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> Amazon has significantly increased wages. They were at the forefront of the $15 wage

Warehouse workers before Amazon were making over $20/hr. Amazon seriously depressed wages for that kind of work. How do you think they got so profitable and outcompeted everyone else in that space?

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Only been in a few rando warehouses, and I think the reason is most rando warehouses are inefficient. One worker may ship 15 packages an hour. I bet the Amazon packages per worker per hour is multiple times higher.

Could you share a source for this? Couldn't find much after a bit of googling.

https://www.economist.com/united-states/2018/01/20/what-amaz...

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