Good God that sounds so leftist
I HAVE NOT BEEN FULFILLED!!!!
"We haven't been fulfilled! Boo hoo hoo! Where is our participation trophy? Boo hoo!
When I showed up for my shift, I’d walk in the main entrance and scan a security badge to get through a revolving door. The locker room was to the left. You had to put any personal items in the locker. No headphones. I think it was a safety issue. Absolutely no cellphones on the floor! They didn’t want anybody taking pictures or giving away their secrets! No food. No drinks — except water. (snip)
After putting away my personals, I’d go to the meeting area for 10 minutes of group calisthenics — I felt like I was in the Army.
Then it was on to my station to start stowing. I’d stare at what awaited me: An endless line of yellow racks. One hundred stowers lined up 15 feet apart. It reminded me of the ending of “Raiders of the Lost Ark.” (snip)
It was hot as hell in that building — it felt like 150 degrees.
People kept asking, “Can we get fans?” But the answer was always no. You know why? Because, we were told, the robots don’t function well in the cold. Finally we figured out why every manager in the place was wearing shorts.
Sounds like that scene in "Chernobyl" when the miners were asking about fans.
If you don’t like the Job you know what you can do
Were that job to not exist does not mean a better job (pay & conditions) would naturally take its place.
Ergo, one may either take that job, or make like that job doesn’t exist and go find another job.
No compulsion.
And the job costs Amazon close to what replacing workers with robots would be - don’t make it more expensive thus persuading the switch thereto and ending the jobs.
I have been in three Amazon warehouses. The description in the OP is accurate. I also know many current and former employees. The turn over rate of employees is astronomical. Compared to other warehouse facilities I have been in Amazon is a much more demanding environment.
Finally we figured out why every manager in the place was wearing shorts.
Amazon has a high turnover rate in their logistics business.
They measure every employee’s production every shift and apply pressure to those who are not on target.
The problem is that most people cannot handle the pace, pressure and physical demands of the jobs that Amazon has in that element of their conglomerate.
But they know if they take it and bomb out physically and/or mentally...Uncle Sam is there with a check. So people who know they cannot perform take the job. Hoping they won’t be there long.
Amazon cannot decline to hire a fat drunk smoker that’s in their 40s or 50s for obvious legal reasons.
But they should be able to.
Hell, the Whole Foods folks are bitching too. They are expected to re-stock shelves at a measured rate, maintain precise inventory so that just in time supply is efficient, and there are fewer people in the front of the store for checkout and customer service.
They are all busy actually working instead of discussing the latest health food fad or generally making nice with the customers.
Amazon runs the best, most cost-efficient logistics business the world has ever seen, or even dreamed of. Those who want to succeed in it must be young, smart and fit. And they must not have a US Mail Service attitude toward work.
Thus millions of people hate them.
People complain about jobs like this and then they bash Trump for getting unemployment to the lowest levels in history. Well what the hell do they think is going to happen if a commie like Sanders is elected and unemployment goes through the roof? People will be begging for jobs like Amazon, and they will pay a hell of a lot less and they will be a hell of a lot more abusive.
All the good tech jobs at Scamazon are reserved for H1B Indians and Communist Chinese. In fact, Scamazon is moving all development world to India. Americans? Only low-paid warehouse and delivery driver jobs for you.
First world sweatshop in the USA. No wonder people are voting for socialism and bigger gov’t.
I have heard first hand accounts of insane daily production requirements working for Amazon which are near impossible to meet on a regular basis.
Good God that sounds so leftist
I HAVE NOT BEEN FULFILLED!!!!
"We haven't been fulfilled! Boo hoo hoo! Where is our participation trophy? Boo hoo!
Totally BS, one thing I like about Amazons is that unlike most shipping warehouses they are clean, well lit and air conditioned. I have seen and been in over 50 Amazon Warehouses and every single one was air conditioned or heated.
I got heat exhaustion in a Frito this year and experienced hell on earth in a Nike in Tennessee. My whole crew declared the would never wear Nike again just over how miserable the working conditions were.
Amazon is in the top three for comfort and employee care.
I may dislike Bezos politics, but he takes care of his people.
I doubt it's really that horrible if they allow people to tour their prison labor camps fulfilment centers. I understand the cell phone and headphone policies, and a parent I know had two children working there. One did not like it, the other got a promotion.
Amazon: Sears Roebuck computerized.
She looks 65 but is only 46 YEARS OLD! I know a 19-year old dude who thinks the job is a piece of cake. I think these articles are just the media trying to show that "Trump Era" jobs are cruel and oppressive.
first off, a warehousing and shipping job is bound to consist of finding, carrying, sorting, packing lots of stuff
second, if its a company which (like Amazon) operates on very short turnaround, shipping schedules... then there’s gonna be a lot of rushing in the warehouse (meaning, pressure on the workers)
Therefore, I would not choose such a job.
But, as long as the company is not abusive and if it operates in a safe manner....so that the employees are not injured, then it should be considered honest employment for those wishing to work there. Blaming Amazon because the job feels rushed or pressured is a bit like blaming McDonalds because the job includes breathing grease fumes.
The problem or downside... was evident before signing up for the job.
I do not have any love for Amazon on a number of fronts.
Just saying that jobs can sometimes just not agree with a person, is all. Not criticizing the individual. Just saying that.. as long as a job is safe and workers are not abused.... if you don’t like one job, just go get another one is all.
Many of us have done this, some of us have had to do it several times in our lives. Its not necessarily anyone’s fault. Its just a process of finding a job that agrees with you. I bet that,.. in today’s job-rich economy, this individual can find a job they like!
So long as the employees stay employed by Amazon they have no complaint. They have accepted the system as it is if they have been there longer than a week.
A friend’s daughter was recently hired at Amazon. My friend told me her daughter is already moving up (she’s a hard worker, raised on a farm).
Articles like this remind me of the articles about Walmart that are probably written by pro-union employees who are frustrated that the union can’t get their foot in the door at these businesses with huge amounts of employees (union dues producers)....
I answered an add for a delivery position from 7 in the morning til 5 at night,
Took two days of training class where we were taught the Amazon ways, mostly defensive driving and told under no circumstance can we fight back if assaulted while delivering.
Then after passing their initial courses I was given an assignment to work from 12 noon til 10 at night, 4 days a week.
Problem is Fort Pierce Florida is a particularly Black neighborhood. Some really bad areas.
No way will I go deliver rubber dog poop at 9 or 10 at night to places I would NEVER go on my own.
Amazon lied to me.
I did not go back.
Hey Jeffy, F.U.
I've analyzed this many times and I cannot understand why they have people doing this particular job ("stower"). Even if the thesis is you have to put human eyeballs on it there to prevent crap from entering the system you'll still have a problem because humans also come with an error rate that goes up non-linearly when you treat them badly. And managing humans like machines is an awful thing to do to people.