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Jeff Bezos is not Amazon. Amazon wouldn't be what it is if it wasn't relentlessly competitive. Workers are not risking their lives for peanuts. They're paid a

Jeff Bezos is not Amazon. Amazon wouldn't be what it is if it wasn't relentlessly competitive. Workers are not risking their lives for peanuts. They're paid a competitive wage for people that have their skill set. There are lots of people that want their jobs. All essential workers during this crisis deserve some kind of additional compensation. Wealth redistribution should happen through the government. One company can't do it all themselves. They have a responsibility to both their shareholders and their employees. It they abandon one of those responsibilities they won't be able to do the other one effectively.

pmoriarty 7y ago
"Amazon wouldn't be what it is if it wasn't relentlessly competitive." Amazon can be just as competitive without being as profitable to its shareholders. The hundreds of billions that Bezos has pocketed as profit are not essential for Amazon's success. That profit could easily be redirected in to the pockets of Amazon's employees and towards making a safer work environment instead, arguably with a corresponding increase in Amazon's competitive effectiveness.
- matz1 7y ago
  He already is, bezos reinvested much of amazon profit back to amazon.
  - pmoriarty 7y ago
    How much of that reinvestment went to the warehouse and delivery workers and their safety? Considering their strike: not enough.
    - matz1 7y ago
      That entirely depends on how effective the strike is.
      - pmoriarty 7y ago
        I fail to see the connection.
        matz1 7y ago
        If the strike is not effective then there is no point to reinvestment into the worker demand.
        pmoriarty 7y ago
        Right. There's no point in making sure your workers are healthy or are well compensated for the risks they take slaving away to make you ever richer, when you could pay them the absolute minimum you could get away with and replace them with more if they get sick or die.
        matz1 7y ago
        Exactly, thats the reality. Amazon is not charity.
- jsight 7y ago
  You think that Amazon makes hundreds of billions in profits?

pmoriarty 7y ago

"Amazon wouldn't be what it is if it wasn't relentlessly competitive." Amazon can be just as competitive without being as profitable to its shareholders. The hundreds of billions that Bezos has pocketed as profit are not essential for Amazon's success. That profit could easily be redirected in to the pockets of Amazon's employees and towards making a safer work environment instead, arguably with a corresponding increase in Amazon's competitive effectiveness.

matz1 7y ago
He already is, bezos reinvested much of amazon profit back to amazon.
- pmoriarty 7y ago
  How much of that reinvestment went to the warehouse and delivery workers and their safety? Considering their strike: not enough.
  - matz1 7y ago
    That entirely depends on how effective the strike is.
    - pmoriarty 7y ago
      I fail to see the connection.
      - matz1 7y ago
        If the strike is not effective then there is no point to reinvestment into the worker demand.
        pmoriarty 7y ago
        Right. There's no point in making sure your workers are healthy or are well compensated for the risks they take slaving away to make you ever richer, when you could pay them the absolute minimum you could get away with and replace them with more if they get sick or die.
        matz1 7y ago
        Exactly, thats the reality. Amazon is not charity.
jsight 7y ago
You think that Amazon makes hundreds of billions in profits?