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In reply to the discussion: Why Jeff Bezos’ Amazon Is More Evil Than Walmart and McDonald’s [View all]DrDan
(20,411 posts)The writer posits Amazon is "more evil than Walmart and McDonalds."
He presents three arguments to support that statement.
First, peer reviews are needed for promotions at Amazon. Is this a bad thing? As I said, I worked for a lot of years at 2 major corporations where this was the promotion practice. Is it a bad thing that prior to promoting a person to department manager at Walmart, that the promotion is supported by other department heads? I would think this is a good practice, not one to be offered as an "evil". Wouldn't Walmart and McDonalds want a potential promotion supported by other managers who know the requirements of the job? Sure, politics can enter the picture. But isn't that the case even when no peer review is required?
The writer also fails at offering a comparison to Walmart and McDonalds. Wouldn't this be a good thing if the author is suggesting Amazon is more evil than Walmart and McDonalds? Walmart and McDonalds are NEVER MENTIONED in this argument.
Next the author suggests pay as an argument that Amazon is "more evil than Walmart and McDonalds." However, the author states Amazon pay is "on par" with Walmart. WHAT????? McDonalds pay is not even mentioned by the author. Then WHY IN THE WORLD does this suggest evil on the part of Amazon.
I agree with you that "minimum" wage should be just that - a wage where an individual can subsist. We have allowed that to degrade over the past few decades (by we, I mean of course, the other party). But the point of the article was to suggest McDonalds and Walmart are less evil than Amazon.
The third argument is more difficult to get a grip on. But to suggest potential suicide when criticizing an employees performance is pretty low. I did notice however, that once again, procedures at McDonalds and Walmart WERE NEVER MENTIONED.
How can a comparison be drawn if both sides of the argument are not presented???????????? Why only show how Amazon's procedures are bad and NEVER mention the procedures at Walmart and McDonalds????
I think this is a poorly-written hit piece.
Interesting that it is offered on an investor site. Most articles of this type (investor-oriented) focus on earnings, debt, market demand and the like. Not one mention of Amazon's financial performance was made. Wouldn't this be of interest to investors likely to visit this site? I am curious as to what this particular author has to gain by slowing Amazon stock purchases. Sure seems to be his intent based on who comprises his audience.
I think there are reasons to question Amazon's practices, and Bezos in particular. I am very concerned with his support for privatization of public schools. I hate that some of these capitalists are all-consumed by "profit".