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Re:Amazon to Create 100,000 New Jobs in U.S. In Next 18 Months by eva1984 on Thursday January 12, 2017 @12:13PM (#13384029)
In their warehouse? Well, a job is a job, I guess.
Re:Amazon to Create 100,000 New Jobs in U.S. In Next 18 Months by pclstyle on Thursday January 12, 2017 @02:18PM (#13385209)
An incredibly arrogant response to what could potentially be an enormous opportunity for tens of thousands of families. What's wrong with a warehouse job if it gets somebody out of unemployment?
Re:Amazon to Create 100,000 New Jobs in U.S. In Next 18 Months by eva1984 on Thursday January 12, 2017 @02:35PM (#13385344)
I visit their warehouse once. It is not a good job, to be put directly, everyone looks like they would jump out immediately if given a choice, which should be no surprise, since the warehouse is designed in a way to maximize automation, the stuff left for human to do is still pretty robotic.

My statement is easy to understand, a majority of claimed 100,000 jobs might be that desirable, even though they are jobs indeed. As other comments put, those jobs help little in the person future career, and is not something you can do for a long time either.

Re:Amazon to Create 100,000 New Jobs in U.S. In Next 18 Months by thefastlane on Thursday January 12, 2017 @02:57PM (#13385552)
yes, praise lord bezos and the rest of the monied elites for the scraps of sustenance which they deign to toss at the hoi polloi.
Re:Amazon to Create 100,000 New Jobs in U.S. In Next 18 Months by Grue3 on Friday January 13, 2017 @05:09AM (#13389730)
The same argument can be made defending the practice of sweatshops.
Re:Amazon to Create 100,000 New Jobs in U.S. In Next 18 Months by refurb on Thursday January 12, 2017 @01:52PM (#13384986)
Wow. Believe it or not, everyone doesn't work in Silicon Valley coding new apps.
Re:Amazon to Create 100,000 New Jobs in U.S. In Next 18 Months by jimmytidey on Thursday January 12, 2017 @12:18PM (#13384087)
A job is a job, but a good job is better than a bad one.

A bad job with no prospects of turning into anything else, is pretty close to as bad as unemployment to my mind.

Re:Amazon to Create 100,000 New Jobs in U.S. In Next 18 Months by astrodust on Thursday January 12, 2017 @01:02PM (#13384521)
There are jobs so bad that being unemployed is an improvement because at least then you have time to find something better.

Too many people are stuck in the trap of working for a terrible employer that beats them down psychologically, treats them like dirt, and forces them to jump through endless hoops just to keep their crappy job.

Re:Amazon to Create 100,000 New Jobs in U.S. In Next 18 Months by __abc on Thursday January 12, 2017 @12:21PM (#13384130)
I think it's easy for us (most likely anybody readying HN) to not understand how impactful this could be to someone's family/life.

WE get to be selective of "does this job help my career trajectory" but not everyone. This MAY be life changing for those 100,000 individuals.

Re:Amazon to Create 100,000 New Jobs in U.S. In Next 18 Months by SAI_Peregrinus on Thursday January 12, 2017 @05:34PM (#13386797)
It all comes down to the difference between a job and a career.
Re:Amazon to Create 100,000 New Jobs in U.S. In Next 18 Months by __abc on Tuesday January 17, 2017 @11:57AM (#13419049)
Let us not forget not everyone has the luxury of picking between the two.