Absolutely. The headline does Amazon a favor by distancing corporate greed from their actual brand. E.g. this brutality would make me think twice about working as a SWE there.

It would be if you think this message is geared towards only the current set of part-timers who work between 20 and 30 hours a week. In fact, this is a very, very clear message to store leadership to stop scheduling ANY part timers for more than 30 hours a week.

If he spent a morning conspiring to profit at his employees' expense then he earned more while dreaming of their demise than he actually saved by clawing back their healthcare. AWS alone nets something like a million in profit an hour. This is why we should stop using AWS. AWS is disproportionately enabling this horrible person.

Not exactly, his job as CEO of Amazon is to drive shareholder value.

You can complain about the system but its silly to call names at the people who play the system best.

According to the Business Roundtable[0], times have changed, and shareholder value is only part of the purpose of a corporation, and that investment in employees is a vital part of the ultimate value proposition.

[0] - https://opportunity.businessroundtable.org/ourcommitment/

Right, the Business Roundtable, led by venerable and respected institutions such as Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Exxon, Chevron, General Dynamics, and--wait for it-- Amazon.

It's virtue signaling.