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Originally Posted by fjtorres

Mostly because Riggio fired most of the experienced staff last year.

https://teleread.org/2018/02/14/barn...or-this-world/

If the suit is true, he's just finishing the job.

Bear in mind that his UK staff was protesting low salaries this year:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/20...y-val-mcdermid

...and quit over the lack of action:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/20...ve-bookselling

It doesn't sound like he links low salaries with the degrading of bookselling as a career, which is not what minimum wages are for.

For all the griping about Amazon, at least their salary floor is $15 these days. Still not career levels but it's nearly double the legal minimum.

Minimum wage in Washington State is US$13.50/hour;
For all practical purposes, minimum wage for King County is US$16.00/hour
Minimum wage in the City of Seattle is US$16.39/hour;

So no, not only is Amazon's base pay not even close to career levels, it is not even minimum wage for the City of Seattle - its corporate headquarters.