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Re:Amazon will allow many employees to work remotely indefin... by ripper1138 on Monday October 11, 2021 @03:05PM (#28831756)
Unquestionable human right?? Christ we are spoiled in tech.
Re:Amazon will allow many employees to work remotely indefin... by qbasic_forever on Monday October 11, 2021 @03:11PM (#28831831)
Would love to know if they believe that 'unquestionable human right' extends to all the service workers that tend to their daily life by making and delivering their food, transporting them to/from entertainment, packing and delivering their toys/consumer goods, etc. too.
Re:Amazon will allow many employees to work remotely indefin... by kreeben on Monday October 11, 2021 @03:33PM (#28832059)
>> 'unquestionable human right' extends to all the service workers

The notion of service workers working remote is a silly one. I regret calling it a 'unquestionable human right'.

Re:Amazon will allow many employees to work remotely indefin... by randomsearch on Monday October 11, 2021 @06:11PM (#28833682)
not spoilt, rather, forgetful
Re:Amazon will allow many employees to work remotely indefin... by kreeben on Monday October 11, 2021 @03:07PM (#28831777)
It is not I who is spoiled. It is old school boomer management who have become spoiled and exploitative.
Re:Amazon will allow many employees to work remotely indefin... by ripper1138 on Monday October 11, 2021 @03:13PM (#28831840)
We are very fortunate to be paid as much as we are for sitting at home and working on a computer. Compared to 99% of other adults around the world, we are spoiled.
Re:Amazon will allow many employees to work remotely indefin... by kreeben on Monday October 11, 2021 @03:17PM (#28831903)
I don't fully agree. Instead, what I think, is that the stock holders of the company I work for are very fortunate that I work for them.

Are we better off compared to service workers? Oh yeah, definitely.

Re:Amazon will allow many employees to work remotely indefin... by Clubber on Monday October 11, 2021 @11:47PM (#28835833)
>I don't fully agree. Instead, what I think, is that the stock holders of the company I work for are very fortunate that I work for them.

This is true and often lost on a lot of people. It's easy to blur the big picture when so many people slave away for scraps. If you weren't worth a significant portion more of what you are paid, you wouldn't be employed.

>We are very fortunate to be paid as much as we are for sitting at home and working on a computer.

We are fortunate enough to be born with the brain capacity to be rarely apt at such an in-demand and highly valuable skill. Of course developing the skill itself was hard work, not luck. We automate at pennies on the dollar. If we were paid 5x more than "market rates," our employers would merely double their investment rather than 10x. Double is an impressive return on any investment.

Re:Amazon will allow many employees to work remotely indefin... by tuesdayrain on Monday October 11, 2021 @07:11PM (#28834152)
Your phrasing makes it sound like people should be grateful that their generous employers pay them so much. Employers don't do that because they're nice, they do it because tech workers generate enough value to justify paying large sums. Not paying them accordingly will result in them getting poached by another company.
Re:Amazon will allow many employees to work remotely indefin... by ClumsyPilot on Monday October 11, 2021 @04:42PM (#28832816)
a large chunk of the workforce, from accountants to stock brokers to HR, work on a computer. It's not a privilege to have no fresh air and to spend 70% of your life in front of a screen on a chair.
Re:Amazon will allow many employees to work remotely indefin... by colinmhayes on Monday October 11, 2021 @05:27PM (#28833310)
haha yes it is. The vast majority of people don't have that opportunity.