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>>claude+(OP)
The treatment of warehouse workers and of people with different non office jobs is a strong reason why I will never work at a place like Amazon or Walmart.

Glad to see some people sticking up for each other in these times especially.

>>Negati+Q7
I've cancelled any and all memberships, subscriptions, etc. with Amazon and anything they own, and I'm no longer ordering anything from them. It's completely unacceptable to treat workers this way, even if Bezos weren't the richest person on earth. Which he is! So on top of treating people like disposable garbage, he controls a plurality of the world's resources and refuses to mobilize any of them to help his workers.

>>danali+nc
Almost every business in the developed world relies on warehouse workers and pickers. Any manufacturer that sells parts or replacement parts relies on pickers. Every grocery store chain or department store chain relies on warehouse workers and pickers.

Small outlets rely on distributors that rely on warehouse workers and pickers.

Just about everything people use, eat, ride, drive, or wear relies on warehouse workers.

Most non-Amazon warehouse workers are treated worse and paid less than Amazon employees.

If you hate Amazon so be it, but hating them for the way they treat their warehouse workers and pickers is not rational unless you hate just about every modern business equally.

>>pnw_ha+Rf
"Everyone else does it" is a red herring, even if Amazon weren't arguably sui generis. And this isn't about hate. I simply decline to participate in behavior that is unapologetically wrong.

>>danali+jm
You don't buy anything anywhere? What do you not participate in? You don't buy from any store which doesn't pay 30$ per hour or something similar? You don't buy products made by poorly paid workers? So no laptop and no smartphones? You sir, have my salute if you are typing this on an ethically made computer.

Off course, it is totally fine to participate in things and also criticise them, as that is how things improve. But if everyone obsess on a company not in the bottom of bad behaviour, this simply gives more power to companies behaving worse. One can off course claim that their criticism depends on the PR perception of the company,but I guess that's not fashionable.

I don't think the argument is everyone else does it. The argument is Amazon is paying much higher than many other companies for the same job, and still being focused over, while companies paying less get a free pass.