3 ms·
Amazon exploiting that for profit and to increase power against other employees is Amazon's moral decision and their responsibility. They will spin it every way
by harry8 4y ago
Amazon exploiting that for profit and to increase power against other employees is Amazon's moral decision and their responsibility. They will spin it every way for sure.
But note that they didn't hire ex-cons when not doing so helped them in their power struggle against labor. It was a thing that only happened when unemployment level dropped to the point where labor had a little bit of bargaining power and not at all before. That's a fact that won't be explained in the spin. I'm sure the Washington post will be all over it in their reporting though.
- edgyquant 4y agoCompanies exist to make profit and are a market tool through which we reduce efficiencies. Society sets the conditions through which they operate via culture and perhaps more importantly regulations. Amazon didn’t incentivize the hiring of these employees society did (and the government through subsidies in a lot of states.) Amazon is making a rational corporate decision. It’s being painted as a great evil by pro-union activists who treat all the other employees as useful idiots and former inmates too ignorant or needy to have their own opinion. It’s disgusting.