Thursday, July 01, 2021

Amazon, doesn't pay corporate taxes to the US govt, held tips from it's drivers for the past 2 years, and now? Bezos is switching to chairman, and is developing robot delivery vehicles in Finland, plus, Amazon wants its Nashville employees to accept a $175-per-month reimbursement for biking to work.

Roughly the size of a small cooler, Amazon Scout vehicles can transport small packages along sidewalks at walking pace.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/01/amazon-plans-to-build-scout-delivery-robot-tech-in-finland.html


in his final letter to shareholders earlier this year, he acknowledged Amazon needs to do a better job for employees.


https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/01/amazon-adds-leadership-principles-to-prepare-for-post-jeff-bezos-era.html

 
According to the FTC, the $61.7 million figure represents the full amount Amazon allegedly kept from Amazon Flex drivers, and will go toward compensating the drivers.


The FTC filed a complaint against Amazon that claimed the company advertised drivers working in the Flex program could earn between $18 and $25 per hour and would keep all tips from customers.


According to the FTC, Amazon decreased hourly pay for Flex drivers without informing them, and used tips from customers to make up the difference between the rate they promised to drivers and the new, lower hourly rate.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlieporterfield/2021/02/02/amazon-will-pay-617-million-settlement-after-allegedly-withholding-tips-from-delivery-drivers/?sh=5d184173752b

Earlier this year, an independent bookstore in suburban Chicago filed a class-action lawsuit with the FTC against Amazon, alleging that the company had colluded with five major book publishers to fix prices and stifle competition among sellers. 

Last month, the District of Columbia sued Amazon, saying that its most-favored-nation clauses prevented companies from selling their products for less on others sites.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/06/amazon-doesnt-like-ftc-chair-lina-khans-views-wants-her-off-investigations/

Amazon in Nashville is incentivizing bicycling for Nashville employees who will fill the new 20-story tower at 1001 Church Street. They will move in later this year.

A second tower is also in the works on the campus for 5,000 workers at Nashville Yards, an 18-acre mixed use gateway development near Broadway.

The perk will only be granted to staff who forgo a parking pass.

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2021/07/01/amazon-pay-nashville-office-workers-leave-their-cars-home/7814730002/

So, if there isn't any damn parking available downtown for the over 5,000 employees to arrive by car, why the hell set up business there? Instead of some ginormous industrial park with a ridiculous amount of parking? So the management could have a couple brand new buildings to design, and get penthouse offices on top of? 

1 comment:

  1. Well said! I try to buy on line from other sources. It is time for competition. Maybe a market-friendly company called Orinoco.

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