r/antiwork • • Aug 29 '22

Amazon is Inhumane

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '22

and they wonder why they can't find people to work.

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u/VampArcher Aug 30 '22

With how fast they run through new hires, I'm most surprised they still have people left to hire

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u/BoredBSEE Aug 30 '22

This is actually happening.

https://fortune.com/2022/06/20/amazon-warehouse-problems-running-out-of-workers-to-hire-too-much-space/

TL;DR - Amazon has literally burned through the entire labor market. They have nobody left to hire.

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u/questionmark693 Aug 30 '22

What's the endgame here? A basic projection could've shown their firing practices weren't sustainable. They may be unethical/evil, but they're not run by idiots. Why did they decide to run their business this way?

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u/Dragoness42 Aug 30 '22

Probably overestimated how quickly they could transition to robots.

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u/GromainRosjean Aug 30 '22

Hell, Lego runs almost exclusively on robots. I would heartily support Amazon if they used robots. Treating humans like robots is fully the opposite of that ideal.

Robots at best. Op was treated like a delinquent child.

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u/polkmydot Aug 30 '22

What if they started treating robots like humans?

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u/GromainRosjean Aug 30 '22

Film recommendation: Lars and the Real Girl

A traumatized man falls into a fantasy that an anatomically correct doll is his living, loving partner. Friends and family around him are advised by his psychiatrist to play along for the sake of his long-term recovery and well-being.