Amazon Is Losing Money...Again...

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  • Опубликовано: 9 июл 2024
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    Amazon is often criticized by the media for bad working conditions, abusing tax loopholes, and low pay. But, something you may not know is that Amazon itself is not even that profitable in the first place. This is nothing new. In fact, Amazon’s retail business has struggled to achieve profitability for its entire lifetime. It turns out that delivering virtually anything to anyone in the world at a record pace is extremely expensive. After over two decades, Amazon was finally able to achieve profitability in 2017 and 2018, but as of the last quarter, Amazon’s retail business has slipped back into burning money. Fortunately, Amazon has a cash cow that’s able to make up for these losses called AWS which is a cloud infrastructure service. But, this raises red flags around whether Amazon’s retail business can ever be a sustainable endeavor in itself. Amazon stock has always been priced as a growth company that would eventually become super profitable. But, it seems that Amazon will never really grow much past being a low-margin business like most other retailers. This video explains the financial state of Amazon and why Amazon is losing money again.
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    0:00 - Amazon Is Losing Money Again
    2:11 - The Amazon Drain
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Комментарии • 406

  • @BroadwayRonMexico
    @BroadwayRonMexico Год назад +113

    AWS is what keeps the company profitable most of the time. Every other division loses money, though retail is still something they rely on because the 2-3 week turnaround time between processing customer payments and payout for third party vendors essentially means they're getting interest-free loans

    • @NKaumans
      @NKaumans Год назад +5

      I would 2nd that with shipping and fulfillment. People have no idea that their 14 dollar a month for prime comes no where near the price shipping actually costs them

  • @tazpupper7828
    @tazpupper7828 Год назад +86

    Amazon was the first company to take a retail business and turn it into a convenience store. In order to do that Amazon has to spend billions organizing and maintaining a distribution Netwerk even when people are buying. Shipping is a convenience that people are paying for when they have the money, also Amazon is not the cheapest place to shop in some cases they are more expensive.

    • @Maximara
      @Maximara Год назад +1

      I disagree as Sears was doing the retail business as a convenience store a _century_ ago via their catalog. If Sears hadn't been mismanaged into the ground it would be where Amazon is now.

    • @TimothyCHenderson
      @TimothyCHenderson Год назад +1

      That is 100% correct regarding Amazon, especially when it's a reseller/partner. You really have to shop around to ensure you're not getting gouged as brick and mortar can be much cheaper.

    • @Maximara
      @Maximara Год назад

      @@TimothyCHenderson For the most part I have found Amazon cheaper than a brick and mortar stop thought as you mention there are exceptions.

    • @picklikeapro6952
      @picklikeapro6952 Год назад

      I’m an online reseller and I only sell on Amazon because I can get 20%-100% more for some of the items compared to eBay. Especially with FBA. That $9.99 overnight shipping definitely helps. Lol

  • @MiniTotent
    @MiniTotent Год назад +39

    10 minutes on how Amazon managed to grow without being profitable and not a mention of cash flow. Amazon gets paid by your credit card company quickly (within a week) but they pay third party sellers 2-3 weeks after delivery. Amazon gets to be a bank that doesn’t have to pay interest and so far they’ve been giving themselves the free loans. Other companies either have to pay their supplier a week before they get the inventory or they pay the supplier same day as checkout. Amazon flipped the model.
    I like this channel for posing interesting questions, and attempting to answer them. That provides enough for me to keep watching. Too often the answers fall a little short or miss very important nuance while being stated authoritatively and that could be improved.

    • @TheBooban
      @TheBooban Год назад +3

      This was an interesting nuance. Thx.

    • @LogicallyAnswered
      @LogicallyAnswered  Год назад +13

      Ah yeah, that is something noteworthy. Didn’t even think of that

    • @ArthurMurdoc
      @ArthurMurdoc Год назад +7

      A well written, constructive comment adding to the discussion. Are we still you RUclips here ?
      Very valid point nonetheless, and not something often mentioned, especially now that AWS is so big.

    • @TheBooban
      @TheBooban Год назад +4

      @@ArthurMurdoc yea, and what is always forgotten is that Amazon got so big is because their customers didn’t have to pay VAT while Walmart did.

  • @LaurentiusTriarius
    @LaurentiusTriarius Год назад +116

    I found it convenient for awhile I was shopping a lot on Amazon and a prime membership for years, idk their businesses practices made me feel bad so I canceled my membership and I often find cheaper deals just searching a bit more...

    • @justcommenting4981
      @justcommenting4981 Год назад +3

      Same.

    • @raychell1
      @raychell1 Год назад +10

      I pretty much paid prime last time because i forgot to delete my details, 9 times out of 10 i find the think im looking for, from other retailer, at much more cheaper. Amazon's selling point is prime shipping, period.

