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Old 07-08-2014, 03:54 PM   #121
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Originally Posted by rcentros View Post
Costco is pretty well known as a good employer. But they're the exception, not the rule. It's a bit disingenuous to compare Amazon to them instead of the majority of employers who treat their employees much worse than does Amazon.
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I am sure there are companies that are better than Amazon (and worse as well). But they are all looking out for their own bottom line, and sacrificing their employees in some manner.

I am sure there is something to complain about at Costco too. Thus, according to some people, we have a slippery slope where Costco is "abusing" their workers, and is "evil", and we shouldn't shop there, etc.

Or we would, if it was as stylish to complain about Costco as it is to complain about Amazon.
I thought it was pretty obvious that I was saying, even relatively good employers would be complained about just as much as any other, if people were in the mood to do so. The complaints aren't actually because of their actions, but because of how people want to think about them.

People complain about Amazon and any other company because of pre-existing biases that need to be justified.

For that reason, I think I kind of had to compare Amazon to a company agreed to be far better than average to their employees. Sorry if that wasn't clear enough.
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