Allmost all the workers at B&H live in Kiryas Joel, the poorest town in America.
Do you buy lettuce?
@thorn....really ? Do your research ! Just google "amazon slave" ...then read some of the articles ! Of course...you can be a propagandist for the banksters if you want, but don't try peddling that crap to me !
Personally....I buy all my stuff from b&h. Usually cheaper and guaranteed service. Amazon is crap. I pity those poor people whose lives are so screwed that working there....or a thousand other sweat shops, is their only option. As well, I feel for poor lettuce pickers, usually illegal immigrants and victims to far greater abuse from a fascist government.
How many of you have spent a few days picking produce under the hot summer Georgia sun?
This isn't slavery. This is income, so that people can buy food and have a place to live.
And as far as minimum wages go, I've never seen anyone say that the new camera they wanted was being sold for too little, with unfairly low shipping .
In Germany there is no minimum wage, so I guess whatever Amazon can push (or pull) for...
And coming to "willingness" to work under those conditions: Would anyone work there willingly? Any career chances?
Ultimately though those workers aren't forced to be there.
They are not forced, but they do not have much good alternatives. :-)
I often feel like I work on a modern day plantation. Ultimately though those workers aren't forced to be there. Anyone know how much they make?
Modern day slavery. No other words for it. Sadly the bankster corporacracy are sweeping us all into this trashbin of existence. Nothing symbolizes our cultural opiate addiction to materialism more than amazon. And sadly for us.....cameras are one of the worst drugs out there !
Check Week as an Amazon insider at http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/dec/01/week-amazon-insider-feature-treatment-employees-work
Ok, didn't know that but yeah, if they can do it in Germany, why wouldn't they do it anywhere else :)
As far as I am aware it is not much different in other countries.
Yes, Amazon Germany is under heavy observation due to dirty and cheap employee tactics. Lots of news coverage in Germany about that and Amazon having damage to it's reputation.
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