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by mehphp 1492 days ago
He isn't being paid for his work (which I assume you are conflating with labor); he is being paid for the perceived value he can bring to the company.

His decision-making can absolutely influence the bottom line far more than any single Amazon warehouse worker could.

Now, I'm not saying that warehouse workers are worthless or should be treated like shit, far from it, but if Amazon doesn't pay him this much, some other corporation will. That's the free market.

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> he is being paid for the perceived value he can bring to the company.

Regardless of if he's a magician or not, we're talking about work.

> His decision-making can absolutely influence the bottom line far more than any single Amazon warehouse worker could.

I decided to have coffee this morning, but if I don't put in a doordash order and there's no barista, then I don't get to have coffee.