And knowing people who work warehouse for Best Buy and Target ($19.33), the working conditions are so much better as to be incomparable to what Amazon does to warehouse workers. Ignoring the fact they get paid more.
It’s cool you know people who make $19.33 but I was referencing average pay.
Target seems to pay $13.68/hour [0] and BestBuy $13.69 [1] so they pay substantially worse than Amazon.
It’s hard to systematically understand working conditions though so hard to compare.
But again, the claim that Amazon employees aren’t paid well seems unsubstantiated.
[0] https://www.payscale.com/research/US/Employer=Target_Corpora...
[1] https://www.payscale.com/research/US/Employer=Best_Buy/Hourl...
You're comparing apples and oranges. The $13.68/hr includes high school cashiers. The average wage for a Target warehouse worker is $17, again from your own link [0] on page 2. The average range for best buy is $15, well north of the $12.61 Amazon is paying.
And AGAIN, far better working conditions. So no, not unsubstantiated. And no, it isn't hard to understand working conditions unless you're intentionally trying to gaslight. Amazon has pretty well known requirements for packages per hour that they brutally enforce to the detriment of employee health. Their competitors do not.
Target and Bestbuy also have metrics. Companies aren’t “brutally enforcing” performance metrics.
Your link doesn't show Amazon, but found it here https://www.glassdoor.com/Hourly-Pay/Amazon-Warehouse-Worker...
which puts in in the average of Target, Amazon, and Best Buy