Consumers are constantly pushing down the prices on everything, expecting more and more for less and less. Faced with this reality, companies have to streamline and become more effective in order to succeed and profit. This is what Amazon are doing.
We moan about having to pay for baggage, choosing seats, food and even using the bathroom on flights now - but this is solely because of our want to push down the headline price of flights. The price has been reduced...but the cost is still there.
AFAIK, Amazon aren't doing any illegal, they're just working very efficiently.
Or, they'll just accelerate the automation plans they're already pursuing, and simply fire people. What good is an higher wage, if you're unable to get a job?
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I think it's just capitalism, and economics.
Consumers are constantly pushing down the prices on everything, expecting more and more for less and less. Faced with this reality, companies have to streamline and become more effective in order to succeed and profit. This is what Amazon are doing.
We moan about having to pay for baggage, choosing seats, food and even using the bathroom on flights now - but this is solely because of our want to push down the headline price of flights. The price has been reduced...but the cost is still there.
AFAIK, Amazon aren't doing any illegal, they're just working very efficiently.
And the only solution is regulation. Minimum wage too low? Raise it.
If Amazon wants to be efficient, it can be on the back of its margins, not at the expense of humans.
EDIT: Ran into this on reddit, thought it was very timely:
"Sorry, It's Not A 'Law Of Capitalism' That You Pay Your Employees As Little As Possible"
http://www.businessinsider.com/companies-need-to-pay-people-...
Or, they'll just accelerate the automation plans they're already pursuing, and simply fire people. What good is an higher wage, if you're unable to get a job?
What good is automation if your customers don't have any money?
Amazon... what margins?
Here's another bunch of people who didn't do anything illegal:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_Trials