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Certainly not speaking for the folks above. While I am critical of many things Amazon does, what I see in the media about AWS is usually laughably false. We ar

Certainly not speaking for the folks above. While I am critical of many things Amazon does, what I see in the media about AWS is usually laughably false. We aren't all in broken marriages due to on-call duty. The stories I read about drivers urinating in their pants because they have too many deliveries scheduled simply does not reflect the behavior I've seen from drivers in my area (I ride a bike everywhere, Amazon drivers are noticeably bike friendly in a way that makes me think they aren't under pants-urinating pressure). So when I see stories about the FCs, I assume the same. I guess I am biased towards thinking the media focuses on the negative and totally ignores anything good. So... yea I guess I "don't see" all the bad things. Still pro union... but treated like dirt is probably a little far. [edit, have worked for aws for about 5.5 years]

bamboozled 4y ago
You riding your bike around waving at drivers disproves nothing. I often read warehouse workers are treated badly, threatening to strike, discouraged from unionizing and paid terribly.Are you telling me the news just makes this up? You're obviously seeing what you want to see, and that's OK, just don't try push it onto others. The context I made my comment was in regards to people saying "Amazon is awesome, I've worked there for 14 years.". I don't really see why warehouse workers shouldn't feel awesome too. If it's really a great company, they should feel pretty awesome. tl;dr I don't believe Amazon is an awesome company based on how I see it treat lower skill workers, people who think it's awesome probably only feel like that because they're needed, as soon as you can be replaced by someone cheaper, you will be.
- scarface74 4y ago
  Do you think the blue collar workers who work at your company or probably outsource somewhere feel just as “awesome” as you do? News alert: I bet your company would replace you with someone cheaper also.
  - bamboozled 4y ago
    I run my own company so I don't need to be / work for assholes. I won't be firing myself anytime soon.
    - scarface74 4y ago
      Do you have outside investors? If so, founders get pushed out all of the time.

bamboozled 4y ago

You riding your bike around waving at drivers disproves nothing. I often read warehouse workers are treated badly, threatening to strike, discouraged from unionizing and paid terribly.Are you telling me the news just makes this up? You're obviously seeing what you want to see, and that's OK, just don't try push it onto others. The context I made my comment was in regards to people saying "Amazon is awesome, I've worked there for 14 years.". I don't really see why warehouse workers shouldn't feel awesome too. If it's really a great company, they should feel pretty awesome. tl;dr I don't believe Amazon is an awesome company based on how I see it treat lower skill workers, people who think it's awesome probably only feel like that because they're needed, as soon as you can be replaced by someone cheaper, you will be.

scarface74 4y ago
Do you think the blue collar workers who work at your company or probably outsource somewhere feel just as “awesome” as you do? News alert: I bet your company would replace you with someone cheaper also.
- bamboozled 4y ago
  I run my own company so I don't need to be / work for assholes. I won't be firing myself anytime soon.
  - scarface74 4y ago
    Do you have outside investors? If so, founders get pushed out all of the time.