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by toomuchtodo 2829 days ago
If you're making $50k/year, that's a one time 6 percent bonus. Color me unimpressed.
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Are warehouse workers getting paid $50k/year?

EDIT: For comparison, 50k USD is approximately 65k CAD, which makes higher than the median starting salary for a mechanical/electrical engineer in Canada. I would be surprised if they are paying their lowest-paid employees that much.

A lot of Amazon employees make a lot less than $50K. You think $200/month wouldn't make a difference to someone who can't afford food?
A billionaire's philanthropic bribe should not replace fair compensation.
And for a lot of families that is the difference between a staycation and Disneyland. Don’t underestimate how much an unexpected infusion of cash helps people that are near paycheck to paycheck.