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Leaked Amazon memo warns the company is running out of people to hire. Unions might not be the tech giant’s biggest labor threat.

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    Bullmaestro
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    What a surprise. Treat workers like shit and they will not want to work for you.

    What a surprise. Treat workers like shit and they will not want to work for you.

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    1. Grzmot
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      Then push it up to a scale that Amazon works at, and it becomes clear that this isn't a sustainable strategy. Throughout a working year, they go through 1.5x the workforce. It's insane. Imagine...

      Then push it up to a scale that Amazon works at, and it becomes clear that this isn't a sustainable strategy. Throughout a working year, they go through 1.5x the workforce. It's insane. Imagine abusing your employees so much that more than 100% leave every year and then some, and just declaring it a business strategy.

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  2. RNG
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    I wonder to what degree a recession would alleviate this problem, at least for a time, as workers become more desperate for work. It do hope that Amazon faces consequences for it's abysmal...

    I wonder to what degree a recession would alleviate this problem, at least for a time, as workers become more desperate for work. It do hope that Amazon faces consequences for it's abysmal treatment of its workers.

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