One year after a deadly tornado Jeff Bezos begs forgiveness from the workers of Amazon
The founder of the world’s largest retailer discusses how the death of six associates in Edwardsville, Illinois, caused him to reevaluate the meaning, and the mission, of his life.
Since Amazon’s origin in Bellevue, Washington, in 1994 I’ve been obsessed with making myself into a God in the eyes of the financial press but after the death of six workers in Edwardsville, Illinois, one year ago (Friday, December 10, 2021), I looked inside my soul and didn’t like what I saw; came to realize the types of problems that proliferate in the workplace when morality and humanity are abdicated to an algorithm.
A large portion of my genius in business comes form adapting concepts from industrial farming designed for chickens, pigs and cows and applying them to humans.
Since the beginning of the company we’ve known the number of our employees who were suffering, who’d exchanged their health for a paycheck or who’d go deaf because of the conditions at Amazon. I masterminded the policy of how once they get sick, injured or need to care for a newborn child, or an ailing parent, we discard them for new recruits.
I knew and turned my back on them!
Keep in mind that nobody in the history of civilization has had access to more data than myself. I know more about my employees than they know about themselves; am aware of all the ways human frailty can impede productivity and reduce profits, but what I lacked is common human decency.
I challenge you to name a business which churns through employees at a higher rate than Amazon.
Those deaths in Illinois, plagued my conscience, haunted my soul, forced me to reevaluate what I consider important and committed me to better treat my fellow man. Especially those who’ve toiled to make me the wealthiest man on Earth.
I realized I need to improve my employee’s working conditions and ask forgiveness for the way I’ve treated them for the past 28 years.
Which is exactly what I’ll do for the remainder of my time on Earth.
All the skills, all the resources I’ve previously devoted to creating a seamless shopping experience for our customers, I will now focus on cultivating the most pleasant work environment possible!
Will it cost Amazon more to fairly treat its workers?
Yes, it will.
Is it worth it to ensure we’re doing our fair share to nurture America’s middle class and guarantee those who labor in our fulfillment centers are among the happiest workers on the planet?
Absolutely!
From the Saturday, December 10th, 2022 edition of the St. Louis Bullhorn
Transcribed by Karl Carlson, Photo credits: Photosynthesis Photo Syndicate and the Photomatics Photo Syndicate
From the Saturday, December 10th, 2022 edition of the St. Louis Bullhorn
Transcribed by Karl Carlson, Photo credits: Photosynthesis Photo Syndicate and the Photomatics Photo Syndicate
New Technology Could Render Border Wall Obsolete Prior To Completion
With the 2018 US government shutdown in effect and no clear resolution in sight, a collective of Central American scientists are teaming up to circumnavigate the wall separating The United States from it’s neighbors to the south.
With the 2018 US government shutdown in effect and no clear resolution in sight, a collective of Central American scientists are teaming up to circumnavigate the wall separating The United States from it’s neighbors to the south.
The Central American Oficina de Tecnologia, with funding from an anonymous American donor, are in the end stages of developing an inexpensive, electric-powered, jet pack, allowing the user to bound over the 21-foot tall, steel-slat divider with a single burst of
jet propulsion!
jet propulsion!
“Though nobody can deny the wall as a powerful symbol for the division within men’s hearts, it may soon be rendered obsolete as a barrier between nations by the power of an inexpensive, widely available jet pack, scheduled to go on sale in Mexico early next year!”
Javier Jimenez: Central American Oficina de Tecnologia
Experts believe that with the aid of a single, experienced user, as many as 30 caravan members could be piloted across the wall each hour, perhaps more, or with a larger team, be delivered directly to the city
of their choice.
of their choice.
Many of the asylum seekers interviewed for this article expressed the hope of entering The United States and being granted full-citizenship
in time to vote in the upcoming 2020 Presidential election.
From the Sunday, December 23rd, 2018 edition of the St. Louis Bullhorn
Written by Karl Carlson, Photo credit: Photosynthesis Photo Syndicate
in time to vote in the upcoming 2020 Presidential election.
From the Sunday, December 23rd, 2018 edition of the St. Louis Bullhorn
Written by Karl Carlson, Photo credit: Photosynthesis Photo Syndicate
Dick Cheney Declares 2016 Candidacy
A spokesman from the office of Dick Cheney says the former Vice President - disgusted with the current state of politics - will no longer sit ideally by during what he calls “the clown parade” of candidates in both the Democratic and Republican parties who are currently seeking the highest office in the land.
A spokesman from the office of Dick Cheney says the former Vice President - disgusted with the current state of politics - will no longer sit ideally by during what he calls “the clown parade” of candidates in both the Democratic and Republican parties who are currently seeking the highest office in the land.
He went on to explain that the former Vice President will officially announce that he is running for president on Monday, February 1st, 2016. Reminding us that Cheney has more experience running this country than anyone (including the man whom he supposedly served under) and promises to make both The United States of America and Halliburton great again as only a civil servant with his five decades of experience can!
Dick Cheney was not available for comment due to his observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday week of service.
From the Saturday, January 23rd, 2016 edition of the St. Louis Bullhorn
Written by Karl Carlson, Photo credit: Photosynthesis Photo Syndicate
Dick Cheney was not available for comment due to his observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday week of service.
