Re:Amazon corporate workers plan walkout next week over retu...
by Mizoguchi on Wednesday May 24, 2023 @06:12AM
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How about people with dangerous jobs? police officers, firefighters, miners and ironworkers, pilots, soldiers, drivers...
Would that make having a desktop job morally wrong?
I get Elon's point that manufacturing often requires some people to report to site, particularly in a company like Tesla.
But generalizing and saying that all positions require to report to office because of moral and ethical reasons is ridiculous.
How about incentives for commuting to work? Not flashy offices with free snacks and meditation rooms, how about money?
Companies usually reallocate to remote suburban areas to pay less taxes, and they expect people to spent over 40 hours per month, a full week of additional work, for free, to commute to the office.
Would that make having a desktop job morally wrong?
I get Elon's point that manufacturing often requires some people to report to site, particularly in a company like Tesla.
But generalizing and saying that all positions require to report to office because of moral and ethical reasons is ridiculous.
How about incentives for commuting to work? Not flashy offices with free snacks and meditation rooms, how about money?
Companies usually reallocate to remote suburban areas to pay less taxes, and they expect people to spent over 40 hours per month, a full week of additional work, for free, to commute to the office.
That's morally wrong from all angles.