Amazon Prime delivery delays are now as long as a month

Re:Amazon Prime delivery delays are now as long as a month by Reedx on Monday March 23, 2020 @10:45AM (#22664571)

Amazon is actually defined by long-term thinking, which was heavily criticized for over a decade while their stock remained flat. It's hard to imagine now, but people didn't really believe in the company until about 2009.

Jeff Bezos' letter to shareholders, 1997:

It's All About the Long Term

Because of our emphasis on the long term, we may make decisions and weigh tradeoffs differently than some companies... We will continue to make investment decisions in light of long-term market leadership considerations rather than short-term profitability considerations or short-term Wall Street reactions.

https://blog.aboutamazon.com/company-news/amazons-original-1...

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Re:Amazon Prime delivery delays are now as long as a month by capableweb on Monday March 23, 2020 @11:49AM (#22665168)

This seems pretty standard when you ask executives at any company. Of course no executive is gonna go straight out and say they don't care about the long-term, only about short-term profitability.

> Hey Joe, does your company emphasis on the long term or short-term profitability?

> Joe: What a good question! We at ACME AB of course favor long-term sustainability rather than short-term profitability

> How about letting your warehouse workers go to the bathroom whenever they want?

> Joe: well, our long-term plan depends on short-term profitability so of course people can't go to the bathroom whenever they want, they should have a allocated slot for that.

Point being: look at the actions of a company rather than the words of the owners/workers, and you'll get a much more real picture.

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Re:Amazon Prime delivery delays are now as long as a month by lonelappde on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @09:13AM (#22674551)

How about you start by taking a look at Amazon's 25 year history of long term growth at the expense of negative short term profit?

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Re:Amazon Prime delivery delays are now as long as a month by kjs3 on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @03:45PM (#22678205)

You mean like eschewing short term pandering to the market and massively reinvesting in the company? Like they've done for years. So, yes, Amazon thinks long term.

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