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Re:Amazon warehouse workers 'peed in bottles' fearing punish... by timdorr on Monday April 16, 2018 @11:51AM (#16849824)
If you're buying AMZN on the market, that's coming from other investors, not the company itself. It's already sold that stock (the IPO was back in 96) and benefited directly from it at that time.
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Re:Amazon warehouse workers 'peed in bottles' fearing punish... by greedo on Monday April 16, 2018 @11:56AM (#16849879)
Well, increased buying of AMZN would drive the price higher, and ostensibly, this percolates up to Amazon and it's employees.
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Re:Amazon warehouse workers 'peed in bottles' fearing punish... by aylmao on Monday April 16, 2018 @12:02PM (#16849952)
Not trying to be combative! Just providing a counter argument. Although it doesn't directly and immediately benefit a company, doesn't having lots of buy interest keep the stock price high, which _is_ beneficial for the company in general?
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Re:Amazon warehouse workers 'peed in bottles' fearing punish... by timdorr on Monday April 16, 2018 @12:43PM (#16850409)
Yep, you're totally right. I was only distinguishing on direct benefits (cash flow). There are certainly many more indirect benefits to performing well on the stock market.
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