Former #Amazon VP says an unnamed "CEO" of a company he worked for seduced his wife in retaliation for some pushback.
It is a comfort to me knowing that people like these have to live with each other
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Former #Amazon VP says an unnamed "CEO" of a company he worked for seduced his wife in retaliation for some pushback.
It is a comfort to me knowing that people like these have to live with each other
Great news! Amazon has got back to me about the £700 iPhone they failed to deliver (and wouldn't refund or replace) Bad news: what they told me...
Based on this experience, why would anyone buy anything expensive from Amazon ever again? Please share, like and comment if you agree.
Watch my #video.
📙️Neuerwerbung der Gustav-Landauer-Bibliothek Witten:
Daniel Leisegang:
amazon 📦️🚚️
Das Buch als Beute 📚️💰️
Auch wenn der Online-Händler Amazon nicht einmal 20 Jahre existiert, hat er die Einkaufsgewohnheiten der Menschen bereits revolutioniert. Die Kunden schätzen seine preiswerte und nahezu lückenlose Warenpalette, die unabhängigen Produktbewertungen der anderen Käufer sowie die unkomplizierten Umtauschoptionen. Und da das Unternehmen zumeist sogar eine Lieferung bis zum nächsten Werktag verspricht, ziehen viele den bequemen Mausklick dem stressigen Einkauf vor. Doch der Schein der schönen neuen Warenwelt trügt. Hinter der Fassade von Amazons Online-Shop verbirgt sich eine Welt prekärer Arbeitsbedingungen. Den niedrigen Preis für das bequeme Einkaufen im Netz zahlen dabei vor allem jene, die für die Logistik und den Versand der Waren zuständig sind.
(Quelle: perlentaucher)
#Witten #GLBibW #Amazon #JeffBezos @dleisegang@mastodon.social
I wonder if this has more to do with unions than a government organization telling #Amazon & #SpaceX what to do‽ Probably both, but it’s rare to see #JeffBezos & #ElonMusk agree on a topic.
Still, if SpaceX & Amazon win this legal fight (as they will appeal to the Supreme Court), it would not bode well for most workers in the #UnitedStates 🇺🇸.
👉🏾 Amazon — like SpaceX — claims the labor board is unconstitutional - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/16/24074954/amazon-labor-board-nlrb-unconstitutional
Weekly #emissions summary for 2024/2/5-2024/2/11 #CO2emissions #jeffbezos #elonmusk #marcbenioff #billgates #larryellison #markzuckerberg
What are the big takeaways from 2023? @xoxogossipgita, @molly0xfff, and Aaron Thorpe join me for a great year-end chat on AI hype, tech villains, and other big stories of the year!
Listen to the full episode: https://techwontsave.us/episode/200_the_year_in_tech_2023_w_gita_jackson_molly_white__aaron_thorpe
#tech #2023 #elonmusk #jeffbezos #ai
Surviving Amazon: Work, life, and bias inside one of the world’s most ambitious businesses - Kristi Coulter spent 12 years at Amazon and writes about the experience in her la... - https://www.geekwire.com/2023/surviving-amazon-work-life-and-bias-inside-one-of-the-worlds-most-ambitious-businesses/ #kristicoulter #legalissues #jeffbezos #podcasts #amazon #gender
@GrrlScientist
Wait wait wait ... The great #JeffBezos, know most of all for his great philanthropic spirit and heart ... LIED??!?! That can't be, it just can't!
Amazon and the big tech companies (apple, google, MS, etc.) are literally changing our system of capitalism into something far worse. I made a video talking about this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42Yh6kCgork
The shift comes when companies stop chasing the traditional profit motive and start seeking rent for everything... let me know what you think. #amazon #jeffbezos #apple #yanisvaroufakis
US-Klage: Suchergebnisse bei Amazon.com sind bewusst so schlecht
Amazon zeigt immer mehr miserable Suchergebnisse – weil das Geld bringt. Wie auch automatische Preistricks zur Behinderung der Konkurrenz, sagt die FTC.
#Algorithmen #Amazon #Distribution #Einzelhandel #FederalTradeCommission #Handel #JeffBezos #Lieferspesen #Lieferung #OnlineWerbung #Preise #USA #Verbraucherschutz #Werbung #Wettbewerb #Wettbewerbsrecht #eCommerce
Monthly #emissions summary for 2023/10 #CO2emissions #billgates #jeffbezos #elonmusk #markzuckerberg #larryellison #markbenioff
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However, all of those capitalists are subservient to a feudal lord: #JeffBezos, who takes 51 cents out of every dollar they bring in, and furthermore gets to decide which products they can sell and how those products must be displayed:
https://pluralistic.net/2022/11/28/enshittification/#relentless-payola
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No, no - this can’t be right, it’s clearly nonsense. I mean no society would ever give tax breaks to anyone or any company that hoards that much wealth. The maths are wrong or that would mean …. #brexit #ToryLies #tory #tories #ToriesOut #toryscum #politics #ukpolitics #Corruption #ToryCorruption #bbc #news #costofliving #EU #covid #COVID19 #immigration #inflation #Sunak #SunakOut #rishisunak #nhs #woke #SuellaBraverman #amazon #jeffbezos #FairPay #equality #solidarity #strike #strikes
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#10yrsago US Senate IP address linked to #Snowden #Wikipedia change from “dissident” to “traitor” https://www.techdirt.com/2013/08/05/someone-using-us-senate-ip-address-edits-wiki-entry-to-change-ed-snowden-dissident-to-traitor/
#10yrsago #JeffBezos’s letter to the #WashPo staff https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/jeff-bezos-on-post-purchase/2013/08/05/e5b293de-fe0d-11e2-9711-3708310f6f4d_story.html
#10yrsago Why writers should stand up for libraries https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vArSULK9Zzk
#10yrsago Ethical questions for security experts https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1UfOxCIIlcU-iRcUeA6p6fyEE4qUbSuFMqmSuWjRsL_4/edit?forcehl=1&hl=en#slide=id.p
#10yrsago #EBWhite on why he wrote #CharlottesWeb: “A book is a sneeze” https://web.archive.org/web/20130806171658/http://www.lettersofnote.com/2013/08/a-book-is-sneeze.html
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