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I Quit My Job at Amazon Rather Than Return to the Office 3 Days a Week (www.businessinsider.com)
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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

The point isn't efficiency, the point is greed. Efficiency doesn't make money, it's idealistic.

lol, wut? How is anything not efficiency in Amazon's system not going to benefit their bottom line? This is a company that decided to out Walmart Walmart and did well. Middle management may not like efficiency, but this is a company that will fire managers for not meeting metrics or company goals. I fail to see "office real estate value" being a corporate goal.

Amazon has already spent millions on building huge offices all over the world and has to justify it's use or else they sit empty and don't generate any revenue or business.

And Amazon wouldn't sell these offices in a heartbeat? A company that creates the conditions where staff are too scared to help a person dying from a heart attack are going to suddenly get a big ol' softy for their corporate real estate vendor? Seriously?