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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
I think a big part of the "poor Amazon workers" thing is people not really understanding what many manual labor jobs actually entail. They hear about sweaty and freezing conditions and just can't relate. Sweating for your pay is not cruel and unusual punishment. People do it all the time. But the average manual laborer isn't running to the press because their feet got cold in the winter. But mention they work for Amazon and you'd think they were being beaten with rubber hoses.
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I think that's a bit myopic and preachy.
In a state with a low cost of living, yeah, Amazon is probably a fine place to work. In a state with a high cost of living like New York or California where Amazon is paying the same amount, maybe not so much.
Amazon has some really great benefits. But they also had a 150% turnover rate in their warehouses and 'unregretted attrition' and their cutthroat corporate culture.
I don't think Amazon is the Great Satan. But I also don't feel the need to run down their critics or imply they are all liars/whiners either.