> that only applies to full time associates. This is what immediately caught my eye when reading Amazon's response. I was under the impression that their FCs

> that only applies to full time associates. This is what immediately caught my eye when reading Amazon's response. I was under the impression that their FCs are primarily staffed by contractors. If "associate" is just corporatespeak for employee, then that assertion (most of Amazon's rebuttal, really) could be remarkably insignificant, even if technically accurate.