Amazon abruptly fires senior managers tied to unionized warehouse

Re:Amazon abruptly fires senior managers tied to unionized w... by ChrisMarshallNY on Saturday May 07, 2022 @03:09PM (#31297560)

Fair point. I just found it to be an interesting choice of words. Whenever they use the same term, in other industries, they are talking about double-digit tenures.

The main point is that this is a fairly unambiguous message to other managers, that allowing unionization to happen under their watch would be a careericidal offense.

That means that they can expect the warehouse managers to get pretty desperate, and probably break all kinds of laws and whatnot. It's just that the message is being sent in a way that allows the company to keep their hands clean, from the almost certain results.

The managers will certainly get fired, if unionization happens, and might get fired, if they get caught, spiking the trees.

Guess which path the managers are likely to take?

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Re:Amazon abruptly fires senior managers tied to unionized w... by ethbr0 on Saturday May 07, 2022 @07:45PM (#31299753)

Amazon's done this with most of their functions. Push expectations: claim no responsibility for outcome.

Walmart laid out the playbook that profits in a thin margin market require you being an asshole to your counterparties, but blackmailing them into still working with you via scale.

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Re:Amazon abruptly fires senior managers tied to unionized w... by jachee on Saturday May 07, 2022 @09:48PM (#31300476)

> That means that they can expect the warehouse managers to get pretty desperate…

It would seem to make sense for all the warehouse managers themselves to form their own union.

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