Amazon Is Still Running an Injury Mill for Workers
Working at Amazon isn’t just physically taxing, it’s dangerous. Despite years of scrutiny and years of company spin, Amazon still has a serious injury rate more than double the rest of the industry.
3 Articles by: William Banks
William Banks is a writer, editor, and translator. His latest book, The Great Debate. Nietzsche, Culture and the Scandinavian Welfare Society. Georg Brandes and Harald Høffding., is out in December from the University of Wisconsin Press.
Amazon’s “Customer-Centric” Business Model Couldn’t Function Without Abusing Workers
Amazon wants to be both “Earth’s Most Customer-Centric Company” and “Earth’s Best Employer.” But it can’t have both. In fact, its customer-dazzling business model is predicated on worker exploitation and endangerment.
The Bezos Theory of Value Is Deeply Disturbing
In his final letter to shareholders as Amazon CEO, Jeff Bezos offers a novel — and profoundly disturbing — conception of value creation: a handful of visionaries are the sole source of all “real value.” This aristocracy mercifully blesses customers, clients, and even Amazon workers with social goods.