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Re:Amazon raises minimum wage to $15 for all US employees by stale2002 on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @01:43PM (#18123908)
I mean, do you want good behavior to be rewarded or not?

If good behavior isn't rewarded, how do you think companies might act in the future.

People, as well as companies, respond to incentives.

Re:Amazon raises minimum wage to $15 for all US employees by garettmd on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @01:35PM (#18132614)
I agree with you. And I think it's good that Amazon is given credit for doing this. But I also question whether the incentive that pushed Amazon to do this has as much to do with magnanimity as it does with generating goodwill and preventing tougher legislation. Bernie Sanders and his group have been calling on Amazon to improve worker conditions and pay, and while they have praised Amazon for doing so, I think they would be naïve to think there's not more to expect or demand of Amazon in this realm. That is in effect "rewarding" them for good behavior, but there should also be some negative incentives in place (IMHO) to further encourage more of this good behavior