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> Someone working a job they freely chose is not being exploited. This article from 2022 has something to say about that: https://www.theguardian.com/technolo
by callmeal 3mo ago
> Someone working a job they freely chose is not being exploited.
This article from 2022 has something to say about that:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jun/22/amazon-workers-shortage-leaked-memo-warehouse https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jun/22/amazon-wo...
Amazon is right to be worried – its staff turnover rate is astronomical. Before the pandemic, Amazon was losing about 3% of its workforce weekly, or 150% annually. By contrast the annual average turnover in transportation, warehousing and utilities was 49% in 2021 and in retail it was 64.6%, less than half of Amazon’s turnover.
- imgabe 3mo agoSo you mean workers who find it disagreeable freely leave to do something else? Hmm, doesn't sound like exploitation to me.
- nullocator 3mo ago"People are exploited by this organization so they leave" "Can't you tell how unexploited all these people are, just look at them leave!"
- imgabe 3mo ago"A job had requirements I didn't want to do, so I left and didn't do them" "help, help, I'm being exploited!"