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Amazon Workers on Food Stamps Nearly Tripled, While Company Spends $200 Billion on AI
(finance.yahoo.com)
this post was submitted on 31 Aug 2026
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"include the part time workers" i dont think this is good. Part time has a place.
Part-time employment is often used by employers to avoid paying benefits while normalizing grind culture
Yes, but Amazon already forces people to be part time so as to avoid paying benifits. They won't give people full time hours while they advertise for more workers. So any penalties would need to be prorated per percentage of full time so at least there's no further incentive to avoid having full time positions.