Amazon gives its employees mindfulness booths at work. Critics call them ‘despair boxes’

RT ^ | 5-27-21 | RT

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Bates’ experience seems to be a common one among employees at Amazon’s ‘fulfilment centers,’ who in some locations have been struggling to unionize against the wishes of their superiors. The retail giant regularly features on the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health’s ‘Dirty Dozen’ list of unsafe employers, with the most recent pre-pandemic report citing 13 fatalities since 2013, “a high incidence of suicide attempts,” and “workers urinating in bottles because they are afraid to take breaks.”

However, Amazon has supposedly noticed the toll its workplace takes on employees’ mental health and has given them something back: “a space where our employees could focus on their mental well-being,” according to a video posted by Amazon to Twitter on Wednesday – only for it to be deleted hours later.

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Maybe instead of being fired, you just disappear after entering one.

My first thought: Star Trek's "A Taste of Armageddon" vaporization chamber. If I see people with Lamé hats standing by, I ain't 'agoin in.