09-26-2011, 07:54 PM | #1 | |
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Inside Amazon's warehouse
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09-27-2011, 04:27 PM | #2 |
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I have been in this situation in an Amazon UK warehouse. I was employed by and outside agency and even in the cold of winter the temperature soared high. We were only given short breaks in which there was barely any time to eat. The dust was the worst factor for me on top of that the high temperature and the long hours resulted in me getting horrible rashes on my body from the sweat generated. I ended up quitting because I got so ill I was rushed to the hospital from my GP with suspected pneumonia and kept in for monitoring. Even after I had quit i received phone calls asking why I had not shown up to work.
The warehouse where I worked was undergoing some improvements to help people work more efficiently but I can only assume that this will push the targets expected of employees up making the job harder. At least with my kindle some warehouse worker has one less book to carry. |
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09-27-2011, 06:45 PM | #3 |
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It's a job. If it doesn't suit you, quit. I've had plenty of crummy jobs, with very crummy working conditions. I didn't complain about it in the media.
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09-27-2011, 07:06 PM | #4 |
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Try detassling corn and weeding beans for a summer.
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09-27-2011, 08:16 PM | #5 |
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First job (at 14) working in a warehouse with no automation and very heavy items to transport from train cars to the warehouse and then to trucks.
Loved the pay though. Bought my first bike with it. Too bad my brother's girlfriend wrecked it. No A/C in the warehouse, train or truck. The freezer compartment was cold though. |
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09-27-2011, 09:13 PM | #6 |
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The conditions and pace sound a little like what auto assembly plants were like in Henry Ford's time (and maybe still, I don't know). Most auto workers did not last long. But at least those who did last were paid a reasonably commensurate salary. From the little I read about the Foxconn plants where the current generation Kindle is actually made, they may also, taking prevailing Chinese wages into account, work that way.
As a Pennsylvanian, here's my attitude: We are giving Amazon a great deal by allowing them exemption from the sales tax despite their having a big physical presence in the state. The only real justification for this is to bring in good jobs. Amazon should somehow be told that if they don't start making their jobs good permanent ones, the tax deal is off. I know that they'll then move out of state, as they did in Texas. And I know there's a depression going on, so how picky can you be? And I'm not sure I was even right to start here what could be seen as a political thread having only a tenuous connection to the Kindle. The whole thing is damn frustrating. Last edited by SteveEisenberg; 09-27-2011 at 09:35 PM. |
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09-28-2011, 03:31 AM | #8 |
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the monied elite thanks you
As a member of the monied elite I really appreciate your attitude. It's a pleasure to pay peanuts for buckets of sweat and get no lip in return
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09-28-2011, 09:24 AM | #10 | |
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When I was in the Navy I worked 12 hrs on, 12 hrs off, for 7 days a week, hot, dirty, and dangerous work. Even out side of the Navy I have many times worked at a job that required long and demanding hours (IT Manager) So I have been there many times. The only thing the company owes me is a paycheck in the amount agreed on, and nothing more. If I want a better deal then it is up to Me to go and find a new job. I am selling my time and talent, the company is buying it at the agreed upon rate plain and simple. |
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09-28-2011, 10:52 AM | #12 | |
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Come on guys. It's called work for a reason. In the infamous words of Red Forman, or as I like to him, Dad, "Work is not about fun; it's about work! It's about seeing how much crap you can take from the boss man! And then…takin' some more! If it wasn't work, they'd call it 'Super wonderful crazy fun time,' or 'Skippedy-do!'" Last edited by bfollowell; 09-28-2011 at 12:29 PM. |
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