[thaumasiotes]

Hey, this reminds me of the announcement a couple weeks ago that Amazon is hiring 100k warehouse staff.

In China, companies responded to this shift in demand by having the online-retail/logistics companies (demand way up, not enough workers) contract with the physical-retail companies (demand way down, too many workers) for their workers' time. You'd still be a Macy's employee, but you'd be doing Amazon's work, and Amazon would send Macy's a big pile of cash.

Somehow that seems better for all involved than the way we appear to be going.

[Traster]

I have a sneaking suspicion that it actually works in Amazon's favour for the employees to leave their previous employers. It means Amazon can pick the top performers, retain them after the emergency, cut the low performers once the emergency is over and in the mean time it completely screws up their competitors' work force management.

[perfectstorm]

if this were to happen I'm sure Macy's lawyers are smart enough to have a non-hire clause for these employees for a year or so.

[pm90]

An interesting idea but sounds like you’re treating labor like property.

[binxbolling]

Wait til you hear how capital treats labor

[thaumasiotes]

...you don't think Macy's ordinarily tells its workers what they're supposed to be doing?