    • @arangelrb
      @arangelrb Год назад +1

      walmart is cheaper and also has free delivery

    • @Navi_Silver
      @Navi_Silver Год назад

      @@arangelrb we don't have Walmart here and most of services have delivery either way or by another

    • @zohramartini9425
      @zohramartini9425 Год назад

      On top of that, the poor vendors have to pay a 20 to 40% fee to be listed...

  • @edogelbard1901
    @edogelbard1901 Год назад +56

    Amazon hasn't been profiting because those funds were reinvested into the company, creating more "value" and more revenue year over year, as you finally mentioned. Now that there are few opportunities for growth, it is time to downsize in certain areas of the company, but it shouldnt be alarming on its face to an investor that the company doesnt "profit" because that just means funds are taken out of the company instead of going back in.

    • @BazzerBoy
      @BazzerBoy Год назад +1

      Thank you sir......... you have corrected a very poor and mis-leading video.

    • @Darkrezta
      @Darkrezta Год назад +1

      wtf nonsense you are talking about here? the report itself is simple, amazon operational is more costly than the revenue that they gain. what is these fund reinvestment nonsense you are talking about?

    • @buffalohead7783
      @buffalohead7783 Год назад +1

      On paper, Amazon is not profitable for tax purposes only. Why show profits and pay taxes? Amazon has genius accountants.

    • @chrimony
      @chrimony 10 месяцев назад

      @@Darkrezta Amazon has ALWAYS chosen to plow money into growing, even when it meant operating at a loss. They could immediately become profitable by just trimming the fat and cutting back on growing (like their Netflix-wannabe Prime Video -- who really gets Prime for that?).

  • @msau9747
    @msau9747 Год назад +69

    The writing is on the wall for sellers like me who run multiple businesses on Amazon- DIVERSIFY off Amazon as much as possible. They call it 'death by 1,000 cuts" where Amazon keeps increasing every fee imaginable, little by little.

    • @LogicallyAnswered
      @LogicallyAnswered  Год назад +7

      Good luck!

    • @TheBooban
      @TheBooban Год назад +2

      Where do you diversify to? Isn’t the only choice Amazon?

    • @Lena-vw6ye
      @Lena-vw6ye Год назад +9

      @@TheBooban No, I've diversified many items to Bestbuy, Walmart, Etsy, & more. Even starting your own market place if you get big enough to start your own warehouse.

    • @Pernection
      @Pernection Год назад +3

      @@TheBooban WOW! You can't be that oblivious

    • @TheFourthWinchester
      @TheFourthWinchester Год назад +3

      True. I stopped selling on it after 2 years. The prices keep increasing ridiculously and after selling something I would be lucky if I didn't take a loss on the product by the end.

  • @IamAWESOME3980
    @IamAWESOME3980 Год назад +148

    Amazon is profitable but pretty much all their profit comes from their Amazon web services rather than their retail business

    • @StephenGillie
      @StephenGillie Год назад +25

      That's why AWS's head person became Bezos's successor instead of the retail division's head person.

    • @SuperJutah
      @SuperJutah Год назад +21

      I'm an Aws solutions architect... AWS is the ONLY profitable part of Amazon... So much so share holders want them to make it a seperate company

    • @prolarka
      @prolarka Год назад +6

      What if the retail business buys overpriced services from AWS? Making these financial statements misleading.
      Is there any public information available about that?

    • @singularityraptor4022
      @singularityraptor4022 Год назад +6

      @@prolarka AWS is an excellent service which is a top industry competitor. No need for these conspiracies

    • @clochard4074
      @clochard4074 Год назад +3

      @@prolarka got a friend that worked in AWS for a long time and that's absolutely not the case. A huge part of the internet runs on their servers, simply put. No need for tricks.

  • @xiphoid2011
    @xiphoid2011 Год назад +64

    I would trust and buy more from Amazon if they weren't basically a front from AliExpress low quality Chinese gadgets or even counterfeits. As a Chinese I don't want to pay a bunch more to buy the same junk on Amazon that I can get for A LOT less from China. So in the end I am only buying household supplies, like paper towels, when I ran out but too lazy to go to the grocery store. I used to buy Samsung TV and stuff on Amazon, but not anymore due to the counterfeits, and I can buy directly to Samsung now. Yeah, Amazon that's why you are losing money.

    • @StephenGillie
      @StephenGillie Год назад +9

      This is the same reason Netflix is losing subscribers - everyone else has caught up with their unique offerings, and this company's generic service was only valuable by being first.

    • @MS-ql8ek
      @MS-ql8ek Год назад +7

      they are slowly getting rid of the Chinese products but if you ever bought anything from Aliexpress man their stuff is dirt trash, my friend gave it a try and bought front brake pads for his Honda they shipped him plastic brake pads lol

    • @StephenGillie
      @StephenGillie Год назад +2

      @@MS-ql8ek Oh wow - sounds like the grinding wheels I bought from Harbor Freight - so far off balance that they were dangerous to use.

