I think it depends on your circumstances but I don’t think $15/hour is a ton of money.

Warehouses are frequently in rural settings and $15 isn’t so bad. I have friends who are doing ok on $12/hour but they only have $300 rent and really low expenses. Rural America doesn’t have many upsides, but being cheap is one.

And my point wasn’t that Amazon was wonderful, just that it pays more than the alternative since the average pay is much lower ($11 vs $15 I think) at other companies.

But there's a massive difference in working conditions. There is no warehouse floor worker that will be making $15 an hour indefinitely. Eventually, their bodies will succumb to injuries while trying to keep up with the brutal pace of work mandated by Amazon.

So then what's worse: $11 an hour at a job you can work indefinitely, or $15 an hour at a job where your body will eventually fail and you may be left with a permanent injury which Amazon will not help you with?

https://coloradosun.com/2020/09/29/amazon-safety-crisis-thor...

> So then what's worse: $11 an hour at a job you can work indefinitely, or $15

I think people can make that decision when they choose to work for orgs.

I’d like to see info on how long warehouse workers last in the job.

But Amazon does provide disability insurance [0] beyond social security, so they do help with permanent injury for all their workers. If it’s on the job there’s also worker’s comp.

[0] https://www.amazon.jobs/en/landing_pages/benefitsoverview-us

It's more than double of a federal poverty level.

Not a lot of money, but what else to expect from the job that requires minimum skills and no education?