[voidfunc]

Because companies are amoral entities... empathy and suffering are human qualities that don't exist in the corporate structure beyond the individuals themselves. Sometimes that manifests in corporate actions but usually it's totally lost amongst all the layers.

Also there is a financial downside and legal risk to firing vs. just getting employees to quit.

Western ideals have given the masses this belief that they matter at all in the grand scheme of things. The reality is nobody really matters but a select few people that turn the crank and the rest of us are just here to act as grease. Amassing as much wealth as possible is the key to escaping this grind.

[csomar]

> empathy and suffering are human qualities that don't exist in the corporate structure

Corporations are run by real humans, as far as I know. They are the definition of human qualities but they give a pretty good mask to the guys doing the job, so they unleash their full humanity.

[cdchn]

Or inhumanity as the case may be. Some of the most egregious things in human history were covered by "just doing my job."

[ClumsyPilot]

> Because companies are amoral entities..

Then maybe they shouldn’t have many rights real humans enjoy, like anonymously owning property or filing objections to planning permission for ‘ruined view’