Amazon Doesn't 'Employ' Drivers, but Hired Firms to Prevent Them from Unionizing

Re:Amazon Doesn't 'Employ' Drivers, but Hired Firms to Preve... by renewiltord on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @11:29AM (#37050482)

Interesting how you can rehabilitate your image by just the existence of someone else that people want to hate. On the Internet, now:

- UPS is now apparently the height of professionalism

- Zuckerberg is the hero fighting off Elon Musk

- Microsoft are the good guys reining in OpenAI

Of course, this doesn't really match the common brand view. Really goes to show how Internet commenters are not representative.

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Re:Amazon Doesn't 'Employ' Drivers, but Hired Firms to Preve... by bena on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @11:38AM (#37050644)

As to UPS. It is weird. Now, I mostly don't pay attention to which service I'm getting stuff from. Mostly because I don't have the option most of the time, I'm getting it from the service the seller is using.

A while back, I did notice that USPS was by far the best option in the area I was in. They were often faster and had fewer problems. Now, it's pretty much all the same. I never have any major issues with any of them.

Regarding the Zuckerberg/Musk thing, I think it's just mostly an artifact of it being completely fucking bizarre. Two middle-aged billionaires are about to throw down in a fucking cage match. I believe people are mostly rooting for Zuckerberg because he seems to be able to actually fight whereas Musk has strong "street fight/smarts" vibes. The kind of guy who says he doesn't have "conventional" training, but is secretly really competent because of reasons.

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