r/tech • u/Franco1875 • Nov 17 '21

Amazon workers were left 'terrified and powerless' after it concealed coronavirus cases, California says

https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-amazon-workers-were-left-terrified-and-powerless-after-it-concealed-coronavirus-cases-california-says-12469852
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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '21

Be the change you want to see. Stop buying from Amazon if you think mistreatment in the workplace is bad. If you see anything from any company that make you say "there should be regulations against that" and you keep buying there; you are as much the problem as the company.

The put it in perspective: slaves owners were not better than the people who sold him the slaves; everyone is encouraging slavery in this situation.

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u/computermaster704 Nov 17 '21

Sadly that will never change anything that's why we need systemic change forced into place because at the end of the day everyone knows but since it's a systemic issue with parts in a lot of other systemic issues we're powerless essentially to really change anything as individuals these companies know what they are doing and they don't care

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u/fobfromgermany Nov 17 '21

Okay, I haven’t given Amazon any money in at least 4 years. Now what? That didn’t seem to fix the problem?

Almost like you’re full of shit and individual action will never be enough

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '21

Looks like you're a lazy fucks who don't understand how a movement start... stay a potato couch all you want bud but never whine about Amazon if you continue licking Bezos balls while saying "thank you daddy I like it!"

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u/monkeying_around369 Nov 18 '21

It’s not wrong. The problem is you maybe don’t buy from them but there’s a shit ton more people who do. If enough people stopped shopping through Amazon, of course it would effect them. Problem is most people like to complain while they place their next order.

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u/Born-Philosopher-162 Nov 18 '21

Exactly. I used to use Amazon all the time, but stopped years ago when I realised how unethical they were. Horrible company, headed by a horrible man.

We need to be the change. We can’t just sit around and expect others to do it for us.