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> There's a huge internal system of restaurants, cafes, and stores This made me laugh out loud. The only thing you get at Amazon for free is water and coffee a
by hnthro12928 9y ago
> There's a huge internal system of restaurants, cafes, and stores
This made me laugh out loud. The only thing you get at Amazon for free is water and coffee and a $100 credit on Amazon purchases where the seller is Amazon.
There are a handful of coffee shops that are in the buildings that serve some food but that space is leased by those companies. The food and drinks are absolutely not free.
Most Amazon employees go outside to the foodtrucks and buy from there.
I will say that just like most people living in cities a lot of things are purchased through Amazon and so in that sense it is a bit like a company store.
Outside of that, it's just laughably absurd. The employees would be much happier if they got those perks.
- surement 9y ago> There are a handful of coffee shops that are in the buildings that serve some food but that space is leased by those companies. The food and drinks are absolutely not free. I think they meant internal to South Lake Union. > The employees would be much happier if they got those perks. If they got those perks but had to live in a suburban sprawl like SV? I think it's more of a tradeoff that some people are glad to make.
- mulmen 9y ago> I think they meant internal to South Lake Union. That's an absurd statement though. A company town exploits the workers by making profit from them. Amazon is not doing this. It's clickbait.
- rconti 9y agoWho owns the land that the restaurants in SLU lease? Serious question. It's all been built up so quickly and is all so new -- it looks like it could be Amazon-owned, or that could just be a natural consequence of being built around the same time.
- dmoy 9y agoA lot of SLU land is owned by Vulcan (aka Paul Allen). I don't know about Amazon's stuff specifically. I would guess a lot of their real estate is leased.
- hirsin 9y agoHalf and half - Vulcan owns about thirty acres in and around SLU after Amazon bought a bunch of it from Vulcan. They're planning on buying the other thirty as well over the next ten to twenty years apparently.
- Domenic_S 9y agoI think you misunderstood, the GP didn't imply they were free. In fact, that's kind of the point of the "company town" comparison -- force your employees to spend money in your stores.