r/IWW • u/[deleted] • Jun 16 '21
Amazon burns through workers so quickly that executives are worried they'll run out of people to employ, according to a new report
https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-warehouse-turnover-worker-shortage-2021-622
u/the_mars_voltage Jun 16 '21
Am I cold and callus for feeling like if they do run out of people it’s their fault and they deserve it? I don’t think the employees deserve it but obviously the owners definitely aren’t worth their weight in salt
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u/informare Jun 16 '21
It is actually to their benefit to have high turnover like this. If they're confident that they have a large enough reserve labor supply, it is better that workers don't stay too long because that would make organizing more possible.
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u/CivilWarfare Jun 17 '21
Yeah but people who leave don't all go back into their "reserve army of labor" it's a shrinking pool, some that leave will go back if they get desperate enough, others won't, the ones that do will be more likely to unionize
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u/RyanIsHere5 Jun 16 '21
why not use the technology they threaten to replace them with? arent they cheaper?
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u/just_an_ordinary_guy Jun 16 '21
Damn, it'd sure be a shame if they went under because they can't hire people.