I did not consider the comment amusing. I do think putting the Bezos' ideas about high standards in the sobering context that Amazons provides for most of its workforce is right on point.
Commenting here is increasingly feeling like a policed academic conference, rather than a "tech salon" which seems closer to its ethos.
If you hate Amazon's practices there is more reason to study them because of their success. Every successful company that's done a pereceived evil has also tapped into a market advantage that led them to their success.
If you hate Amazon learn why they succeed and build better. Dismissing everything they do well because of what they've done wrong leaves the advantage to everyone who sees nothing wrong in draconian business practices.
The joke brings to light the quite real and currently newsworthy situation resulting from the attitude expressed above.
These are things that need to be talked about, here is the right place to talk about them, and humor is often an effective way to highlight hypocrisy and abuse.
Employee abuse is morally wrong and almost certainly illegal. It needs to be exposed and challenged whenever it occurs. But be careful about taking stories published in Business Insider (or any similar online publication) at face value. Consider if this is a reputable source before repeating their claims.
You go higher and higher and before you know it you're peeing in bottles to reach your productivity goals.