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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
I used the energy industry because that's where the technically skilled workforce - which is supposed to be Calgary's big asset - would come from.
Did you read the NYT article? Even by the ruthlessly Darwinian standards of corporate America, Amazon stands apart in its open contempt for niceties such as family life, employee satisfaction, and labour laws. It's a sweatshop. It's where high achievers go to be humbled and discarded.
Canadian employees, including those who didn't get to enjoy the good times in the oil patch, have it far better than their American counterparts. American companies treat their employees worse than Canadian companies, full stop. I know a lot of people in this city dread the prospect of their company being taken over by an American competitor, or even an American stepping into the role of CEO. And Amazon treats its employees notoriously bad even by American standards.
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What are you basing your claim that American corporations treat their employees worse than Canadian ones? Canadian workers benefit from better labour laws and universal healthcare, but that doesn't mean they are treated any better by their employers, it means their employer doesn't have the option to not provide those things.