Grotesque level of greed - Jeff Bezos

[alwaysinasnit]

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/grotesque-level-of-greed-jeff-bezos-whole-foods-wants-workers-to-pay-colleagues-sick-leave-during-coronavirus/

Snip...

In a letter sent to employees earlier this week, Whole Foods CEO John Mackey explained that one of the options available to workers was for them to “donate” their “paid time off” (pto) days to a pool that other workers could draw from.

Journalist Lauren Kaori Gurley, who broke the story with reporting for Motherboard, notes that “as a subsidiary of Amazon, the world’s biggest company, Whole Foods could easily afford to pay its hourly employees for sick days taken during the coronavirus outbreak without breaking the bank. Instead, the company has put the onus back on workers, and they’re not happy about it.”

In Mackey’s letter reviewed by Motherboard, the executive stated: “Team Members who have a medical emergency or death in their immediate family can receive donated PTO hours, not only from Team Members in their own location, but also from Team Members across the country.”

snip...

“Runaway capitalism is when Whole Foods suggests employees trade vacation time to address coronavirus rather than offer paid leave, all while the CEO rakes in ~$15 million a year in stocks, benefits, and more,” said Trish Zornio, a Democrat running for the U.S. Senate in Colorado this year.

[dhol82]

1. Grotesque is the word!

[SWBTATTReg]

2. Predatory capitalism at its worse, eh? When is enough, enough? nt

[Midnight Writer]

3. I used to routinely donate my paid days to other workers with problems. For 40 years of worklife.

It was considered innovative when our company instituted it, and it was a Godsend to those in need.

[marlakay]

4. That is total BS!!

Anyone working in grocery now with this mess deserves every freakin hour of time off they can get.

Richest guy in the world owns this place! Fu....

[BeckyDem]

5. One of the reasons I supported Warren is because this prick needed to be held to

account. Under anti-trust laws he would have to sell Whole Foods Market.

[crickets]

6. Sociopaths like this need a yank on the leash. Loudly blame and shame every one of them.

In fact, predatory capitalism in general needs a hefty yank on the leash. Maybe one unintended consequence of this awful experience will be the ability to do just that.

[Drahthaardogs]

7. The federal government does it

You cannot donate sick days to the sick bank, just vacation days.