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Re:Amazon warehouse workers 'peed in bottles' fearing punish... by nostromo on Monday April 16, 2018 @01:19PM (#16850774)
I see this quote often, but it hasn't really panned out for Amazon in practice.

I see other large tech companies (Google, Apple, Facebook) with these huge profit margins every quarter, year after year. Amazon has never made a dent in any of them, nor made a sizable profit themselves, despite all of that "opportunity."

Perhaps he's not speaking of tech but of retail, in which case the margins of companies like Walmart are already incredibly tight.

Re:Amazon warehouse workers 'peed in bottles' fearing punish... by zitterbewegung on Monday April 16, 2018 @05:51PM (#16853153)
I'm sorry I was unclear but the reason Amazon is purported to have low profits is due to the massive capital expenditure that they do year over year. Hypothetically they could turn a profit when they want to.