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Re:Amazon asks workers sheltering at home to return or reque... by whywhywhynot on Friday April 24, 2020 @09:50PM (#22974877)
The first number is so laughably far away from reality. Do you have any idea how many hours a week you would have to work to make $60k at $15/hr? Does the average warehouse worker make double the starting rate or work 70 hour weeks?

As someone who works in the industry I do agree however that they do an okay job taking care of their people compared to others. But nobody is going to write an article about how shit it is to work at a warehouse owned by a company no one has ever heard of. Amazon has actually done a lot for people at those places too though, if there is an amazon warehouse nearby starting at $15 an hour nobody is going to come work for you for barely above minimum wage anymore, it has definitely put some out competitive wage pressure.

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Re:Amazon asks workers sheltering at home to return or reque... by strikhedonia_ on Friday April 24, 2020 @10:16PM (#22974968)
The Paysa number is probably correct... For the tiny minority of workers in Amazon Warehouses who are salaried. If we look at actual wages (not just salaried employees) it would be far lower.

Terribly naive to include that point in the argument.

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Re:Amazon asks workers sheltering at home to return or reque... by bhupy on Friday April 24, 2020 @10:54PM (#22975166)
Do you have access to more reliable numbers?
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