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As other commentators have said, this donation will definitely invite accusations of virtue signaling. What Amazon needs to do is pay (not donate!) its employee
by rajekas 8y ago
As other commentators have said, this donation will definitely invite accusations of virtue signaling. What Amazon needs to do is pay (not donate!) its employees better but that's also stating the obvious.
What intrigues me more is that each era's barons find certain causes more appealing than others. Carnegie gave a lot of money to public libraries at a time when the printed word was expanding its reach. It's not surprising that Wikipedia is a favorite amongst tech tycoons along with education.
- smsm42 8y agoAmazon has 500K+ employees. $1M is what, two bucks per employee? Maybe three bucks if we exclude higher management, they get enough anyway. So you're saying "instead of donating to Wikipedia they should give each of their employees a free Starbucks coffee once a year". That would surely change things.
- rajekas 8y agoYou need to read what I wrote more carefully. I said "Amazon needs to pay its employees better" as in a living wage - not distribute the one mil it gave Wikipedia amongst its employees.
- smsm42 8y agoWhy would you mention it as a comment to Amazon donating to Wikipedia unless you see some link between this $1M and Amazon workers pay?