    • @MS-ql8ek
      @MS-ql8ek Год назад +3

      @@StephenGillie I didn't even install them, tried to return it and couldn't get in touch with anyone

    • @xiphoid2011
      @xiphoid2011 Год назад +5

      @@MS-ql8ek yeah I shop on AliExpress all the time since I'm Chinese. Most of the Amazon sellers are Chinese, they too get their stuff from AliExpress. I don't know if most people know that.

  • @yennapallyvamshireddy3590
    @yennapallyvamshireddy3590 Год назад +35

    Amazon's web services are the main reason for crushing its competitors in retail. Without AWS profits, it would be impossible for them to survive for this many years with no to significantly fewer profits from e-commerce and acquire companies like Whole foods, Zappos, Twitch, etc.

    • @ezyfnef
      @ezyfnef Год назад +4

      They actually survived for years before AWS using this same model. Investors kept pouring money in because they kept growing.

    • @simonpetrikov3992
      @simonpetrikov3992 Год назад +1

      @@ezyfnef so if they stopped growing they go kaput?

  • @DRKSTRN
    @DRKSTRN Год назад +11

    What's missing here is that AWS is also massively subsidized. Amazon as a whole is a private middle man that cannot operate in a free market by investment or merit alone. Such entities should be converted over to infrastructure and only serve as pass through entities for those that use it.

    • @mahadaalvi
      @mahadaalvi Год назад +3

      Like the internet and Google

    • @Darkrezta
      @Darkrezta Год назад

      @@mahadaalvi but google is profitable?

  • @rbk.technology4747
    @rbk.technology4747 Год назад +38

    These kind of videos are literally awesome.
    Being a software engineer. I don't know the business part of these tech companies.
    It's really enriching my knowledge.
    Seriously do more such videos.
    I am ready to watch and subscribe nd like and share...
    On Google meta and a lot more.

  • @aaronwilkinson8963
    @aaronwilkinson8963 Год назад +32

    I try my best to stay away from Amazon if I can help it. I use eBay

    • @wageslave387
      @wageslave387 Год назад +8

      EBay is absolute trash for sellers and buyers alike. The whole website functions like it did back in 2000. 90% of time is sifting through garbagr to find what you need.

    • @HughJass-jv2lt
      @HughJass-jv2lt Год назад +5

      @@wageslave387
      That may _YOUR_ Experience...
      But NOT ours.
      I *QUIT* using Amazon back in Late *2020.*
      Ebay works great for me
      🔥🔥🔥

    • @simonpetrikov3992
      @simonpetrikov3992 Год назад

      @@wageslave387 well you would use it if you’re into tcgs but that’s because tcgplayer is owned by eBay now

    • @juan_becerra
      @juan_becerra Год назад +3

      I stayed away from Amazon once I discovered the site is littered with cheap knock off tools. Rather just buy direct from the companies.

  • @kale_bhai
    @kale_bhai Год назад +31

    What if they never intended that their retail unit never made profit but is a mean to collect your data which is more valuable to them that makes them more than 10B which is their losses

    • @LogicallyAnswered
      @LogicallyAnswered  Год назад +17

      Yeah, that’s one mode of monetization haha

    • @kale_bhai
      @kale_bhai Год назад

      Nvm this logic doesn't add up lmao 😂

    • @happy_thinking
      @happy_thinking Год назад

      If they don't make money they pay no taxes. Its a scheme to avoid paying tax.

    • @auraguard0212
      @auraguard0212 Год назад +2

      What is this data even worth? It feels overvalued.

    • @MrGreen-dp4oz
      @MrGreen-dp4oz Год назад +1

      @@auraguard0212 u should look into it. Follow the money

  • @utk787
    @utk787 Год назад +8

    I love amazon as a service, but as an investor I would hold it for the moment , adding in portfolio is not a good choice unless retail business shows consistent profitability

  • @praveenav7606
    @praveenav7606 Год назад +4

    Amazon's potential net margin may be low, but their potential scale is huge compared to other retailers.
    And Amazon does not seem to have a direct ecom competitor, who can match their services in scale and quality.

  • @litDevYT
    @litDevYT Год назад +15

    Bro thanks for the videos I really look forward to them 👍

  • @danielvasquez3758
    @danielvasquez3758 Год назад +10

    Brother, another great video!! Love to see it and hope you and others have a great weekend!!

  • @gadgetsage
    @gadgetsage Год назад +2

    And insisting that its customers return their returns themselves at kohl's or wherever. In breach of their contract and promised service.

  • @klforrest573
    @klforrest573 Год назад

    I am way more concerned with the direction of this country’s Evil - corrupt - Government!

