Amazon responds to 'insulting' John Oliver segment
took aim at Amazon — arguing that the retail giant prioritizes profits and shipping speed over worker conditions.
While Oliver focused his critiques on Amazon, he framed the larger piece around e-commerce and the need for physical warehouses — a development prompted by the rise of services like two-day Prime shipping. In 2017,reported that “the number of workers who lost their jobs at department stores like Sears, Macy’s and J.C. Penney since 2000 is about the same as the 444,000 hired by the warehousing industry.
But working at one of these warehouses — which are often the size of multiple football fields — can take a physical toll. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statics, in 2017, the injury and illness rate in the warehouse industry was higher than for like coal mining, construction and logging. As Amazon has continued to push the standards for shipping speeds, even rolling out one-day shipping for some products, competitors like Walmart have followed suit. “Amazon is the industry trend-setter,” Oliver said. “They’re the Michael Jackson of shipping: They’re the best at what they do, everyone tries to imitate them and nobody who learns a third thing about them is happy that they did.”
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