Amazon to Lay Off over 17,000 Workers, More Than First Planned

Re:Amazon to Lay Off over 17,000 Workers, More Than First Pl... by sneak on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @07:43PM (#34254238)

Both parties treating the transaction as simply a business transaction is a good thing for society.

Pretending that there is some value to "loyalty" in a vendor/customer relationship is silly, and only hurts you.

Job hopping is a good thing for price discovery, and keeps wages for skilled workers going up as inflation eats away at them. Layoffs in downturns are an expected consequence of workers getting more expensive (ie capturing more of their economic value in their paychecks).

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Re:Amazon to Lay Off over 17,000 Workers, More Than First Pl... by kcb on Thursday January 05, 2023 @12:04AM (#34256206)

> Both parties treating the transaction as simply a business transaction is a good thing for society.

Maybe. But not when Healthcare is on the line. That part still need to be fixed.

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