Amazon to hire 100k warehouse and delivery workers

Re:Amazon to hire 100k warehouse and delivery workers by QuadrupleA on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @12:34AM (#22601710)

Hard to find a non-cynical comment on HN these days, so I'll just say: this is cool. A way for people to get crucial goods in a relatively safe way, and some new jobs with a pay boost in a time of economic instability.

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Re:Amazon to hire 100k warehouse and delivery workers by dntbnmpls on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @05:36AM (#22603208)

> Hard to find a non-cynical comment on HN these days

Given the history of Amazon, how can you be anything but cynical?

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Re:Amazon to hire 100k warehouse and delivery workers by markovbot on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @02:37AM (#22602350)

Amazon is profiting off a global health crisis. How could one not be cynical?

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Re:Amazon to hire 100k warehouse and delivery workers by swiley on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @04:35AM (#22602911)

This I don’t understand.

They’re providing an important service to everyone and keeping them from going out and getting sick, I’d hope that’s profitable to do!!!

Next you’ll say hospitals are profiting off the global health crisis?

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Re:Amazon to hire 100k warehouse and delivery workers by thathndude on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @05:52AM (#22603301)

And the hospitals that will bill for treatment of coronavirus? Profiting off a global health crisis?

Providing basic necessities (I just bought some flour on Amazon and gladly paid for it) is not profiting off a crisis.

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Re:Amazon to hire 100k warehouse and delivery workers by ahawkins on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @03:11AM (#22602506)

So increase their capacity to meet demand is a bad thing?

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