Amazon Prime likely to falter during COVID-19 crisis, from supply chain issues, increased demand, and the potential of a warehouse outbreak
More than half of American households are Amazon Prime members, and, for better or worse, have come to rely on the service for many of their everyday needs.
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@bigblackjacobin
Edward Ongweso Jr
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One of the negative consequences of platform loss-leading is that in pursuit of making themselves indispensable, these companies also become public health risks. https://www.vice.com/...
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@jason_koebler
Jason Koebler
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Read this story too. Amazon white collar employees are home. Warehouse workers are not. Amazon Prime, an unethical conceit, is making these workers' lives harder during a pandemic https://www.vice.com/...
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@hypervisible
One Ring
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“Experts say that warehouse workers and last mile delivery drivers are particularly at risk because they're in close contact with packages that have been in the hands of others at different stages in the logistics chain.” https://twitter.com/...
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@cmclymer
@cmclymer
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This is a policy that's problematic in a normal environment. In a pandemic, it borders on sociopathy. The CEO of Whole Foods needs to get shit together and do right by not only his employees but everyone who is compromised because he's pressuring sick people to work. https://twit…
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@lordravenscraft
Eric Ravenscraft
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Whole Foods CEO John Mackey has a net worth of around $75M (as of 2017). The average hourly pay for a Whole Foods employee is $15.69. Mackey could personally “donate” a week of pay to all of his 91,000 employees for $57M. feel like he won't tho https://twitter.com/...
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@mspackyetti
Brittany Packnett Cunningham
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We should always be reminded that those in power will ask everyday people to sacrifice so that they don't have to give up their pocket change. Jeff Bezos could give everybody paid sick leave out of his own pocket and still be more than good I'm sure... https://twitter.com/...
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@shutupandrosky
Josh Androsky
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jeff bezos/amazon owns whole foods. he could give every one of their 91 THOUSAND employees $10k and still maintain over 99% of his wealth. https://twitter.com/...
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@alexkotch
Alex Kotch
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Remember when Jeff Bezos, whose company owns Whole Foods, said he was so freakin' rich he didn't know how to spend his money so, heck, he'd start a space program? https://twitter.com/...
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@adriennelaw
@adriennelaw
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1. Whole Foods' CEO has a net worth in excess of near $100 million. 2. The wealthiest man in the world owns Whole Foods' parent company, which pays no federal income taxes. 3. Each time I shop at Whole Foods, it's like taking out a second mortgage. This is wrong. https://twitter.…
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@vermontgmg
Garrett M. Graff
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This is particularly repulsive coming from a grocery chain CEO. All Whole Foods customers should want to be assured that employees aren't under pressure to come to work sick because they don't have sick leave. https://twitter.com/...