  • @neerajjj9899
    @neerajjj9899 Год назад +21

    My thoughts and prayers to him in these tough times

  • @gabrielvincentelli1254
    @gabrielvincentelli1254 Год назад +3

    Frankly, I live in Europe I do buy online but ,whenever possible, I boycot Amazon. 20 years i stop buying cloth sawed by children. Today When i see the the abuse commited on Amazone wherehouse employes I avoid the brand as much as I can. (If i have to wait a week for shipping I don't mind)

  • @kaw8473
    @kaw8473 Год назад +1

    I just saw an ad on my Facebook for Amazon "Aware" and had a good laugh. It's supposed to be a platform for conscious products. It's the most tone deaf thing I've witnessed lately because they are targeting a demographic that despises everything it stands for.

  • @JL-tm3rc
    @JL-tm3rc Год назад +4

    Some people are fine with delivery not on the same day let us say within a week. As long as the price are cheaper,

    • @TheBooban
      @TheBooban Год назад +1

      Thats me. Wtf do you need same day delivery for? You survived without it yesterday but you’ll die if you have to wait a week more? I just order from AliExpress. Takes months. I don’t care.

    • @yeahgirl11
      @yeahgirl11 Год назад

      @@TheBooban People want immediate gratification, but they're so stupid about it. Lmao I've seen people complain about waiting a week for shipping when the store they live close to has the same thing at the same price lol. Amazon isn't even cheaper- they charge the same price as brick and motar stores now.

  • @justinminer1354
    @justinminer1354 Год назад +2

    Everyone is losing money. Look around you. Receding tide.

  • @VincentNoot
    @VincentNoot Год назад

    They steal from their sellers. And sellers have hardly any better place to go. True abuse of monopoly power.

  • @dtcanxz
    @dtcanxz Год назад

    They are opening about 300 warehouses a year. When they stop doing that they will save a ton of money on infrastructure that will save billions.

  • @chadbailey7038
    @chadbailey7038 Год назад

    Such great analysis on all your videos. Thank you!

  • @MrGreen-dp4oz
    @MrGreen-dp4oz Год назад +31

    They maybe doing this on purpose to make the stock value go down and buy up all the stock for cheap

    • @fanban2926
      @fanban2926 Год назад

      No, they are literally selling billions.

    • @angelgjr1999
      @angelgjr1999 Год назад +3

      It’s tax evasion. Companies “lose” money by reinvesting on themselves or stock buybacks.

    • @yeahgirl11
      @yeahgirl11 Год назад +1

      @@angelgjr1999 Stock buybacks were illegal until Trump came into office. We need to push them to make it illegal again.

    • @angelgjr1999
      @angelgjr1999 Год назад

      @@yeahgirl11 Ahhh. Yeah the trump administration was extremely corrupt.

  • @philipmurphy2
    @philipmurphy2 Год назад +9

    In all honesty they deserve it by not checking products sold on there service, Alongside Amazon Prime Video becoming more dear with less content because they moved stuff to Freevie so they can shove adverts onto you.

    • @MJ-uk6lu
      @MJ-uk6lu Год назад +1

      Their search is awful too

    • @mahadaalvi
      @mahadaalvi Год назад +1

      But hey, if they're getting in the advertisement game why don't they throw their hat in the RUclips game at this point so we can finally get some competition in the market for this devolving platform. They already own Twitch. Wouldn't be hard to add a few video uploading features along with a monetization strategy which they already have a team for. That's a brilliant way to generate profit bt steal any bit of marketshare from Google's monopoly.

  • @rendezvu175
    @rendezvu175 Год назад

    Canceled my Prime Membership. With so many distribution center, I can still get most items in a few days. Their Prime Videos aren't worth my time. Too many fake items on Amazon nowadays, no quality control.

  • @JeremyGunn11
    @JeremyGunn11 Год назад +30

    Amazon has been in too many news headlines lately to have a good image when it comes to stocks. It's sad the way they treat their emoloyees.
    Btw love the channel, while I have the chance to get your attention lol.

    • @LogicallyAnswered
      @LogicallyAnswered  Год назад +1

      Thank you for your support Jeremy!

    • @creatorofgods1668
      @creatorofgods1668 Год назад +2

      They get good pay & benefits since they do not need a degree for it.

    • @Einnor084
      @Einnor084 Год назад +1

      @@creatorofgods1668
      We have been told, our pay iz comparable, 2 otha warehouse workerz.
      NUTHIN SPECTACULAR.
      Do u know, if da workloadz, r comparable, btween Amazon & otha warehousez?

    • @creatorofgods1668
      @creatorofgods1668 Год назад +1

      @@Einnor084 Of course not. Simple course of action apply at the other warehouse.

    • @creatorofgods1668
      @creatorofgods1668 Год назад +2

      @@Einnor084 Companies like Amazon drive on young workers to be productive. I used to work at Boeing and I left because of the intensity of the work at the location of the plane I was at. I left and I realize my body can’t produce like my younger self. I have abused my body in my younger years. That is why I am changing my career and in 9 months I will be a Web Developer currently I am a Biomedical Equipment Technician.

