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Everything I've read suggests that there are many, many people eagerly competing to get access to work for Instacart. I imagine the situation is, or will be very soon, much the same at Amazon.

What incentive do they have to meet these demands, versus just replacing the staff that doesn't like working under those conditions?

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Supposing a total lack of basic human good will towards their fellow human- which I don't assume they do not have- they are dependent on the good will of the public which is not absolutely bottomless. Serious answer, not snark.

> Supposing a total lack of basic human good will towards their fellow human

I don't think that replacing someone who is unhappy with their job with someone who is eager to have it is a lack of basic human goodwill, unless you are the only employer in the world, which Amazon is not.

I agree normally. 100%. At the risk of double posting from a thread above, what about Amazon's hazard of customer defection / new regulatory burden if people taking, and quitting these jobs, both, start dropping or spreading it? What if public perception becomes: "Amazon could have done a lot to prevent this tragedy, but didn't".

A cynical person might even float the idea that Amazon WANTS that to happen so that there IS a regulatory burden because it can bear it and its would-be competitors / start-ups can't.

But that's too dark even for me... for now.

So back to original question- what about the risk of future, widespread #AmazonHate ?

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