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> Ultimately though, Tim Bray is simply wrong when he says “It’s that Amazon treats the humans in the warehouses as fungible units of pick-and-pack potential.”
by TheRealDunkirk 6y ago
> Ultimately though, Tim Bray is simply wrong when he says “It’s that Amazon treats the humans in the warehouses as fungible units of pick-and-pack potential.” I find that deeply offensive to the core. For those of us who work in World-Wide Operations, nothing could be farther from the truth.
As if the depth of your offense should matter. We've all read the stories, and I won't belabor them here. If this is true, then pay them well, and respect them. That's how you prove that what Tim said about how you treat workers couldn't be further from the truth, not by grandstanding about your personal offense.
Companies expect to buy our loyalty with platitudes. I don't understand how the best and brightest, sitting at the top of some of the largest organizations in the world, don't see how that rankles a lot of people, when they could easily SPEND THE MONEY to make a difference, instead of just paying lip service to "caring."
- michaelbuckbee 6y agoAmazon literally has a robotics competition where the goal is to replace their human workers: http://amazonpickingchallenge.org/ http://amazonpickingchallenge.org/
- yborg 6y ago>I don't understand how the best and brightest, sitting at the top of some of the largest organizations in the world, don't see how that rankles a lot of people Because they don't actually care if it rankles anybody. It doesn't affect their compensation. It doesn't even affect their organization because they know people will continue to flock to work there because they have little choice. The platitudes are pro forma precisely because they are boring and thus won't attract coverage, either news or legal. I actually appreciate the rare Master Of The Universe that slips up and just tells people that they'll get nothing and like it, but it's rare because this is considered gauche and you have a harder time getting invited to Davos.
- notJim 6y ago> My organization invented an ability to use AI to review social distancing compliance Compliance. Ask some of the people who work in these warehouses how grateful they are that the company invests so many resources into "compliance."
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