AmazonCorp
ThoughtStorms Wiki
Once upon a time, an online book-store.
Now a mega online commerce platform and sell-everything emporium.
Destroys the high-street.
Important pages
Ethical Issues
- Should you still BoycottAmazon (I still try to)
- TimOReilly's comment : http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/asktim/2004/amazon0204.html
Seems to be a terrible employer. Even during Covid19
TimBray walked out over treatment of workers.
- https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/m7qwmn/how-amazon-has-continued-to-exploit-its-workers-during-the-pandemic
- https://www.theverge.com/interface/2020/4/1/21201162/amazon-delivery-delays-coronavirus-worker-strikes
- https://thenextweb.com/insider/2019/04/26/amazon-plans-to-cut-prime-shipping-times-and-their-workers-will-pay-for-it/
Worker at Amazon subcontractor FoxConn's factory tortured and jailed for whistleblowing : https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jan/30/alexa-factory-whistleblower-i-was-tortured-and-jailed-now-amazon-should-apologise