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Re:Revenue per hour per employee of the big tech companies by wizofaus on Sunday July 10, 2022 @03:35PM (#32048132)
Amazon's a real outlier there, presumably because it doesn't outsource services that make heavy use of low-skilled/low-paid workers. But is that necessarily a bad thing? To what extent do Apple etc. rely on other companies doing "dirty work" for them to ensure only high skilled employees are on their payroll?
Re:Revenue per hour per employee of the big tech companies by samspenc on Sunday July 10, 2022 @05:08PM (#32049053)
Personally, I think of Amazon as a retail outlet with a e-commerce UI, so their margins are bound be low, similar to other retail outlets.

IIRC, they are actually making a loss most quarters excluding their cloud computing unit (AWS) which is pulling up their profit margins a bit.

Re:Revenue per hour per employee of the big tech companies by wizofaus on Sunday July 10, 2022 @05:15PM (#32049119)
But surely Amazon have the same profit taking opportunities as other tech giants. Presumably they do make money out of advertising and selling personal data too...