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If Amazon were uniquely exploitative, why would anyone work there? In the US, the number of available jobs has regularly outstripped the number of unemployed, w
by marcusverus 5y ago
If Amazon were uniquely exploitative, why would anyone work there? In the US, the number of available jobs has regularly outstripped the number of unemployed, which is to say that there is no shortage of jobs--and yet folks are choosing to work at Amazon rather than any other alternative. The most straightforward explanation for this would seem to be that working at Amazon is the best option available to people who work at Amazon, which doesn't seem to be compatible with the idea that Amazon is somehow uniquely exploitative. .
- GavinMcG 5y agoThat's not an argument that the option is good or even acceptable. People who jumped from the twin towers chose their best option, too.
- marcusverus 5y agoSo Amazon is exploitative, even if they're the best option available to workers... because all employers are exploitative? This isn't an argument against Amazon at all--you're just bellyaching about "the system".
- GavinMcG 5y agoBellyaching is an oddly dismissive term. "The system" is what had workers move a dead co-worker and then "put in another co-worker to keep the line going” at a Frito-Lay plant.[0] Yeah, I'm bellyaching. [0] https://www.cjonline.com/story/opinion/2021/07/02/frito-lay-employee-topeka-shares-complaints-working-conditions/7838411002/ https://www.cjonline.com/story/opinion/2021/07/02/frito-lay-...
- marcusverus 5y agoThis is not a reputable source, and doesn’t link any source to support its claims—it’s just a list of unsupported accusations.