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02-03-2021 11:38 AM - edited 02-03-2021 01:27 PM
@KKJ wrote:
@pdlinda wrote:@Free2be That he didn''t factor into his financial planning taking care of ALL of his employees, from those lowest on the earning scale to lower-level executives (the upper-level execs are already taken care of) is simply beyond my comprehension. How much more of a SUCCESS would this individual have if he had shared his wealth with his excellent employees. The CS team, whom I deal with frequently (I am a huge customer lately due to the pandemic) are simply A-#1!! Also, his logistics delivery team. Simply superb. That these people are not given stock options/bonuses/significant financial compensation from all his billions speaks more about his greed than his business acumen. I simply am completely bewildered at how his mind works. I don't "get it."
That these people are not given stock options/bonuses/significant financial compensation....
How do you know they aren't? I can't stand when people have so much disdain for wealthy people and accuse all CEO's of being greedy. Many have worked hard to get where they are and do give to charity.
I dont think it has anything to do with a disdain for the wealthy....It's more about poor working conditions and wages for employees while he makes his billions, also destroying and putting competitors out of business because of his unfair pricing games, Amazon has lots of security breaches you'd think he would take some of his money and fix it (check out post #6 in the Apple Scam topic where she talks about Amazon), also google it and check out how much his company pays in taxes......So now anti-trust suits and employees forming unions comes along and he bails out of that and hangs around to okay a few company decisions...Doesn't sound like someone that should be given accolades and a halo. I'm all for success stories and people making money due to their hard work, along as that wealth is shared with the worker bee employees that helped make that possible, instead of some CEO hanging on to the majority of it.......
And one of Bezos appointed Amazon Executives in an interview insinuated that they rely on the customers being a bit naive (aka "stupid") by always assuming Amazon always has the best price when thats not the case...That came from the horses mouth!!! They will lower a price on one item to bet a competitor, but raise prices on lots of other items to make up for it...While some retailers do this on a few items...Amazon does it on thousands of their items to drive competitors out of business ..COMPARISON SHOP FOLKS!!! This is why I dont like Bezos and his company!!! And less competition means higher prices for us all..!!! And think of jobs lost too!
02-03-2021 01:27 PM
Don't like AMAZON...I use it for 1 product and when I can buy it locally, I will.
02-03-2021 02:09 PM
The world will see what Jeff does in next.
02-03-2021 02:25 PM
I have no feelings one way or the other about the man, but I do dispute that the opinion of unions that one poster posited.
Unions certainly have their problems just as companies do. But I can't imaging their not existing.
Does anyone remember their history about the horrible crackdown when people wanted to band together for some iota of power?It is an ugly, ugly blot on our country.
Thank goodness they survived so that their members are not totally dependant on the whims of employers. They have a say. They cannot be fired without just cause, as opposed to nonunion "at will" employees. I could go on. :-)
02-03-2021 03:57 PM - edited 02-03-2021 05:02 PM
Unions don't exist like they used to when the U.S. had more heavy industries in need of better worker safety and treatment.
This union topic is getting a little off the original thread topic, BUT...
Check out the subject on the internet........ can't post the links but here are just a few of the items to be found on the subject if searching more about union memberhship today.............
02-03-2021 04:48 PM - edited 02-03-2021 07:00 PM
Addendum to previous post about union membership:
From the National Conference of State Legislatures website:
Under right-to-work laws, states have the authority to determine whether workers can be required to join a labor union to get or keep a job.
Currently, 27 states and Guam have given workers a choice when it comes to union membership. Labor unions still operate in those states, but workers cannot be compelled to become members as a requirement of their job. Kentucky became the 27th right-to-work state when it enacted HB 1 on Jan. 9, 2017.
02-03-2021 05:14 PM
My hope is that the demonizing of unions will decrease as we move forward.
02-03-2021 05:23 PM
02-03-2021 05:50 PM - edited 02-03-2021 05:51 PM
Where's the "demoniizing"?
Nothing but history and facts posted by me.
I worked 18 years for the federal agency closest to worker rights/ health & safety and labor-management issues. I just happen to know a lot about them and don't mind talking about the issues without getting agitated about them.
History is history. Laws are laws. Unions have written part of that history--good or bad--themselves. Workers have been known to have their own strong opinions for or against, as well as a role in that history.
02-03-2021 05:52 PM
He didn't say he was retiring or leaving Amazon. I believe they said he would still be Chairman. I think he's going to use some of his hundreds of billions of dollars to develop the next innovation. The thing we can't envision now but will grow into the thing we cannot imagine life without. Like Amazon. I think back to a time when Amazon was only an online book seller and I cannot believe what that grew into in just a couple of decades.
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