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Re:Amazon to lay off 9,000 more workers after earlier cuts by thethimble on Monday March 20, 2023 @12:22PM (#35233939)
> if remote work was legally mandated

This is hilarious

Re:Amazon to lay off 9,000 more workers after earlier cuts by toomuchtodo on Monday March 20, 2023 @12:24PM (#35233974)
So were weekends at one point. No intent of derailing the thread, but everything is impossible until it’s done.

Would you have thought a few weeks ago that California and the federal government could apply enough pressure to the largest pharma companies to set the price of insulin at $35? Well, here we are. Come out swinging, we have nowhere to go but up.

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/01/1160339792/eli-lilly-insulin-...

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/sanofi-insulin-pr...

Re:Amazon to lay off 9,000 more workers after earlier cuts by whatever1 on Monday March 20, 2023 @12:26PM (#35234013)
Why not? With one stone you hit multiple birds.

Housing crisis, traffic crisis, transportation infrastructure crisis, environmental crisis.

Covid showed how many jobs can be conducted fully remotely.

Re:Amazon to lay off 9,000 more workers after earlier cuts by throwbadubadu on Monday March 20, 2023 @01:21PM (#35235074)
And it showed also how much unthinkable is possible if we want it.. however here we are already again, not being ok to give up false luxuries and who cares about the environment ;)
Re:Amazon to lay off 9,000 more workers after earlier cuts by dalmo3 on Monday March 20, 2023 @02:05PM (#35235871)
> Housing crisis, traffic crisis, transportation infrastructure crisis, environmental crisis.

You forgot freedom of assembly.

Re:Amazon to lay off 9,000 more workers after earlier cuts by koolba on Monday March 20, 2023 @02:51PM (#35236667)
> Covid showed how many jobs can be conducted fully remotely.

Alternatively, Covid showed how little people were working in the office too.