Amazon could run out of US warehouse workers within two years

This is how supply chains eat themselves. A leaked internal memo from Amazon, obtained by Vox, shows that such is the extraordinarily high rate of staff turnover, that in some regions Amazon is likely to run its potential labour pool dry within a couple of years. Indeed, in places such as Phoenix and California’s Inland Empire, the tipping point may already have been reached.

The company’s combative approach to its relationship with its workforce is one issue, as are structural labour ...