Amazon buying thousands of trailers.

They have them all lined up out by the Indianapolis airport...decals say Amazon Prime.

 

I work at an Amazon fulfillment center. Amazon is a very long term thinking company; they have yet to turn a profit because they are busy trying to gobble up all the competition possible and have as much control over their distribution process as possible. They don't have Amazon trucks yet, but I promise that they are planning on it in the future.

That being said, there have been plenty of times where their need for dominance and extension in every marketplace has floundered; the Fire phone would be an example of this. It just seems, from my perspective, that they often underestimate the difficulties of fields that they over extend themselves into.

 

Yeah, what he said. Unless the Amazdrones can double as heavy-lift vehicles, this sounds like a fiasco in wait.

 

I didn't major I business. How can someone that doesn't make a profit go out and buy trailers? To me this would be a smart move, having their on trailers. Am I missing something? Could someone explain it.

 

Don't leave that Amazon trailer sitting around anywhere in West Memphis unattended. You will comeback scratching your head saying to yourself..........I know I parked here.....I know it.....Cause I remember the fence was torn up and the garbage can was overflowing. Where did my truck go??????????????

 

Wont be long and they will have tractors then when that goes well they will get package cars.

 

They are reinvesting all of their income back into their company to grow as rapidly as possible, therefore technically not making a profit even though they are rapidly growing, the CEO is making bank, and all the stock holders are happy. Their end game is complete control of every link of their business while having as much of a monopoly as possible in eCommerce. They are growing as rapidly as they possibly can until this happens.

They may also gain more cashflow from the stock investors, also (I to am not a business major). It's at $672+ at the moment.

As for what the trucking jobs will be like for Amazon, I picture them paying very roughly industry average with decent to average benefits and little room for advancement. They pride themselves on being a "thrifty" company. It'll probably be really high pressure deadlines, as a vital part of their business model is getting products to customers as fast as possible. I suppose like the ltl companies but not as good pay. I imagine it will probably be a mess when they first start. On the bright side, I don't see them doing some lease scam.

 

Very interesting story.

Will this end like other dot coms ????