  • @danielvasquez3758
    @danielvasquez3758 Год назад +243

    Don't worry, they will just raise prime membership prices, make more advertisements, and buy more properties to make up for that!

    • @LogicallyAnswered
      @LogicallyAnswered  Год назад +64

      When in doubt, pass on the cost to customers haha

    • @IsaaaValorant
      @IsaaaValorant Год назад +13

      @@LogicallyAnswered and also cut twitch prime. it loses them a ton of money.

    • @4m4n40
      @4m4n40 Год назад

      Instead of burning 1b on that piece of the lotr, they should have used it to bribe politicians so they can be first in line for some government bailouts when it comes time.

    • @IamAWESOME3980
      @IamAWESOME3980 Год назад

      I have been getting 50% off student discount on prime for over 6 years by using fake student ids

    • @tuvoca825
      @tuvoca825 Год назад

      They lose money but as long as they grow... it looks fine to outsiders... until they stop growing and it all crashes down. Yikes.

  • @leeswecho
    @leeswecho Год назад

    7:43 "what if they just leased those out?"
    Steve Yegge:

  • @apc9714
    @apc9714 Год назад +2

    I would suggest polymatter videos on Amazon. I am not sure about the stock, all the competition they face (in all sectors) is expensive

  • @nagitoyup6929
    @nagitoyup6929 Год назад +1

    Things in amazon is so expensive now. Stopped buying from them in the last 2 years

    • @HughJass-jv2lt
      @HughJass-jv2lt Год назад +1

      I *QUIT* using Amazon back in Late *2020.*
      F@ck 'em!
      🔥🔥🔥

  • @Silverobots
    @Silverobots Год назад

    A company of this size will always make sure they "lose" money.

  • @user-bo4xe6pn1y
    @user-bo4xe6pn1y Год назад

    great analysis. thanks

  • @joao_gomes
    @joao_gomes Год назад

    People don't seem to conceive that if you want to have change in a company's policy you must stop using their services. But people are too addicted to Amazon's convenience. It's like heroin.

  • @davidlea-smith4747
    @davidlea-smith4747 Год назад +1

    I am sure they will make billions from Rings of Power. LOL.

  • @jeffreyspinner5437
    @jeffreyspinner5437 Год назад

    When has losing money for multibillion dollar companies been anything more than 1:1 tax writeoffs?

  • @auraguard0212
    @auraguard0212 Год назад +141

    Microsoft really dropped the ball, making such awful servers that Amazon could coast off making something slightly better.

    • @LogicallyAnswered
      @LogicallyAnswered  Год назад +36

      Well Microsoft is still doing really well financially though

    • @TheBooban
      @TheBooban Год назад

      @@LogicallyAnswered Just like any other US based company, it’s easy to dominate quickly and destroy competition because the US is a huge uncompetitive market. They have a handful,of huge companies in every branch. All the FAANG stocks suck besides Apple. Only Apple provides a real product. The others are just hot air abusing monopoly positions.

    • @earlmcmanus194
      @earlmcmanus194 Год назад +1

      Dispersed knowledge.

    • @Saitanen
      @Saitanen Год назад +3

      Are you suggesting that MS' incompetence and lack of vision allowed Amazon's AWS to exist and prosper greatly?

    • @sarangkulkarni4963
      @sarangkulkarni4963 Год назад +7

      Azure has grown tremendously in last 5 years compared to other big players aws and gcp. Their revenue is also similar to aws. Azure is more user friendly than aws because of their naming conventions, free certifications and integration between services.

  • @-cj-
    @-cj- Год назад

    I kind of need Amazon to stay around as a developer, even if I dislike them. Anything online works on AWS, even if indirectly. You can't escape it

  • @rednova05
    @rednova05 Год назад

    Hey I'm early lol
    Underrated channel

  • @emanuelrainer8984
    @emanuelrainer8984 Год назад

    There is a simple explanation. No profit, no taxables. Saving billions by reinvesting.

  • @dannysdailys
    @dannysdailys Год назад

    Excuse me? HAVE YOU SEEN THE PRICE OF MOTOR FUELS LATELY? Amazon is primarily a delivery company, the largest delivery company in the world. When gas hit 5 dollars the first thought in my head was what this had to be doing to Amazon. Their trucks now cost 1,000 dollars just to fill them up. It's a miracle their losses are as small as they are.

  • @felman87
    @felman87 Год назад

    Cloud services are big. Microsoft's current CEO hails from their Azure business and Amazon's new CEO likewise comes from AWS.

