For all the Amazon shoppers here!

[Value Buy]

So you think Jeff Bezoz is this great man who developed an amazing retail space......turns out he is just the same as WMT or any other low priced outlet that lays off workers ewhen the need arises.
Amazon claims to pay workers a fair wage.....until the lay offs hit.

www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/it-was-like-a-public-execution-american-retail-workers-face-mass-layoffs/ar-BBSFbrS?li=BBnb7Kz

Congratulations for your participation in this farce and supporting the company. As long as you get your deals on the backs of the labor force, who get knifed in the back.

[kadee79]

Aahha...the article I was looking for to post on the other thread about employment numbers...

Alexandria Rodriguez, an employee for over three years at a Target in Texas, worked 35 to 40 hours a week during the holidays, only to see her schedule drastically decrease shortly after Christmas. She was scheduled for four hours, then zero hours the next week, 9.5 hours the week after, and next week only 8.5 hours.
“The bills don’t stop when Christmas is over,” said Rodriguez. “My father was diagnosed with cancer a couple of years ago, and he was declared cancer free recently, but he still has the medical bills. My sister and I had to move in with my parents to take care of the rent and everything else. Me not getting paid is them not getting paid, so its affecting my entire family.”

Target did not respond to requests for comment.

Please tell me how those "employed" hours are going to pay any bills?  They will be lucky if they pay for the gas to get there and back home!

[kadee79]

Personally, I think VB's 2 threads should be merged...they are both covering much of the same topic...employment.

[tbop77]

Maybe if the tax cuts had been for the middle class instead of the rich, there would be more demand, money spent.  

BTW, are they still working on those President Trump promised before the mid-terms?

[Tennesseer]

Jan 27, 2019 11:22:56 GMT -5 kadee79 said:

Aahha...the article I was looking for to post on the other thread about employment numbers...

Alexandria Rodriguez, an employee for over three years at a Target in Texas, worked 35 to 40 hours a week during the holidays, only to see her schedule drastically decrease shortly after Christmas. She was scheduled for four hours, then zero hours the next week, 9.5 hours the week after, and next week only 8.5 hours.
“The bills don’t stop when Christmas is over,” said Rodriguez. “My father was diagnosed with cancer a couple of years ago, and he was declared cancer free recently, but he still has the medical bills. My sister and I had to move in with my parents to take care of the rent and everything else. Me not getting paid is them not getting paid, so its affecting my entire family.”

Target did not respond to requests for comment.

Please tell me how those "employed" hours are going to pay any bills?  They will be lucky if they pay for the gas to get there and back home!

Read the quoted part above the other day here:


'It was like a public execution': American retail workers face mass layoffs

[Miss Tequila]

This is no different than any other company that is seasonal. I love in the northeast. The company I work for owns a construction company. They lay off roofers and framers in the winter because there is no work. Do you expect a company to keep employees on the payroll that aren’t needed?

[NoNamePerson]

Jan 27, 2019 11:37:35 GMT -5 Miss Tequila said:

This is no different than any other company that is seasonal. I love in the northeast. The company I work for owns a construction company. They lay off roofers and framers in the winter because there is no work. Do you expect a company to keep employees on the payroll that aren’t needed?

Well, duh, there should be 100% employment and everyone should be making minimum of $100,000.00 a year.  

[Value Buy]

Jan 27, 2019 11:24:39 GMT -5 kadee79 said:

Personally, I think VB's 2 threads should be merged...they are both covering much of the same topic...employment.

I disagree.
This is about Amazon and other retailers. Amazon announced how they were raising eveyone's wages to $15 an hour last year, and they were praised across the country by social liberals how great a company they were versus other retailers. 
Now that they are laying many off, they should be seen for the wolf in sheep's clothing that they truly are.

[sesfw]

Our local McDs is undergoing major renovations right now, and one of the things they are doing is installing ordering kiosks so they don't need as many employees as before.

What people don't understand is minimum wages are entry wages.  If you want to EARN a living wage, then get the necessary training/education so you are worth more than minimum wage.

$15 per hour is great but it does raise the prices, so in reality the COL matches the wages.

I've worked seasonal retail and know it's tough to get let go after the New Year.  I got some training and found another job that was more permanent.

[thyme4change]

Amazon treats their warehouse workers pretty bad. They contract out a lot of those jobs, and the company they use seems horrid.