Shouldn't the people benefiting from Amazon pay for the employees?
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Yes, and that's why they're all morons.
Yes, and that's why they're greedy pricks.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
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What are you, some kind of fascist?
~ what they'd say
~ what they'd say
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
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SURPRISE. The expediting did nothing, and the orders are not here. The hurricane will be here tomorrow, so I'm guessing a 0% chance of things arriving tomorrow.
I complained again today, and they refunded my order.
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"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
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Honestly, at this point, I almost want that "bring stuff into my house service". I have less time than anything these days, so even leaving my house, no matter how convenient they make the store, is too much.
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Amazon announces $15 minimum wage for all employees
Also...
The change takes effect November 1 and applies to full-time, part-time and temporary workers. Amazon (AMZN) says the $15 minimum wage will benefit more than 250,000 Amazon employees, plus 100,000 seasonal workers.
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Amazon also said its public policy team will begin lobbying for an increase in the federal minimum wage, which has been $7.25 an hour since 2009.
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Probably good overall, it will force other employers to pay more if they want people. In markets where they compete with Amazon for employees.
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In completely unrelated news, Amazon announces across the board price increases...
No, but seriously, if corporations were willing to make $1.8B in profits each quarter rather $2.2B, they could increase the overall standard of living in the country.
No, but seriously, if corporations were willing to make $1.8B in profits each quarter rather $2.2B, they could increase the overall standard of living in the country.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
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The problem with this is that corporations basically have 1 drive: maximize shareholder return. That is their primary goal, The End. If they do not do that, they are subject to lawsuits.
350k workers, let's say making $6/hour more on average, and assume 2k hours/yr, despite many of these being seasonal/part-time. I'll ignore payroll tax increase to help offset that over-estimate. That's $4.2bn/yr, versus $180bn in revenue in 2017 (and likely over $200bn in 2018). So about a 2% increase in costs, worst-case.
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I am aware. I'm just saying there has to be a better way.
I'm very pro-Capitalism, but we don't live in a capitalist society. Thus, we can and should tinker a bit since we don't allow the market to make the adjustments. We shouldn't have a company where the CEO and board are multi-millionaires or billionaires, yet people in the lowest rungs of the company are on food stamps and have to piss in garbage cans because they're not allowed to take breaks.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
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I feel like you're contradicting yourself. I mean, I agree with you here, but that's not a very Capitalistic view.
I think capitalism needs rules and regulations, and have made that peace. The devil is obviously how many rules/regulations.
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That's fair. I just think we're well past the point where the devil has taken over.
California just passed a law telling companies who they can have on their board. My viewpoint here is a step backwards from that.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
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My wife didn't like the rule either. I'm OK with part of it.
I'm fine with the first half, but not the 2nd half.. The law requires larger firms that have headquarters within the state to place at least one woman on their boards. [The new law requires publicly traded corporations headquartered in California to include at least one woman on their boards of directors by the end of 2019 as part of an effort to close the gender gap in business] This needs to come into effect by 2019. Then, based on the size of the board, up to three women members by 2021.
[By the end of July 2021, a minimum of two women must sit on boards with five members, and there must be at least three women on boards with six or more members.]
I don't love it. But I'm OK with it.
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I'm not.
Not because I'm against diversity. I think if you want to create and market products for every demographic and market, you need your company to match those demos and markets.
I'm against forcing companies to hire a gender or skin color rather than the most qualified applicant. They could, literally, hurt a company's bottom line by forcing them to hire someone unqualified.
Oh, and not for nothing, but what about the other 70 genders? Fucking bigoted law...
Not because I'm against diversity. I think if you want to create and market products for every demographic and market, you need your company to match those demos and markets.
I'm against forcing companies to hire a gender or skin color rather than the most qualified applicant. They could, literally, hurt a company's bottom line by forcing them to hire someone unqualified.
Oh, and not for nothing, but what about the other 70 genders? Fucking bigoted law...
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
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Artificial Intelligence is sexist.
How do you program: "Randomly pick some women even though they might be less qualified, so everyone feels good."?
How do you program: "Randomly pick some women even though they might be less qualified, so everyone feels good."?
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
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I assume that was supposed to be the Amazon link? (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/ ... s-against/)Leisher wrote: Artificial Intelligence is sexist.
How do you program: "Randomly pick some women even though they might be less qualified, so everyone feels good."?
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Yeah, I goofed up.
That link led me to another on the same subject of sex relations. I was also commenting there.
Fixed!
That link led me to another on the same subject of sex relations. I was also commenting there.
Fixed!
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
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I'm guessing that you were adamantly "pro," on that subject.Leisher wrote: That link led me to another on the subject of same sex relations. I was also commenting there.
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