Amazon pays its workers more than most other comparable jobs. Amazon's primary employment business is already not particularly profitable. Amazon is worth what it is because shareholders value it highly, not because it's extracting fat margins off its employee's efforts.
>I don't see how Bezos adds any value, I legitimately don't.
Back when he was in charge of the company's day-to-day operations, he made a series of decisions that customers really appreciated, even if the employees didn't. These decisions lead Amazon to achieve dominance in many markets around the world.
In our customer-focused economy, rightly or wrongly, this is the definition "adding value". I'm completely on-board with the "work reform" argument that we should incentivise or legislate better conditions for employees (I only employ one person myself, but she is paid very well!), but the idea that good management is worthless and all value comes from labour is laughable.
Did you know that coops are perfectly legal in the US? You can start a competitor to Amazon that is employee owned. If Bezos isn't adding any value, you should easily out-compete Amazon, given how loyal the employees will be.
