One of my kids works Amazon fulfillment, and they are pretty ruthless employers. They hire seasonally, and the turnover is managed to reduce labor costs. The white/blue collar divide is one of the biggest in the country. White collar opportunity is decent, but blue is almost nonexistent. It is the most heavily automated in the industry, but there are still many intensive positions that machines still can’t perform.
The line jobs have benefits and the pay is commensurate with the work, but most should be considered simple jobs, not careers. The idea that some jobs are not careers seems to have been lost recently, and many people are being Berned by this lack of discernment.
The management jobs are better but are pressure cooker jobs. I have been told that over 40 need not apply at the South Dallas fulfillment center.
Ha. You’ve never worked on a real farming operation. I know men who would say to this, “but it’s air conditioned?”
And this description is also just like most manufacturing work, too. One great example is air conditioningmanufacturing. It runs break neck for two seasons then largely shuts down and everyone gets fired. It’s been like this for longer than I’ve been around.
What I see is that the left feels done with Walmart and now wants to tame Amazon. Voila, this article. My small farm/manf town would love to have Amazon here.