Full time hourly associates? Not ‘employees’?
It’s trendy to call employees anything but employees.
Associates, team members, staff, etc.
“Associates” aren’t expected to be around long enough to become employees. Amazon burns through employees like Bill ran through cigars. Interestingly, the turnover accelerates as associates approach vesting. Bezos is setting himself up for some Huge class-action suits.
Bezos is such a typical tech-baron: constantly virtue signaling and preaching while taking advantage in every possible manner.
ELAINE: (Gives Jerry a look) Do you know how embarrassing this is to someone in my position?
JERRY: (Confused) What's your position?
ELAINE: I am an associate.
GEORGE: Hey, me too.
(A waitress, passing their table, speaks up) WAITRESS: Yeah, me too.