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Re: The human costs of Black Friday, explained by a former Amazon warehouse manager

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Post by cmroanirgo » Sat, Nov 24, 2018, 6:51 AM UTC

MRD85 wrote: post #90

drharby wrote: post #81

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No, its not. They picked up military vets because they understand the nature of communicating and effecting mission needs when they are performed under difficult circumstances. No one active duty yells at people like a drill sergeant outside of a training environment, except marines bc rah

Anecdotally, I've been in the Army close to 10 years now and I cannot recall the last time I heard yelling in a non-jovial or non-combat manner. I've also had multiple experiences where people were stunned after I how I reacted in difficult circumstances. I can definitely see how certain employers would value these traits.

On the flip side, my brother hired ex-army driver. Whenever there was a problem of the driver being lazy/not listening, he would 'bark' at them and every time there'd be an instant reaction.

It's pretty amazing the levels of psychological conditioning you guys have had.

Re: The human costs of Black Friday, explained by a former Amazon warehouse manager

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Post by random314 » Sat, Nov 24, 2018, 7:17 AM UTC

philwelch wrote: post #103

random314 wrote: post #91

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Of all the capitalist countries you could pick you picked Ireland? With a higher per capita income than USA. Sounds less than random. If Capitalism is such magic why not pick Haiti? Its a small country with a primary trading partner - capitalist USA! Is China capitalist or communist? That's the country that has lifted most people out of poverty. If you really want to pick a typical capitalist country - pick India. It…

> If you are looking for clear A/B test examples where 2 exactly similar populations existed and one was treated with capitalism and the other with socialism, then you wont find any. I can name two: Germany and Korea.

Like I said, 2 countries don't make a great sample size. West Germany got a massive boost from the Marshall plan. East Germany did not. NATO represented a much bigger trading block and economy when compared with the Soviet Union.

North Korea and South Korea had comparable economies until the 70s. Very few countries face the same kind of crippling sanctions that NK has. And you can always compare Cuba with your choice of a Latin American country to make a counterpoint.

Re: The human costs of Black Friday, explained by a former Amazon warehouse manager

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Post by MRD85 » Sat, Nov 24, 2018, 9:09 AM UTC

SpecialistEMT wrote: post #106

MRD85 wrote: post #90

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Anecdotally, I've been in the Army close to 10 years now and I cannot recall the last time I heard yelling in a non-jovial or non-combat manner. I've also had multiple experiences where people were stunned after I how I reacted in difficult circumstances. I can definitely see how certain employers would value these traits.

Sorry you've been in the army

I see people have downvoted your comment but I sort of agree with the sentiment.

I grew up in a rural town to working-class parents who hated me spending time on computers and wanted me to get a trade. I'm now 33 and halfway to my CS degree that I should have finished 12 years ago. The Army has been good to me but it's not the life I should have lived.

Even growing up rurally was hard. I was a very intellectual child and rural areas aren't the best environment for that i.e. family that actively squashes your interest as opposed to encouraging it.