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Re:The Amazon worker: paid £18,000 a year to shift 250 items... by baxtr on Saturday January 20, 2018 @12:50PM (#16194375)
True point. But then again, we as consumers demand everything to become cheaper and cheaper so that we can buy more stuff we probably don’t need. You could argue that he’s just fulfilling our desire within current labor laws.
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Re:The Amazon worker: paid £18,000 a year to shift 250 items... by lotsofpulp on Saturday January 20, 2018 @01:01PM (#16194450)
It's not a true point because Amazon could not easily choose to hire more people for the workload, given the assumption that people will choose to shop wherever they get the lowest prices. The assumption seems valid considering the domination of Walmart and Asda in the past few decades. The margins on retail are tiny as it is, so I highly doubt Amazon could easily hire more people.
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