> They think they're being clever by underpaying unskilled labor and leaving them to rely partly on government benefits, but then they end up having to make up

> They think they're being clever by underpaying unskilled labor and leaving them to rely partly on government benefits, but then they end up having to make up for it by hiring more often, losing time to training, having to load up schedules to make up for lost time (making each employee more expensive anyway), and ultimately defending themselves against nasty articles documenting their work practices. Remember, Amazon excels at high volume logistics and labor is merely another good. They may well actually be clever. For example, hypothetically, they first squeeze labor until cementing some cost threshold acting as a defensive moat for competition then second they play nice. Or not.