Work conditions in amazon warehouses..

https://amp.businessinsider.com/amazon-employees-describe-peak-2019-2

The problem was compounded over here at a Depot not far from where I live when unemployed people were forced to work not for pay but to receive their unemployment benefits. They were told they had to travel up to 50 miles for work or their money would be stopped. The Amazon depot was located in a wooded area with no public transport links before 10am or after 6pm.
People ended up having to camp in tents in the woods surrounding the depot in the middle of winter in order to be at work on time for months at a time to work 35 hours a week in order to receive £80 a week.

I wonder what the next insightful article will talk about when Amazon replaces more and more of their warehouse employees.

Where do I sign up? 16 year old me would be all over this.

Originally posted by snowdragon
I wonder what the next insightful article will talk about when Amazon replaces more and more of their warehouse employees.

Pretty much. Keep complaining workers get 60 hours or more, instead of the 15-20 at most retail. Until the robots strip even that down to 0.

A few classmates of mine complained that when Amazon raised the minimum wage to $15, those employees who were earning more than $15/hr previously due to incentivized bonuses for working faster actually ended up earning less than they had been before the raise as the incentives system was eliminated.

Just another example of punishing the few who work diligently in the name of satisfying the mediocre majority.

I did read a lot of audits before applying for a job as a warehouse worker with Amazon. The reviews portrayed Amazon as a brutal employer, it was scary but I love to give things a shot myself as we all see things differently. https://www.ukassignment.co.uk/dissertation-writing-services

Doesn’t really matter how bad the job is, when your broke, homeless, and hungry, a jobs a job no matter how bad.

One of the biggest complaints seems to be when a worker just finished an order on one side of the warehouse and the next order they get is completely on the other side so they have to walk 1,000+ feet to reach it. Seems like an algorithm could be made using location tacking where any goven order automatically goes to the worker(s) nearest the item. (Maybe this is already done and it's still a problem?)

That and using small electric carts would maximize each workers output if they could zip around the warehouse and pick up multiple orders before heading off to the boxing and shipping areas.

Originally posted by jaden_2.0
The problem was compounded over here at a Depot not far from where I live when unemployed people were forced to work not for pay but to receive their unemployment benefits. They were told they had to travel up to 50 miles for work or their money would be stopped. The Amazon depot was located in a wooded area with no public transport links before 10am or after 6pm.
People ended up having to camp in tents in the woods surrounding the depot in the middle of winter in order to be at work on time for months at a time to work 35 hours a week in order to receive £80 a week.

You'd think Amazon would pave a simple road and hire a couple buses and handful of drivers to work 12-24 shifts.

The free market will fix it.