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Amazon Makes It Harder for Disabled Employees to Work from Home

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283 points belter | 3 comments | 13 Nov 24 21:16 UTC | HN request time: 0.639s | source
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0xbadcafebee ◴[13 Nov 24 22:34 UTC] No.42130943[source]▶
I just don't understand why Amazon hates its employees so much. These are the people making you billions and billions of dollars. And their jobs very clearly do not require them to work in an office, nor does it sap productivity, as years of experience and multiple studies confirm. And people could previously work in the office if they wanted to, so it's not like anyone was alienated before.

It's like the execs are just sadists. There's no upside.

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sswaner ◴[14 Nov 24 00:41 UTC] No.42131889[source]▶
Rather than call the Amazon execs liars and sadists perhaps consider that the senior execs (Andy and his directs) believe that they are responsible for crafting a successful company. It is far more plausible that they believe that while it may have worked to have remote workers, that they WANT a company that has the features of an in-office culture and feel it is within their right to take that path.

Unless you think that you would be a lying sadist if you rose the ranks to senior leadership, why do you think that the Amazon leaders are somehow different?

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1. 93po ◴[14 Nov 24 02:16 UTC] No.42132484[source]▶
I feel like you inadvertently touched on the part we're upset about: this is happening because a bunch of extremely wealthy privileged people want some experience in a company for their satisfaction. Not because it's the best way to run a business or to maximize profits, but because it just feels good for them.

This is upsetting in a world where I need my job to not be homeless, to feed my family, and have really basic things like healthcare. My ability to literally just stay alive is being interfered with by the whims of corporate royalty.

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2. geodel ◴[14 Nov 24 16:47 UTC] No.42138053[source]▶
> My ability to literally just stay alive is being interfered with by the whims of corporate royalty.

Oh please. You can choose from tons of low paying job which do not have offices (mainly to save costs) and are permanently remote. What you seem to be looking is Amazon level salaries but none of Amazon like workplace rules.

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3. 93po ◴[14 Nov 24 20:37 UTC] No.42140926[source]▶
so i have to uproot my job, career, possibly move cities, find new schools for all my kids, and spend tens of thousands on moving costs because a bunch of amazon execs want to swing their dick around?

my point is they are interfering. not that they aren't legally allowed to, or that i can't find work elsewhere. they're making the lives of thousands of people really difficult because of personal preferences, which is my problem.