  • @ginamiller6015
    @ginamiller6015 Год назад

    Amazon is my last resort for shopping. Almost never does Amazon have the best prices and Prime is an overpriced joke. Customer service is atrocious. To make things worse, Amazon has loaded up with thousands of bizarre no-name Chinese knockoff brands. This transition from a once great online retailer to their current dismal business has happened over the past few years. I’d like to see Amazon return to greatness but I’m not holding my breath.

  • @StephenGillie
    @StephenGillie Год назад

    To hear Bezos tell it, AWS didn't have competition in the cloud computing space for 7 years. This is because AWS's competition back then was VMWare. Physical data center racks only charge for space, so they can hold huge amounts of compute for low cost per CPU, above a certain number of CPUs. And a dual-CPU high-core 2U Dell server cost about as much as 1 month of a high-core EC2 server back in 2014, probably the same now. A 3-server VMWare license cost 1/10 as much. It was almost magical to take one massive webserver out of rotation, install VMWare on it, and be able to run half a dozen smaller webservers and really optimize the site.

  • @danielvasquez3758
    @danielvasquez3758 Год назад +2

    They are and know how to stay stable within their finances. So they know and have hit this rodeo before.

  • @murfyche
    @murfyche Год назад +6

    Keep up the good work

  • @vishnuprasath014
    @vishnuprasath014 Год назад

    4:15 what about kindle?

  • @paulhunter6742
    @paulhunter6742 Год назад

    I have just taken a job in one Fullfillment Centers starting pay $16 dollars per hour. But overnight jobs start $19.40 per hour 36 total.. Only work 3 days per week. Anyone out there tell me what work environment is like?

  • @StephenGillie
    @StephenGillie Год назад

    8:39 Audio and video says "16 years", but captions say "20 years".

  • @Mojavekight17
    @Mojavekight17 Год назад +1

    More quality videos! Thx

  • @1bridge11
    @1bridge11 Год назад +1

    Amazon didn't help their financial situation by putting out a piece of garbage like Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power.

    • @LogicallyAnswered
      @LogicallyAnswered  Год назад +1

      They should’ve put out stranger things

    • @cameroncraig3921
      @cameroncraig3921 Год назад +1

      Just keep it at rings of power... leave out LoTR... ironic that Rings of Power = ROP(e) as it it will hang Amazon

  • @inferno3080
    @inferno3080 Год назад +1

    Great video

  • @yeyeTF2
    @yeyeTF2 Год назад +1

    isnt it just to pay like no taxes? fluff up expenses? or is that oversimplified

  • @RicardoGonzalez-sm1vk
    @RicardoGonzalez-sm1vk Год назад +3

    I work at Amazon and it’s really nice for me. I’ve heard other Amazon warehouses are bad thougg

    • @valanoirgaming7790
      @valanoirgaming7790 Год назад

      the amazon bots are getting creative

    • @RicardoGonzalez-sm1vk
      @RicardoGonzalez-sm1vk Год назад +1

      @@valanoirgaming7790 bruh haha funny munky. 😐 you expect me to be like: top 10 reasons Amazon is amazing!!.

    • @Hetsu..
      @Hetsu.. Год назад

      what position are you?

  • @derek8315
    @derek8315 Год назад +12

    Very bullish on AMZN. AWS is going to be even more of a cash cow, they have way more lock-ins than people realize and the use cases are only going to go up, retail business is just there for now. They lost money primarily due to building up retail infrastructure, that is not an ongoing expense moving forward, they can turn on profit mode whenever they want and would be near the market average if they were trying and not reinvesting into the business. P/E is very misleading for amazon. Eventually in 5+ years I think retail will have the best margins in the industry as they automate nearly everything and will be very profitable itself. Third party sellers is very profitable and now they are growing advertising very fast too.

    • @LogicallyAnswered
      @LogicallyAnswered  Год назад +4

      Yeah, Amazon stock does look pretty appealing especially with the recent sell off

  • @w0ngky
    @w0ngky Год назад

    Im from a third world country where amazon has an HQ and they are disgusting.
    They pay above the basic wage( which is not a lot in South Africa) but the responsibilities and stress from the job is not worth the money and then you are in this trap of sacrificing your mental health and not wanting to give the job up because it pays more than the other companies. They will just replace you with someone else at some point and say 'you are not a fit for the company' if you dont wanna partake in their rat race
    And for all the Americans reading this, If you are living in South Africa and are making $500 or more per month, you are doing better than 65% of the South African Population... yes 500 usd... thats how Amazon traps us...

  • @forever_golfer1981
    @forever_golfer1981 Год назад

    How do you pay taxes on losses?

  • @Adreno23421
    @Adreno23421 Год назад

    I hate Amazon. It's market tactics break many local industries that can not eat up losses as Amazon can, and the small places lose their customers because Amazons prices are cheaper.

