Jeff Bezos' annual shareholders letter

Re:Jeff Bezos' annual shareholders letter by knieveltech on Wednesday April 18, 2018 @06:42PM (#16871901)

Maybe inside the SV bubble Amazon is viewed as a career stepping stone or prestigious or whatever? I can't relate but I'm in this weird career niche where open source commits trump or entirely replace resume/cv so I don't claim to be thoroughly knowledgeable about what motivates others. Personally I'd rather deliver pizza than work for a company that exists on the back of a pool of exploited low-wage workers. YMMV.

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Re:Jeff Bezos' annual shareholders letter by EpicEng on Wednesday April 18, 2018 @07:13PM (#16872084)

>Personally I'd rather deliver pizza than work for a company that exists on the back of a pool of exploited low-wage workers. YMMV.

Easy to say when you're making six figures. I doubt most pizza delivery drivers would agree with you.

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Re:Jeff Bezos' annual shareholders letter by knieveltech on Thursday April 19, 2018 @09:23AM (#16875679)

I drove delivery for five years so I know at least one pizza delivery driver who agrees with me.

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Re:Jeff Bezos' annual shareholders letter by EpicEng on Tuesday April 24, 2018 @02:13PM (#16915095)

So did I. I was also a waiter. So I know at least one who disagrees. I guess it's a tie.

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Re:Jeff Bezos' annual shareholders letter by julianozen on Wednesday April 18, 2018 @08:04PM (#16872344)

......dont pizza companies exist on the back of a pool of exploited low-wage workers

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Re:Jeff Bezos' annual shareholders letter by isleyaardvark on Thursday April 19, 2018 @10:30AM (#16876164)

I've worked in a pizza place and known other people who have worked for pizza places, and none of us described it like a prison or felt the need to piss in a bottle.

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Re:Jeff Bezos' annual shareholders letter by brandoncapecci on Friday April 27, 2018 @12:13PM (#16941909)

No, instead they have a dangerous business model where they force their drivers to get to a location in 30 minutes or less causing them to weave in and out of traffic and crash in hopes of getting a tip. Much better than bottle pissing.

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Re:Jeff Bezos' annual shareholders letter by knieveltech on Sunday April 29, 2018 @01:09AM (#16950786)

The what? That 30 minutes or less thing was outlawed in the 1980s, specifically for the reasons you cite.

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Re:Jeff Bezos' annual shareholders letter by krapp on Wednesday April 18, 2018 @08:37PM (#16872493)

Yeah, but they do get free pizza.

Amazon, meanwhile, won't let anybody get free snacks from the bins except for mice.

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Re:Jeff Bezos' annual shareholders letter by knieveltech on Thursday April 19, 2018 @09:28AM (#16875708)

I mean, if you want to play that game, capitalism itself exists on the back of a pool of exploited low-wage workers.

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Re:Jeff Bezos' annual shareholders letter by twblalock on Thursday April 19, 2018 @02:37AM (#16873802)

Having a big-name company on your resume helps you get your foot in the door pretty much anywhere else. That's just the way it is.

You can use that to your advantage or not, but you won't be helping any low-wage workers by choosing to work at a small tech company over a famous one -- well, maybe you will if you pass on a job offer from Uber, but for the most part, tech companies pay low-level workers better than non-tech companies.

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Re:Jeff Bezos' annual shareholders letter by knieveltech on Thursday April 19, 2018 @09:26AM (#16875700)

Amazon employees are literally pissing in bottles because they can't take bathroom breaks without getting fired. Several have been hospitalized or died from heat-related injuries. This isn't merely about pay.

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