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Amazon has a "we don't like to overpay" attitude about everything that makes it hard for them to increase wages in their fulfillment centers. They want even th
by nicodjimenez 8y ago
Amazon has a "we don't like to overpay" attitude about everything that makes it hard for them to increase wages in their fulfillment centers.
They want even their white collar employees to have blue collar mindsets in terms of work ethic and cutting costs to benefit customers. If they could magically increase the wages of the FC employees and have no adverse consequences other than a slightly smaller profit margin, they might consider it, as it would be great PR for them. The problem would be that it would encourage employees to complain about working too hard and how they "deserve" to be paid more. The risk of employees trying to unionize might even go up.
Amazon cares a lot more about customers than employees, and the truth is most customers don't really care about where their products came from. When people go to a restaurant, they don't ask how much the line looks or dishwashers get paid, they just want good food.
- troupe 8y agoI think most people that go into a restaurant assume that just as they were not coerced into buying a meal, the employees chose to work there from their available employment options.