  • @8x8snooptracing48hr-mz1do
    @8x8snooptracing48hr-mz1do Год назад

    There is a lot of companies that don't make money they rely on the fed , as public service, investors,insurance employee IRS, employee packages as customers insurance 401k etc ,

  • @sakmai3841
    @sakmai3841 Год назад

    Just don’t think people can always spend money. People are saving more so less subscriptions and shipping. It’s just not the same times right now.

  • @NakedMatrix
    @NakedMatrix Год назад +9

    Being treated like a disposable robot has been the norm at any job, so is peeing in bottles when your a delivery driver. Just saying 🤷🏽‍♂️

    • @EatMyShortsAU
      @EatMyShortsAU Год назад

      Not really don't modern trucks have toilets and I think truck drivers usually, eat, shower, go to the toilet when their trucks are loading/unloading(in which can take hours).

    • @FlexinVR
      @FlexinVR Год назад +2

      @@EatMyShortsAU I suppose. However, A truck driver drives a big rig. A delivery driver uses their own car or a sprinter / box truck provided by the company they are working for. Amazon, FedEx, UPS, DHL, USPS, UBEREATS etc

    • @EatMyShortsAU
      @EatMyShortsAU Год назад +1

      @@FlexinVR Yeah I think those delivery drivers had a really tough time like especially in some countries like Japan and South Korea. They have to work long hours and be ultra efficient just to get their daily packages delivered on time.

    • @ColinAdventures
      @ColinAdventures Год назад +3

      Amazon delivery driver here! If you don’t plan out your stops, you’re going to be peeing in a bottle. It’s no different at any other delivery company. Yeah, we’re treated kind of bad but all delivery drivers are. UPS gets compensated better but it’s otherwise basically the same job.

    • @EatMyShortsAU
      @EatMyShortsAU Год назад +1

      @@ColinAdventures Yeah I had a family friend was a delivery driver. It looks really stressful but sort of interesting with the people you meet, I guess. Have you met some cool people, who have give you some cool free stuff?

  • @Napert
    @Napert Год назад

    and that's even after all the fees they take (all the fees on a small usb dongle add up to $10+)

  • @nazirulmubin5273
    @nazirulmubin5273 Год назад +6

    Aws really save Amazon.

  • @kirakira1212
    @kirakira1212 Год назад

    Is this why theyre finally having a free shipping promotional to my country :))
    (As long as we have a minimum 49 usd worth of order)

  • @mikey630
    @mikey630 Год назад

    9:00 Shout out to my boys at throttle house 🙌

  • @Jairan78
    @Jairan78 Год назад

    I was just about to buy some shares as it hit a 52 week low minutes ago, then this shows up on my line🧐

  • @RohitRaj-on6hl
    @RohitRaj-on6hl Год назад

    We are just destroying our economy by leveraging these stagnant high P/E companies... its better to sell of these companies and focus on profitable growth companies.... If not then please split the AWS from amazon online retail....

  • @videosplus7750
    @videosplus7750 Год назад

    Amazon has to turned into Ebay...without waiting 2 weeks for delivery from China.

  • @pedroaugusto656
    @pedroaugusto656 Год назад

    Well, they can just get the money from AWS to make up for the loss. They also don't have to pay taxes that way

  • @Dragonk116
    @Dragonk116 Год назад

    Ya well, maybe don't spend a BILLION DOLLARS on a show like rings of power, then you wouldn't be failing like this.

  • @jnb756
    @jnb756 Год назад +1

    The best part of Amazon is the billions of dollars that the Ex-Wife gives away to Charity....

  • @DTechGaming3
    @DTechGaming3 Год назад +4

    Really enjoyed this video, but I wished you showed their ebitda as well; that helps provide a fuller picture

  • @1800BrokenSoul
    @1800BrokenSoul Год назад

    I don't know about this.. I managed a few electronic stores for wiz and best buy. So we used to see the margins. From there CompUSA & Back to bestbuy as a consultant. Margins for electronics is way higher then what you suggest. Anywhere between 25% to 200% of the after actual cost. Actual cost is when shipping, transporting & storage are factored in. So in the decades I worked in retail establishments Apple 🍎 dor instance took only 10% max from a retailers sale. Seems like a lot of supposition went into making this video

  • @Cordovan
    @Cordovan Год назад +6

    pretty sure their "losses" are mainly for tax purposes but i'm no expert

  • @notgoku1466
    @notgoku1466 Год назад

    Jeff Bezos looks more like Bean Bezos in the thumbnail...

  • @mjohnson7325
    @mjohnson7325 Год назад +1

    How Amazon is loosing money? Well, it is easy explanation… They are building fulfillment center every place.. so the profit margins became so thin or goes into negative

  • @JohnSmith-iw4qs
    @JohnSmith-iw4qs Год назад

    Prime Is super useful for buying tools and some misc stuff without having to go out. Super useful

  • @L4WNY..
    @L4WNY.. Год назад +2

    How is this possible.......I've been spending a fortune on there! 🤷😝

  • @HolyHadou
    @HolyHadou Год назад

    I guess this is why Twich is changing their business model with creators.

