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It's not sustainable for them to offer, say, $30 an hour starting salary for fulfillment centre employees. As it is, they have to subsidize retail with other re
by peanuty1 4y ago
It's not sustainable for them to offer, say, $30 an hour starting salary for fulfillment centre employees. As it is, they have to subsidize retail with other revenue lines like AWS and advertising.
- quickthrower2 4y agoThat implies their business is not viable.
- bpodgursky 4y ago"The conclusion is that Amazon is not a viable business" -- best of HN
- quickthrower2 4y agoDidn’t say that. I just wanted to tease more out of the comment I was replying to. I said that comment if true, without further clarification implies they are not viable.
- mwt 4y agoThat is the design: business units that are not viable on their own are subsidized by a few cash cows but might gain market share and be profitable in the future
- quickthrower2 4y agoMy guess is what you say here, and where the plan is AI/Robotics will take over. That in itself will be unprofitable for a while until it is very profitable and like Google with search, hard to displace.
- mwt 4y agoYou might be right but that isn't even what I'm saying here. Your description could apply to many sectors of the economy, most of which they have a some amount of presence in
- quickthrower2 4y agoAmazon is unique in that they are so big they saturate the job market. Most companies don’t. This sounds like a unique challenge.
- scollet 4y agoBozos simp. He doesn't know who you are, doesn't care about you, and likely actively despises your existence. Why would you ever think of defending a business?