do you not know how big companies work? pressure to work as fast as possible and not care about the world around you (“externalize costs”) comes from every level of the business.

1. board demands results
2. c suite creates the strategy and demands upper management fulfill it
3. upper management sets targets and uses funding allocation to pressure middle & lower management
4. middle & lower management pressure workers to hit/exceed targets, often by making them compete with each other
5. workers do what they have to to stay employed, which in this case means blocking the bike lane because Amazon doesn’t even let their workers take bathroom breaks..

Amazon in particular uses “subcontractor” drivers who are paid less, have few/no benefits or protections, and who compete with each other on speed and other metrics. it’s yet another reason to stop caring about the world around you.

https://theconversation.com/the-unraveling-of-workplace-protections-for-delivery-drivers-a-tale-of-2-workplace-models-268164