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Bezos asking for donations for a fund to help his workers was the final straw for me. The gap between his wealth, and the way they treat workers, is obscene.
by robertfw 7y ago
Bezos asking for donations for a fund to help his workers was the final straw for me. The gap between his wealth, and the way they treat workers, is obscene.
- SketchySeaBeast 7y agoApparently that was overblown. https://www.cnet.com/news/no-jeff-bezos-doesnt-want-your-public-donations-for-amazon-workers/ https://www.cnet.com/news/no-jeff-bezos-doesnt-want-your-pub... Because otherwise, yeah, that's incredibly insulting.
- jacobush 7y agoI have to grudgingly agree on this single point. Amazon are still actively deceiving customers and generally being horrible though. But hey, enjoy Prime.
- SketchySeaBeast 7y agoYes, I'm not saying it's not horrible, just not horrible in this one way.
- lozenge 7y agoBut he did offer Whole Foods employees to donate their holiday days to other employees.
- mft_ 7y agoI think that was the Whole Foods CEO, not Bezos himself.
- cowsandmilk 7y agoBezos did nothing of the sort, that was a policy that existed at Whole Foods before it was bought by Amazon.
- lozenge 7y agoAnd re-emphasised as a "solution" for employees in the current situation. https://www.businessinsider.com/whole-foods-ceo-employees-donate-vacation-coronavirus-report-2020-3?r=US&IR=T https://www.businessinsider.com/whole-foods-ceo-employees-do...