Leaked Amazon memo warns the company is running out of people to hire

Re:Leaked Amazon memo warns the company is running out of pe... by throwaway894345 on Friday June 17, 2022 @05:40PM (#31784725)

I think you and I have debated this before, and I think your definition for "left-wing" is pretty different from the general population (and you may think the same about my definition, all good, agree to disagree, etc). Anyway, I said "ostensibly left-wing companies" deliberately because I don't think any company actually adheres to an ideology irrespective of what their PR/marketing departments say or do, but rather they all comport themselves according to their individual profit motives.

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Re:Leaked Amazon memo warns the company is running out of pe... by dragonwriter on Friday June 17, 2022 @05:45PM (#31784782)

> I said "ostensibly left-wing companies" deliberately because I don't think any company actually adheres to an ideology irrespective of what their PR/marketing departments say or do, but rather they all comport themselves according to their individual profit motives.

Where do you think ideologies come from? One of the most common places is some identifiable group's economic self-interest; neoliberalism is that for the owner class in capitalist society, which is why institutions controlled by that class (especially when they are controlled broadly by that class rather than by an individual member who may have personal quirks) tend to pursue it.

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Re:Leaked Amazon memo warns the company is running out of pe... by throwaway894345 on Friday June 17, 2022 @05:47PM (#31784812)

I don't think they come from corporations, although no doubt organizations may promote popular ideologies.

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