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It's a bit more complicated than that. There's only a certain range that amazon can afford to pay. Sure if they raised their hourly rate to $50 or $100 and then

It's a bit more complicated than that. There's only a certain range that amazon can afford to pay. Sure if they raised their hourly rate to $50 or $100 and then $150 an hour they could keep convincing people to come back after they quit, but that's obviously not possible. I'm sure there are a lot of people that quit at $16/hr or $18/hr like the article says, who won't come back at $20 and wouldn't come back at $22 either. Pretty soon, Amazon might hit an upper limit where they can't reasonably raise their offer.

simfree 5y ago
If a business is not willing to treat workers decently and can't afford to pay the going rate to attract and retain the talent they need to support their current activities, then they need to adjust said activities to fit within their financial capabilities. The difference for workers between $16 an hour with micromanagement and $22 an hour with sane working conditions is massive. Amazon can treat workers with an ouce of dignity and a 40% pay bump, but they choose every day to have a terrible reputation.
perl4ever 5y ago
>that's obviously not possible Why not? It seems like you are assuming a certain ratio of labor to stuff shipped, and also what it is should be obvious to everyone. It isn't.
crazygringo 5y ago
> Pretty soon, Amazon might hit an upper limit where they can't reasonably raise their offer. I mean, then they'll either raise prices to pay for it, or spend money towards improving working conditions, or whatever they need to do. But it's all extremely straightforward. There's zero evidence that Amazon is in some kind of unique position where they'll be unable to be profitable and have to go out of business, while Wal-Mart and Target succeed. To the contrary, Amazon's doing better than anyone else.

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It's a bit more complicated than that. There's only a certain range that amazon can afford to pay. Sure if they raised their hourly rate to $50 or $100 and then

by missedthecue 5y ago

simfree 5y ago
If a business is not willing to treat workers decently and can't afford to pay the going rate to attract and retain the talent they need to support their current activities, then they need to adjust said activities to fit within their financial capabilities. The difference for workers between $16 an hour with micromanagement and $22 an hour with sane working conditions is massive. Amazon can treat workers with an ouce of dignity and a 40% pay bump, but they choose every day to have a terrible reputation.
perl4ever 5y ago
>that's obviously not possible Why not? It seems like you are assuming a certain ratio of labor to stuff shipped, and also what it is should be obvious to everyone. It isn't.
crazygringo 5y ago
> Pretty soon, Amazon might hit an upper limit where they can't reasonably raise their offer. I mean, then they'll either raise prices to pay for it, or spend money towards improving working conditions, or whatever they need to do. But it's all extremely straightforward. There's zero evidence that Amazon is in some kind of unique position where they'll be unable to be profitable and have to go out of business, while Wal-Mart and Target succeed. To the contrary, Amazon's doing better than anyone else.