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0 pointsWalterBright4y ago0 comments

Normal life expectancy is 80y. If you start work at 20y, you can expect to live another 60 years. Cut that in half to 30, and you die at age 50.

> at least think it through first

Back to you.

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wizzwizz44y ago· 2 in thread

The life expectancy of people with similar living conditions to Amazon's high-paid employees is higher than average. The correct comparison is with people who have similar living conditions, except significantly lower stress levels, which is higher still.

Which is besides the point. Who works for Amazon for 30 years? Amazon hasn't been around for 30 years, and their turnover is high enough that I expect it'll be a while before they have any 30-year employees, excluding the owners. So Amazon workers probably wouldn't have a life expectancy as low as 50, regardless, even if working there did make your body degrade twice as fast.

WalterBrightOP4y ago

Do you have any evidence at all that Amazon workers have any reduction in lifespan, let alone 30 years?

Amazon has been around 25 years now. If their workers had their life expectancy cut in half, the vanguard would be dropping like flies today.

wizzwizz44y ago

I have no evidence that the hyperbolic figure of speech is literal truth, no. I do have evidence that people in high-stress environments have health complications.

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