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Great idea, have some unknown company's extension spy on your browsing, not.
I'd prefer a site we can search instead of extensions.
mell saysYour entire browser is Spyware, won't make a difference
Don't be clueless. There's plenty of browser choice if you're worried about the browser, but giving permissions to random extensions to run... no way.
It's amazing how fast companies go from being the skilled and efficient underdog that everyone loves, to being a tyrannical mega corp.
I used to love amazon. Google too. But they've changed so much.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/05/amazon-devices-will-soon-automatically-share-your-internet-with-neighbors/
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/05/amazon-devices-will-soon-automatically-share-your-internet-with-neighbors/
Amazon's "free shipping" is paid for by higher prices, duh.
They're expected to lose, either voluntarily or through termination, a specific number of employees every year. If you don't, you're expected to make up for it the following year. Managers are even evaluated using this metric, known as "unregretted attrition rate" (URA). Basically, it's the number of people you wouldn't be sad to see leave the company.
We'll come back to that in a minute. First, however, it's worth mentioning that having a goal for attrition isn't inherently bad. In some ways, it's simply acknowledging reality and placing a measurement on what is already going to happen in a healthy environment.
People leave, either because they move on to new opportunities or because they aren't able to perform at a level the company deems acceptable. That happens in every company.
Measuring it can be an important tool for helping managers gain perspective. If a manager knows it's normal to lose a certain percentage of employees each year, she is more likely to look at her teams with an objective eye.
The problem is, that's not what's happening. Instead, Amazon managers are hiring people they otherwise wouldn't, or shouldn't, just so they can later fire them to hit their goal. That completely defeats the point since--if the metric is based on sound business principles--there are people keeping their job who shouldn't, at the expense of the sacrificial lamb.
Amazon managers are hiring people they otherwise wouldn't, or shouldn't, just so they can later fire them to hit their goal.
Patrick saysAmazon managers are hiring people they otherwise wouldn't, or shouldn't, just so they can later fire them to hit their goal.
Good opportunity for a lazy worker. Get hired by Amazon knowing you will be canned. When canned, collect unemployment for as long as possible. When unemployment runs out, get rehired by Amazon to get fired again. Rinse and repeat.
https://buynearby.vercel.app/
Browser extension which puts a Buy Nearby link on Amazon and EBay for you, so you can search on those sites but then buy the item locally:
https://github.com/Bullmeza/BuyNearby
You could install the browser extension from the Chrome Store, but that requires a Google login and lets Google spy on what extensions you download, so I don't do that.