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How sweet. When are they going to stop fucking over their employees? Oh right, never until they unionize.

by throwaway18917 9y ago

bingomad123 9y ago
Probably when American consumers will be willing to pay 10% extra for every purchase.
- PhasmaFelis 9y ago
  I'm not convinced Amazon would suffer significantly if they raised their prices by 10% on average. No other seller can compete with them on convenience, and people are willing to pay for that.
  - easilyBored 9y ago
    I'm not convinced Amazon would suffer significantly if they raised their prices by 10% on average. So there you have it! Create your own "Amazon," 10% more expensive but we treat our employees better.
    - biocomputation 9y ago
      It won't be long before this is actually used very successfully against a company like Google or Amazon or Facebook.
    - PhasmaFelis 9y ago
      I didn't say that consumers would choose to pay extra for decent employee treatment. I said that Amazon could just do it and get away with it. Mind you, I'm also not convinced that the cost of treating your employees like human beings is as high as 10%. Also, for fuck's sake stop making excuses for abusive employers. Why would you do that?
- arglebarnacle 9y ago
  The idea that fickle consumers are to blame for unethical and often unlawful exploitation of employees is propaganda with only the thinnest veneer of economics painted on it. I suppose I understand why the very rich and business interests make arguments like this, but usually it's just ordinary people. Who benefits? It's about time we held companies like Amazon accountable for the way they harm and exploit their employees instead of helping shift the blame to their customers.
dang 9y ago
This comment and several others you've posted violate the HN guidelines. We ban accounts that do that, so please (re)-read the following and post civilly and substantively from now on. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html
- throwaway18917 9y ago
  Or you could kiss my ass. :) Ban me from this cesspool; see if I give a shit.
- throwaway18917 9y ago
  HN is nothing but startup bros, armchair economists, and card-carrying Ayn Rand fan club members.
  - ryanx435 9y ago
    don't forget AI-utopians, where all of the problems of the future will be solved by robots and basic income
    - dang 9y ago
      More skepticism than believerism about that kind of thing, I think, though the community is divided on most such matters.
- ars 9y ago
  > We ban accounts that do that From his username, and comments he's posted, he expects (wants) to be banned, and he'll just make a new account. Do you also ban IPs? Or will that not work anyway?

How sweet. When are they going to stop fucking over their employees? Oh right, never until they unionize.

bingomad123 9y ago

Probably when American consumers will be willing to pay 10% extra for every purchase.

PhasmaFelis 9y ago
I'm not convinced Amazon would suffer significantly if they raised their prices by 10% on average. No other seller can compete with them on convenience, and people are willing to pay for that.
- easilyBored 9y ago
  I'm not convinced Amazon would suffer significantly if they raised their prices by 10% on average. So there you have it! Create your own "Amazon," 10% more expensive but we treat our employees better.
  - biocomputation 9y ago
    It won't be long before this is actually used very successfully against a company like Google or Amazon or Facebook.
  - PhasmaFelis 9y ago
    I didn't say that consumers would choose to pay extra for decent employee treatment. I said that Amazon could just do it and get away with it. Mind you, I'm also not convinced that the cost of treating your employees like human beings is as high as 10%. Also, for fuck's sake stop making excuses for abusive employers. Why would you do that?
arglebarnacle 9y ago
The idea that fickle consumers are to blame for unethical and often unlawful exploitation of employees is propaganda with only the thinnest veneer of economics painted on it. I suppose I understand why the very rich and business interests make arguments like this, but usually it's just ordinary people. Who benefits? It's about time we held companies like Amazon accountable for the way they harm and exploit their employees instead of helping shift the blame to their customers.

dang 9y ago

This comment and several others you've posted violate the HN guidelines. We ban accounts that do that, so please (re)-read the following and post civilly and substantively from now on. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html

throwaway18917 9y ago
Or you could kiss my ass. :) Ban me from this cesspool; see if I give a shit.
throwaway18917 9y ago
HN is nothing but startup bros, armchair economists, and card-carrying Ayn Rand fan club members.
- ryanx435 9y ago
  don't forget AI-utopians, where all of the problems of the future will be solved by robots and basic income
  - dang 9y ago
    More skepticism than believerism about that kind of thing, I think, though the community is divided on most such matters.
ars 9y ago
> We ban accounts that do that From his username, and comments he's posted, he expects (wants) to be banned, and he'll just make a new account. Do you also ban IPs? Or will that not work anyway?