Jeff Bezos Tables Latest Breakthrough Cost-Cutting Idea After Realizing It’s Just Slaves

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SEATTLE—Deciding at the last minute to hold off due to ethical concerns, Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos reportedly set aside his latest cost-cutting initiative Wednesday after realizing it was actually human slavery. “On the surface, it seemed plausible—owning our employees’ bodies, implementing a mandatory 18-hour workday, restricting their movements, and not compensating them with anything besides minimal food and shelter—but then it started to sound really familiar in a bad way,” said Bezos, who acknowledged his fears were confirmed when Amazon’s general counsel kept reporting back that such labor arrangements had been illegal throughout the United States since 1865. “It’s too bad; the increased efficiency and cost savings would have been tremendous. And now I have to go explain to our shareholders why I spent $1.8 million outfitting all of our managers with bullwhips, shackles, and branding irons.” Bezos went on to describe the setback as temporary, saying it wouldn’t matter in five to 10 years when his entire workforce was robots.

 

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Why is the onion reporting real news now?

I thought the onion was satire

Oh crystal ball Jeff, please provide me with a humble $20

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I get it. It's an Onion article because the joke is that Bezos is actually against slavery. We see how his business functions. Slavery is a necessary thing for his profit margins.

MaryTracy Could you see Jeff Bezos as a slave driver in a previous existence 🤔🤔

Has to be satire. No way he’d table it

Once upon a time The Onion was funny

If you employ people at 40hrs/wk and they still qualify for SNAP....you hold slaves.

You guys aren't satire, you know that right?

VaushV The joke here is that Bezos would never refrain from slavery

Yea but what's going on under that table?

If the onion makes an article it will come true now 😭

VaushV i'm disappointed in this publication, normally the satire is closer to hone than this since when would jeff bezos say no to slave labor?

Obvious satire, he would never table that.

So, in the USA, tabling means to dismiss or put aside? Because damn, I always use tabling as 'put forth an idea'

VaushV if you want full employment isnt this an easy answer? mattyglesias

VaushV The only thing that makes this satire is that he wouldn't actually table it

If you want real cost cutting, pay the engineers less who are developing the robots that will replace the slaves. Management is executing now..

For2000years Onion not pulling punches, I like it

The onion does not miss 😂

Jeff: Slavery, again?

Oh come on he would keep working that problem till it solved

the satire part is that irl he totes would just do that shit.

loveisbrilliant yep

'Tables' - Implements in other country with less oversight

Not slaves my goodman, 'indentured' servants

😂

FAKE NEWS! JeffBezos would NEVER table such an idea.

Hashtag slavery with extra steps

'After Realizing It’s Just Slaves' Jesus had a good reason to say nothing about the injustice of slavery. CAESAR'S MESSIAH: The Roman Conspiracy to Invent Jesus

Sorry to Bother You 2020

back to satire please

That scene with Niander Wallace talking about slaves in Blade Runner 2049 is practically every tech messiah.

Would never stop him...

How long did it take the editor to change “Cancels” to “Tables”? Genius move.

Executives are always fighting paying wages. Do they think people dont deserve to live. They would be happy to see masses of people gone

The point being that the ultimate goal of CAPITALISM is MAXIMUM PROFIT AT MINIMAL COST meaning that SLAVERY costs little to nothing & is therefore acceptable. TECH will obsolete the majority of BEZOS folks sooner than later assuming he INVESTS & BELIEVES in it. He'll get richer

Oh no! 😱

The actual plan is to remove all the people. No producers, only consumers.

bourgeoisalien The minimum wage is cheaper than owning slaves.

Damn marketing graduated will re package anything with fancy words won’t they

So Slavery is the best way to cut cost? intresting i'm pretty sure that's what my mother was thinking when she had me

harpersfairy1 no way he would table that idea

An oldie but goodie. More relevant than ever

BernMaestro

Just needs to work on the messaging

profgalloway

Jeff:

artdecaderoo Save it for next Tuesday, when we have a distraction event set up.

I can see the washingtonpost headline: “Thirteenth Amendment Worth a Second Look”

peprosenfeld Ha!

Like he would table that idea.....

As if he would table it

demsocjohnbrown

Here in Europe Amazon posts job listings in ukrainian because no one wants to work for that salary.

You can tell this is an onion article because he wouldn’t have tabled it.

Is that true?

You broke your own style guide here.

He discovered that slaves are more expensive than employees because you have to feed, clothe, and house them.

Science is a terrible thing for waste. Ever try winning an argument with a robot? Reminder that we are what we make. Signed: human waste.

These headlines are getting even more rediculious. Like he'd turn down a cost-cutting idea for a silly reason like that.

I can tell it’s the Onion because the headline reads “tabled.” The real Bezos would never.

How unfortunate. Seemed promising but more legal troubles than it's worth and just imagine the marketing nightmare.

‘but then it started to sound really familiar in a bad way,” said Bezos,

Did you know that Jeff Bezos could give $100,000 to each of his employees and he’d still be a prick?

Just wait until he hears about indentured servitude

I thought that was Dr. Evil for a sec

This is unrealistic because he turned down the idea instead of just thinking about how he can market it

2PointOhPodcast if bezos was a guest

Don't be so sure. Biden is already talking about US troops in Ethiopia, revving up the refugee trafficking industry.

dont think this would stop him

AdyBarkan He built that plantation himself if you want to pick yourself up by your bootstraps get of the couch and start your own forced labor camp

If they were slaves, he’d have to give them housing, food, etc. it would be too expensive

Yo they made a Jeff Bezos comic

Was it really tabled though

Mulitply by 3, carry the 4.......yeah, it's actually cheaper if we just buy them outright because we can write off their lost value as they depriciate.

Too expensive for him -- slaves you have to feed and house

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