  • @aaronanglea
    @aaronanglea Год назад

    AMAZON: 'shitting on the little guy' but to be fair, there is NO reason why every large retailer can't do the same thing.

  • @jonathankidwell6889
    @jonathankidwell6889 Год назад +1

    Shipping in 48 hours? Lol. You think this is 2005?

  • @blastum
    @blastum Год назад +11

    I'm actually a fan of Amazon, it's poured a ton of money and innovation into fulfillment and despite what people say, it treats its employees quite well (people hate large corporations in the same way they hate wealthy, successful people).

    • @LogicallyAnswered
      @LogicallyAnswered  Год назад +2

      Ah fair

    • @moomoomoo309
      @moomoomoo309 Год назад +3

      It depends on what part of Amazon really. On the software side, they push people to do well, which is fine, and treat and compensate them well, but on the warehouse side (which is the majority of their employees), they absolutely don't. Look no further than the myriad of lawsuits they've had about it.

    • @TheBooban
      @TheBooban Год назад +4

      @@moomoomoo309 you ever worked in a warehouse? you think other companies warehouse jobs are better? Picking and packing is the most brain cell killing job in the world.

  • @louprentz8554
    @louprentz8554 Год назад +1

    BEING OLD AND DISABLED WIYH NO CAR - AMAZON IS A GODSEND TO ME. I BUY EVERYTHING FROM AMAZON.

  • @Danny-zi9ip
    @Danny-zi9ip Год назад

    Looking at operating margin is inaccurate and already casts doubts on the author's hypothesis. Operating margin includes things like R&D investment and tax shield strategies that have nothing to do with operations.

  • @RemusLt
    @RemusLt Год назад

    Now they will force warehouse workers to have skeleton implants to lift more.

  • @cameroncraig3921
    @cameroncraig3921 Год назад +2

    Lord of the rings fans, come together and boycott amazon for this atrocity and abomination they have created

  • @Ahfuric
    @Ahfuric Год назад

    costco has a margin of 15% IIRC but they spend it back on their workers tho

  • @dnab82
    @dnab82 Год назад

    Artificial intelligence and machine automation would be their next advancement (my guess). This will allow them to reduce their salaried overhead in their fulfillment business.

  • @wgunder1
    @wgunder1 Год назад

    You talked about tech... but the numbers you listed for tech don't match up with AWS income which alone on its last earning statement was 5.7 billion in income. (A Google search revealed that!)

  • @edwardrhoads7283
    @edwardrhoads7283 Год назад +4

    In the past few years I like Amazon less and less. Their website makes it hard to really find what you want. Put in a search and the results are ridiculous most of the time.
    I used to be a seller but man their fees are huge and it is so easy to get kicked off.
    I am using amazon a lot less turrning more to Target and ebay.
    And wow their profits overall took a nosedive. From $5/share to ten cents per share. Ouch. Looking at those numbers as this bear market continues Amazon stock could go from $115 it is right this moment to possibly as low as $10. Most likely by June of next year it will be around $50 though but I won't buy it.

    • @HughJass-jv2lt
      @HughJass-jv2lt Год назад +1

      I *QUIT* using Amazon at the End of *2020.*
      F@ck 'em!
      🔥🔥🔥

    • @babyprince84uk
      @babyprince84uk Год назад

      Does Amazon sell your crystal ball that predicted their stock future price?
      Just kidding

  • @malvinderkaur541
    @malvinderkaur541 Год назад

    amazon was first to raise minimum wage to $15 away from fuddu Governments dead brains for people not walmart...let them hear my idea it might help in retail in real sense.

  • @phillipstewart2031
    @phillipstewart2031 Год назад

    Only hit the bell to this channel ksi and settled

  • @EatMyShortsAU
    @EatMyShortsAU Год назад +1

    I hope he goes bankrupt, that would wipe the smug look off his face. I have never used and plan on never using Amazon services. Besides I have been using Ebay to buy and sell items for a long time and have no issues.

  • @yashvardhanojha6796
    @yashvardhanojha6796 Год назад

    Amazon app is so dull NGL . I prefer Flipkart ( now owned by Walmart ) their app is full of life.

  • @MOBMJ
    @MOBMJ Год назад

    most people when they think of Amazon its the E-commerce but its really about the AWS that why I buy the stock and continue of growing my holding in Amazon.
    Same with Google, people thing about the search engine. to me like over 90% of Google is RUclips. RUclips is a monster money machine for Google. when they bought RUclips for $1.65 Billion people though they were crazy. now RUclips makes Google about $100 Million a day, or almost $3 billion a month
    NOT FINANCIAL ADVICE

  • @laceyc412
    @laceyc412 Год назад

    I wonder if their High turnover rates at their fulfillment centers cause them to lose customers and hurt their credibility