this person said in an internal email thread seen by Insider.
The incident is one of several signs of Amazon frugality going overboard, according to former Amazon employees who now work at Google.
The stories were shared through an internal Google email thread in recent weeks, as Insider previously reported.