blackbelt352 comments on Remember, living wages is less expensive than this!

[–] blackbelt352@lemmy.world 102 points 5 months ago (6 children)

Well insurance only pays out on the value the retailer bought their inventory for, not the sticker price. Yeah they're getting a lot of money but rebuilding inventory and a new warehouse is probably more money. And Insurance companies might start considering underpaid employees as an insurance liability.

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[–] sudo@programming.dev 67 points 5 months ago (4 children)

And Insurance companies might start considering underpaid employees as an insurance liability.

That'd truly be righteous but I suspect they'll start expecting more surveillance, security, and fire systems instead.

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[–] testaccount372920@piefed.zip 16 points 5 months ago (1 child)

Which, although they don't improve conditions for the workers, are also expensive

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[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 5 months ago

And require more workers who, after a certain amount of time underpaid, might very well be too indifferent to notice certain systems were down when another one of these suckholes goes up in flames. Dunno. Could be.

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[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago

They turned the fire suppression system off once the firefighters arrived, reportedly. I hope the insurance company denies their claim. Seems like an act of God to me.

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[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 1 point 5 months ago

suspect they'll

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[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 7 points 5 months ago

Assuming it wasn't a company owned warehouse, the landlord will probably be making an argument that their disgruntled employee makes the fire their fault.

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