[p0pcult]

But keeping people employed because "we have money" is a really good reason.

[hgsgm]

Why Amazon and not investors? Investors can pay those people to do something more useful than Amazon's best ideas at the moment.

[whiplash451]

That's a pretty inhuman way of thinking IMO. The moment a company hires people, the onus is on it to keep these people busy.

You don't "return" people like you return money.