Watching Jeff Bezos Go to Space Was More Depressing Than Inspiring - Jeff Bezos Discussion

[–] MikeCable (1843) 3 years ago

It is rather depressing watching billionaires having experiences most of us can only dream about, and knowing all the crap surrounding Amazon's treatment of its workforce. However, it is significantly to see that the private space industry is catching up and surpassing the abilities of institutions like NASA.

However, their flights were only for 11 minutes so it's a very long way from going to the moon or spending six months and back on a trip to Mars.

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[–] TriumphReq (1857) 3 years ago

They are hardly catching up and surpassing it. It also makes them far less accountable than NASA would be. Those astronauts are really risking their lives now.

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[–] TriumphReq (1857) 3 years ago

You watched it? Then you fell for it.

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[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

i was working and missed it.

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[–] PrimeMinisterX (8707) 3 years ago

Elon Musk is still the king and well ahead of his rivals. Still, I hate to see Bezos making up any ground at all.

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[–] StinkyPoopyPants (3113) 3 years ago

I worked for Amazon for about 6 months and it was by far the worst job I have ever had. But I worked from home as a customer service rep so I can't say anything about the working conditions in their warehouses and other centers.

What made it so bad for me was not Amazon but their customers. Absolutely some of the cheapest, most entitled people I have ever dealt with.

Never have I ever been so relieved to quit a job 😞

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[–] PrimeMinisterX (8707) 3 years ago

That does sound pretty bad. Word on the street is that the warehouses are no cakewalk either.

Bezos seems like a legit asshole. Poor conditions for his workers and also bad politics.

Fuck him.

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[–] StinkyPoopyPants (3113) 3 years ago

Yes I have heard that as well. When COVID hit my hubby and I lost our jobs 🙁 I applied for an Amazon warehouse job that was close to where we live but upon reading the reviews on Glassdoor I did not schedule an interview. It was pretty bad.

When I worked in customer service, people that didn't get what they wanted from me would ask for Jeff Bezos' direct telephone number. I would tell them it was 1-800-IAM-JEFF.

To this day I wonder how many of them tried calling it 😈

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[–] PrimeMinisterX (8707) 3 years ago

LOL that's pretty funny.

I think if I had to choose, I'd rather work in the warehouse than work customer service. That's just because I'd rather be working independently and moving around than sitting on the phone with angry customers all day.

But really, I don't want to do either. Both seem like truly soul-killing jobs.

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[–] StinkyPoopyPants (3113) 3 years ago

"I think if I had to choose, I'd rather work in the warehouse than work customer service"

Agreed! It definitely helped that I was working from home. I could take a break from all the idiots and watch a show on TV, play a game on my computer or even take a nap to calm myself from the stress.

And you are right, definitely soul killing and I am so glad not to have to do it anymore 😊

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[–] Adam60z (3766) 3 years ago

I mean does anyone now consider him to be an "astronaut"?! That lady announcing, "Astronaut Bezos, are you ready?" was a joke, because he only had a flight for a few minutes and somewhat higher than a commercial jet. That's just the edge of space; not even suborbital.
But maybe this is a first step; first the billionaires, then the millionaires, then the poor, and we'll be back on the Moon before we know it!

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