From the Saturday, January 23rd, 2016 edition of the St. Louis Bullhorn
Written by Karl Carlson, Photo credit: Photosynthesis Photo Syndicate
White supremacists, previously on the fence, pledge support to Trump after Tuesday’s debate.
Hundreds of thousands of white supremacists, previously unsure who they’d vote for on November 3rd, are now rallying around Donald Trump after his performance in the Presidential debate on Tuesday, September 29th, 2020.
Paul Overton, from Clark County, Washington, a self-proclaimed Proud Boy, says the President’s endorsement warmed his heart and provided a financial boon to the PB’s merch sales of t-shirts, bummer stickers, yo-yos, pogo sticks, whoopee cushions and tiki torches emblazoned with the phrase “stand back and stand by” first uttered by the Commander in Chief during Tuesday’s broadcast from Cleveland, Ohio.
Paul went on to explain “before the debate I wasn’t sure who I’d vote for; who best embodied my beliefs, but now the Proud Boys, KKK and Neo Nazis agree Trump is our mother bird and we are his chickadees; he’s built a nest for us and gives us the nutrients we need to grow. No other candidate would do that - not in public - from the biggest stage on Earth for all the world to behold!”
From the Thursday, October 1st, 2020 edition of the St. Louis Bullhorn
Written by Karl Carlson, Photo credit: Photosynthesis Photo Syndicate
Hundreds of thousands of white supremacists, previously unsure who they’d vote for on November 3rd, are now rallying around Donald Trump after his performance in the Presidential debate on Tuesday, September 29th, 2020.
Paul Overton, from Clark County, Washington, a self-proclaimed Proud Boy, says the President’s endorsement warmed his heart and provided a financial boon to the PB’s merch sales of t-shirts, bummer stickers, yo-yos, pogo sticks, whoopee cushions and tiki torches emblazoned with the phrase “stand back and stand by” first uttered by the Commander in Chief during Tuesday’s broadcast from Cleveland, Ohio.
Paul went on to explain “before the debate I wasn’t sure who I’d vote for; who best embodied my beliefs, but now the Proud Boys, KKK and Neo Nazis agree Trump is our mother bird and we are his chickadees; he’s built a nest for us and gives us the nutrients we need to grow. No other candidate would do that - not in public - from the biggest stage on Earth for all the world to behold!”
From the Thursday, October 1st, 2020 edition of the St. Louis Bullhorn
Written by Karl Carlson, Photo credit: Photosynthesis Photo Syndicate
Conservatives’ Plan for Small, Unobtrusive Government
In anticipation of a red tsunami in next week’s mid-term elections and in keeping with their commitment to small, unobtrusive government, Republican lawmakers will install cameras in the uteri of every woman in the U.S.A.
The “Womb Watcher” software tracks a woman’s repro-ductive organs and alerts officials of any abnormalities; providing jobs for hundreds of thousands of government watchmen and fortifying the rights of every embryo over and above that of their incubators/hosts.
Included in the WW software is magnetic-tracking chip which notifies surveyors whenever a female leaves their home town in case they might be seeking health care in
a neighboring state or country.
Clint Willis, congressman from Cavalcade, Virginia (R) states “we can’t trust women to determine what’s in
their own best interest. Those decisions need to be
made by men as God intended!
In anticipation of a red tsunami in next week’s mid-term elections and in keeping with their commitment to small, unobtrusive government, Republican lawmakers will install cameras in the uteri of every woman in the U.S.A.
The “Womb Watcher” software tracks a woman’s repro-ductive organs and alerts officials of any abnormalities; providing jobs for hundreds of thousands of government watchmen and fortifying the rights of every embryo over and above that of their incubators/hosts.
Included in the WW software is magnetic-tracking chip which notifies surveyors whenever a female leaves their home town in case they might be seeking health care in
a neighboring state or country.
Clint Willis, congressman from Cavalcade, Virginia (R) states “we can’t trust women to determine what’s in
their own best interest. Those decisions need to be
made by men as God intended!
From the Friday, November 4th, 2022 edition of the St. Louis Bullhorn
Written by Karl Carlson, Photo credit: Photosynthesis Photo Syndicate
Stadium Funds Free To Be Repurposed
Now that the football Rams have received the green light to return to Los Angeles the 1.2 billion dollars once designated for a new stadium will go to feed the hungry and provide shelter for the homeless in the city of St. Louis; pay for teachers will increase along with funding for infrastructure projects and universal healthcare. St.Louis should be a utopia of compassionate government before the turn of the decade says an unnamed official from the mayor’s office.
From the Friday, January 15th, 2016 edition of the St. Louis Bullhorn
Written by Karl Carlson, Photo credit: Photosynthesis Photo Syndicate
Now that the football Rams have received the green light to return to Los Angeles the 1.2 billion dollars once designated for a new stadium will go to feed the hungry and provide shelter for the homeless in the city of St. Louis; pay for teachers will increase along with funding for infrastructure projects and universal healthcare. St.Louis should be a utopia of compassionate government before the turn of the decade says an unnamed official from the mayor’s office.
From the Friday, January 15th, 2016 edition of the St. Louis Bullhorn
Written by Karl Carlson, Photo credit: Photosynthesis Photo Syndicate
