Shareholders over employees

I have long felt Amazon does not value its employees. Amazon loves data and numbers, so here are some:

- Jeff Bezos is the richest man in the world right now.

- Amazon reported that it made $1.6 billion in profit during the first three months of 2018, more than double the same period a year earlier.

- shares of Amazon jumped as much as 7% in after hours trading  after reporting earnings.

- And Amazon actually has the nerve to raise the price Prime to $119!

Meanwhile...

- Amazon paid no taxes in 2017

- No raises for some employees

- No more stock for some employees

- No bonuses for any employees (except, we imagine, the CFO Brian Olslavsky, who no doubt got a boatload of rewards for successfully getting Amazon out of paying taxes)

- Monthly parking subsidies reduced -- even though Jeff B., who gets a ride to work, chose a downtown sprawl of buildings with very expensive parking, then decided, as the richest man in the world, to pass that cost along to employees, who did not.

- No frills, no extras, and once the high of the initial $$$ wears off...lower salaries and fewer benefits than other Seattle tech employers.