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Nope. The efficiencies you've grown to expect from Amazon comes at a cost. And when Humans are involved in that cost, sometimes there is also a human cost. See

Nope. The efficiencies you've grown to expect from Amazon comes at a cost. And when Humans are involved in that cost, sometimes there is also a human cost. See Life in an Amazon Warehouse: Fear and Efficiency at 35 Orders Per Second => http://gizmodo.com/5982811/life-in-an-amazon-warehouse-fear-and-efficiency-at-35-orders-per-second http://gizmodo.com/5982811/life-in-an-amazon-warehouse-fear-...

ryao 10y ago
Those efficiencies no longer seem to exist. I almost always find better pricing at other sites such as eBay, jet.com and Newegg. My guess is that their pursuit of original content has caused them to lose their edge.
rubyn00bie 10y ago
A gizmodo article as proof? Come. On. That's merely stating what they're doing not providing anything new to the argument. Hire more people. Problem solved. Yeah it's gonna eat at your margins oh so slightly (and less than you'd think). Turns out people who are over worked, work like shit and it's because we aren't made to do that. Stop trying to peddle this nonsense, mate.
- sean_patel 10y ago
  > Hire more people. Problem solved. Yeah it's gonna eat at your margins oh so slightly (and less than you'd think). If Bezos saw this advice, he'd laugh in your face. Because Amazon is moving more towards eliminating humans and automation with robots. I'm sure he knows all about margins bro.
  - rubyn00bie 10y ago
    Mate, you're upset for some reason. You're not arguing anything but your feelings. Go read some HBR case studies or some organizational behavior papers. Then talk with evidence instead of just attempting to insult me (I think?). This isn't conversation, and I'm going to stop. Good luck.
    - sean_patel 10y ago
      I'm not upset. You are. Because someone is disagreeing with your statements. It's a systemic problem in today's world, especially in America. If someone disagrees with you, you call it "offensive", "insulting" etc.

ryao 10y ago

Those efficiencies no longer seem to exist. I almost always find better pricing at other sites such as eBay, jet.com and Newegg. My guess is that their pursuit of original content has caused them to lose their edge.

rubyn00bie 10y ago

A gizmodo article as proof? Come. On. That's merely stating what they're doing not providing anything new to the argument. Hire more people. Problem solved. Yeah it's gonna eat at your margins oh so slightly (and less than you'd think). Turns out people who are over worked, work like shit and it's because we aren't made to do that. Stop trying to peddle this nonsense, mate.

sean_patel 10y ago
> Hire more people. Problem solved. Yeah it's gonna eat at your margins oh so slightly (and less than you'd think). If Bezos saw this advice, he'd laugh in your face. Because Amazon is moving more towards eliminating humans and automation with robots. I'm sure he knows all about margins bro.
- rubyn00bie 10y ago
  Mate, you're upset for some reason. You're not arguing anything but your feelings. Go read some HBR case studies or some organizational behavior papers. Then talk with evidence instead of just attempting to insult me (I think?). This isn't conversation, and I'm going to stop. Good luck.
  - sean_patel 10y ago
    I'm not upset. You are. Because someone is disagreeing with your statements. It's a systemic problem in today's world, especially in America. If someone disagrees with you, you call it "offensive", "insulting" etc.