I feel that free shipping vs humane treatment is a bit of a false dichotomy. Amazon Prime at the low-low price of $99/yr, vs $xx/yr and humane treatment may be

I feel that free shipping vs humane treatment is a bit of a false dichotomy. Amazon Prime at the low-low price of $99/yr, vs $xx/yr and humane treatment may be an issue with warehouse staff (ironically this may be lessened by technology replacing jobs...). But humane business can be an issue in business areas where costs are much more indirect and management just feels that they need to crack the whip to 'maximize' human productivity - while in all likelyhood hurting long term productivity...