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This warehouse worker knowingly took a job, knowing it wouldn't pay enough to let her pay rent... and she took it anyway? And in two years she hasn't gotten a roommate or other such apartment-sharing arrangement?
And now you say "Amazon leaders" are the ones who are "pretty stupid"?
Soooo you think she should have just kept....making Zero?
Hopefully they do. Places like Amazon with their worker exploitation don't deserve to be in business. along with Walmart and the rest of these sweatshops where the tax payers have to subsidize them because the billionaires need to be even richer
Sweatshops? You really have no idea what a real sweatshop is.
Because the alternative here is not having a job. Which is better?
Actually, there’s many alternatives, like finding a job that pays her enough to live where she does, or find a cheaper place to live, or get a roommate/s, or move to an area that’s cheaper to live and get a job there, etc…
I think we are in a shift in how people look at employment and where they live. People both seem to be avoiding warehouse/fast food/retail jobs while also relocating out of places like NYC.
Amazon won't pay more, they are biding their time until fully automated warehouses are functioning. I am sure people working at Amazon see the slow creep of automation taking place in their warehouses.
I wonder what the job market will look like in 20-30 years?
I feel bad for her, but what's Amazon supposed to do? She's already being paid nearly $20 for a warehouse type job.
Sure, I get it that $19 an hour is not even close to a livable wage in parts of New York, but that's not Amazon's fault. I'm not an elitist but the only ones that can help people like her, are the individuals themselves. Either move to a lower cost city/state, or get a higher paying job like something in tech that pays double or triple that amount.
So she wants to work in an Amazon warehouse doing an odd job and wants to live in Manhattan?
And where would the residents of Manhattan go live? Camden NJ I suppose?
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