Amazon Hires Homeless Workers, and Everyone Ends Up Disappointed

Re:Amazon Hires Homeless Workers, and Everyone Ends Up Disap... by jon-wood on Thursday January 21, 2016 @07:28PM (#10949769)

> Anyone who puts their hand up for these jobs, knows or should know what they are getting into.

In many cases they know they're getting into the only job available to them, and that their kids need to eat.

We shouldn't be creating a world where people are expected to do strenous physical labour under stressful conditions for barely enough money to live. Amazon is taking billions a year, it doesn't seem unreasonable that the people who make that possible should see some of that.

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Re:Amazon Hires Homeless Workers, and Everyone Ends Up Disap... by corysama on Thursday January 21, 2016 @09:10PM (#10950287)

> Amazon is taking billions a year, it doesn't seem unreasonable that the people who make that possible should see some of that.

Amazon has never made a significant profit and never paid dividends. AFAICT, the people who made Amazon's billions possible (including non-labor costs like suppliers and real estate) have seen pretty much all of it.

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Re:Amazon Hires Homeless Workers, and Everyone Ends Up Disap... by sabmalik on Thursday January 21, 2016 @07:35PM (#10949805)

I appreciate the sentiment but what exactly are you proposing?

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Re:Amazon Hires Homeless Workers, and Everyone Ends Up Disap... by jon-wood on Friday January 22, 2016 @01:27AM (#10951122)

Ideally, companies voluntarily paying at least enough that someone working there can expect enough to live a decent life. Short of that, a higher minimum wage.

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