I've long thought this was an interesting model, and I've known that Amazon follows it, or at least did at one time. I wouldn't overstate it though -- the abil

I've long thought this was an interesting model, and I've known that Amazon follows it, or at least did at one time. I wouldn't overstate it though -- the ability to tolerate a week of something does not necessarily extrapolate to a month or a year. A week in the rainforest is an adventure. A life in the rainforest is difficult and short. But I don't intend any criticism of Bezos. He has done the math on warehouse employee satisfaction as a contributor to corporate goals, and made his decision. The scrappy days of packing his own shipments are long past, and that experience gives him not-much insight into the working conditions for the people in his warehouses. That's fine, but it's not a basis for deification.