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I don't believe these externalized 'throwing money at things' solves much. What he can do is find innovative solutions within is own organization for the wellb

I don't believe these externalized 'throwing money at things' solves much. What he can do is find innovative solutions within is own organization for the wellbeing of his own staff. And given his power in the value chain, start to demand basic rights in the crap countries of the world where the crap he peddles is made. Steve Jobs had so much power that literally in one, single email, in one sentence, could have changed workers rights globally. His supply chain would have had to bend to his specific requirements and it would have propagated. A simple 'charter of workers rights', you know, like the 'right to go to the bathroom' and to 'not be woken up in the middle of the night' etc. would have been nice to see.

notaboutdave 8y ago
Here's a Henry Rollins anecdote on how throwing money at tent cities might not be the best idea: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XY2n4BYbgYE&t=23m51s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XY2n4BYbgYE&t=23m51s
- projektir 8y ago
  Meanwhile: https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2013/10/25/240590433/what-happens-when-you-just-give-money-to-poor-people https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2013/10/25/240590433/what...
mrlala 8y ago
>right to go to the bathroom This is hyperbolic bullshit though. Just because you have some workers that choose to basically not go to the bathroom frequently and work like crazy to get the highest ratings doesn't mean it's mandated that way or encouraged to any degree. Are other workers 'competing' against people that do such things, thus incentivising them to do the same behavior? Sure. But sorry that has nothing to do with amazon- that's the workers. You can find this behavior anywhere in any sort of company.. people that come in earlier, work later.. yeah people around them might be encouraged to do so to keep up, but that doesn't mean it's anyone's fault but the population.

notaboutdave 8y ago

Here's a Henry Rollins anecdote on how throwing money at tent cities might not be the best idea: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XY2n4BYbgYE&t=23m51s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XY2n4BYbgYE&t=23m51s

projektir 8y ago
Meanwhile: https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2013/10/25/240590433/what-happens-when-you-just-give-money-to-poor-people https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2013/10/25/240590433/what...

mrlala 8y ago

>right to go to the bathroom This is hyperbolic bullshit though. Just because you have some workers that choose to basically not go to the bathroom frequently and work like crazy to get the highest ratings doesn't mean it's mandated that way or encouraged to any degree. Are other workers 'competing' against people that do such things, thus incentivising them to do the same behavior? Sure. But sorry that has nothing to do with amazon- that's the workers. You can find this behavior anywhere in any sort of company.. people that come in earlier, work later.. yeah people around them might be encouraged to do so to keep up, but that doesn't mean it's anyone's fault but the population.