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Because it doesn't make any sense. Amazon doesn't dominate the jobs market.

Depends how you look at it. The fulfillment centers are intentionally built out in the middle of nowhere where land and labour are both plentiful and inexpensive.

If you live in such a place and Amazon is your employer, it may well be the case that you don't have a lot of other options, especially if what you came from was being on social assistance.

So now they will have an even stronger foothold in the depressed areas that they provided people with jobs. EMTs, teachers, etc are going to start taking jobs the Amazon because it pays better.

>I'm guessing for many people an Amazon warehouse job is stable employment near their small town that might not have many opportunities otherwise.

If they do their research, they'll realize they probably won't have a job for that long [1] and it would be preferable to stay in a position (that likely pays better with your examples) that is reliable.

[1] https://www.ibtimes.com/amazoncom-has-second-highest-employe...

Land may be plentiful in the middle of nowhere but labor wouldn't be. Middle of nowhere is usually sparsely populated, that's why it's middle of nowhere.

The flip side of that is workers in sparsely populated areas are willing (and more able to) commute farther for work.

True, but given pretty hard cap on commute speed, I don't think it changes much. It's not unheard of to commute 50 miles to work now in the Bay Area (it's basically San Jose to San Francisco), how much more you can do in the middle of nowhere - double? I don't think many people would drive 3 hours there and 3 hours back every day.

No they are built near transit hubs, out in the sticks wont have a motorway running nearby as does the one nearest me

It may dominate (some) local job markets.

Depends where the warehouse is.

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