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31 Amazon Employees Share Their Working Conditions As A Response To Jeff Bezos’ Wealth Continuously Growing
Jeff Bezos is the richest person on the planet. As of 2020, the Amazon owner is worth approximately 175 billion USD. However, not all of the 798,000 people at the company enjoy hearing about his success.
A viral Twitter thread has Amazon employees sharing stories about their poor work environment, sub-par safety standards, and unfair pay, calling Bezos an autocrat and suggesting that he's accumulating his wealth at their expense.
This exchange on Twitter kicked off a viral thread, where Amazon employees explain why Jeff Bezos' wealth isn't worth celebrating
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Austin, an ex-Amazon employee who agreed to tell Bored Panda about his experience at the company, worked there for about 2 years. "I worked every position besides the manager, all shifts, days and nights," he said. "I decided to leave after my mental health was deteriorating due to being locked basically in this giant steel building with fluorescent lighting."
"I couldn't talk to anyone, we were constantly hounded to go faster and push harder and to push out extra volume. I began to hate my day to day life because all I got to do was the same exact thing as yesterday. It was incredibly stressful worrying about losing your job every day and if you wanted a personal day, then you better not get sick because you will lose your job."
Looking back, Austin does not regret leaving. "It showed me the shitty side of capitalist America and how much our employers don’t give a flying f about us. It's all about rates and money for them," he explained. "I'd like to add that I'd like people to think about how capitalism is the root of all evil. I'm not saying communism or socialism is the answer but obviously capitalism isn't it."
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In August, ex-Amazon worker Christian Smalls even led a protest of the corporation's coronavirus standards outside CEO Jeff Bezos' $16 million apartment in New York City.
A few dozen people reportedly showed up, demanding that Amazon allow employees to unionize and "a federal wealth tax on the top 3% of earners in the United States," according to a press release from Smalls' group, the Congress of Essential Workers.
"I have workers [who] contact me all the time. They're not protected still," Smalls told FOX Business before the protest. "There are cases in buildings, people are still contracting the virus. ... Some people are bringing the virus home, and relatives are dying. It's an unfortunate situation they're putting their workers in."
Smalls was fired in March after organizing a small walkout over conditions at a Staten Island warehouse. He quickly gained media spotlight after calling for Amazon's JFK8 fulfillment center to be shut down for deep cleaning and accusing the corporation of lying about how many workers have tested positive for the virus.
"It cost me my career. Guess what? I have no regrets," Smalls said.
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Monika Soffronow 4 years ago
If ALL Amazon workers did this on the same day - that very same day the pay and work conditions would be improved. If MUCH more Amazon workers did this, well then the change would be incremental.
Jeff Bezos, on the other hand, talked up the perks of a job at Amazon in a letter to shareholders in April, proudly stating that the lowest paid Amazon worker makes more than 40 million Americans in the US, earning $15 an hour versus the US federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour.
The company raised its minimum wage to $15 in 2018. "It had an immediate and meaningful impact on the hundreds of thousands of people working in our fulfillment centers," Bezos said. We want other big employers to join us by raising their own minimum pay rates, and we continue to lobby for a $15 federal minimum wage."
However, Austin doesn't think that makes up for anything. "When I started, it was $13 an hour, and then it went up. I think it is ridiculous to be proud of that. That should be an industry standard to provide survivable wages. I think [he's just embarrassing himself]. If I got paid $25 an hour, I'd reconsider, but I didn't even get to go to the bathroom when I needed to. And honestly, $15 an hour is still barely scraping by."
Something tells me other people featured in this list would agree with Austin, too. Do you? Let us know in the comments.
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Simply Moe 4 years ago
That's exactly what my Mother says. She calls it the modern day plantation
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Monika Soffronow 4 years ago
I am not American and I cannot for the life of me understand why you are OK with laws that permit this kind of work environment
Frenchie 4 years ago
We aren't OK with them. But wanting better regulations is seen as "too big of government control" by Republicans and democrats don't have back bones. So here we are
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Alexa S 4 years ago
Not to be rude, but some people need to work these horrible jobs just to provide for themselves. Yes, it is a hellhole. And yes, the conditions in there are terrible. But you have to consider how much the job means to some people who couldn't get any other job or just never had the chance. They can't just "take a break".
Frenchie 4 years ago
What? Everyone needs a job. And someone needing a job, any job does not then give license to these companies to run people into the ground. Needing work is not an excuse for anyone to subject their employee's to hazardous and tumultuous working conditions. You're a human first.
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Grumble O'Pug 4 years ago
So f****d up. People are brainwashed against unions. #DontShopAtAmazon
Jaybird3939 4 years ago
It's illegal to deny someone bathroom breaks, and everyone is supposed to be able to take their lunch/break time. Any OSHA involved or do they conveniently "lose" complaints?
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Lazy Farmer 4 years ago
People, don't worry about Pauline. She's most likely a russian bot designed to cause a conflict. Stop reacting to it, it will only encourage its activity... Same holds true for FB, please be careful as to whom you're replying to!! They're only designed to diffuse rage and misinformation
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Paizleypie 4 years ago
I would p**s myself for sure . . . Then I'd quit. There's no excuse for this.
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Pauline Bennett 4 years ago
I worked in an Ice Cream plant our guys could only stay in the freezer 20min.
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Ronnie Beaton 4 years ago
Yeah, you finally get home, pry off your shoes, peel of your socks, and your feet look like two slabs of raw meat.
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Ronnie Beaton 4 years ago
I worked Receive, I was continually getting Verbal Warnings and what have you for being a "low performer". So I decided to keep a running tally of how many items I did per hour, and add it all up at the end of my shift. My numbers and their numbers would never match up. Never. Initially I thought I'd got my figures wrong, but I asked my mother (who worked in an accounts office before she married my dad) to double check for me, and I was right - my numbers were consistently higher than the "official" Amazon ones.
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Rubeus Hagrid 4 years ago
Pauline Bennet, many people have told you this and I will tell you this too, please f**k off with the unhelpful and unrealistic comments. This entire post has been full of your s**t spewing comments as you desperately try to garner attention to yourself by pretending to be a saviour of the people who would have beaten up Jeff Bezos and shoved Amazon parcels down his throat, when we all know you're just a sad f**k sitting behind your keyboard trying to get someone to accept and look up to you. From all the people who have had the unfortunate experience of reading all your comments, we request that you go through this entire post and remove your comments immediately.
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Monika Soffronow 4 years ago
@Pauline Bennet: I kind of hope that someone will report your comment to the FBI for instigating a terrorist act. You've written a load of thoughtless, tasteless comments here, but this one can land you in real trouble.
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Ronnie Beaton 4 years ago
Every time there's a new intake of temps, five don't come back after morning break, another half a dozen don't come back after lunch, and of the remainder a further ten or a dozen don't come back for their next shift.
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Suzanne Haigh 4 years ago
I honestly do not know how Amazon is managing to run a business in the UK. We do have laws, although we lost a lot through a certain woman PM, this is not allowed in Britain.
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Ronnie Beaton 4 years ago
If there's a two man job they think they can get away with just putting one guy on it, they'll do it in a heartbeat.
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Hans 4 years ago
Frankly, much of this is owed to non-existing labour laws in the US. Working at Amazon in the EU is much different, although still probably not the most fulfilling job. Yes, you always can do better than the baseline as a company, but instead of complaining people ought to do something. Start a union, protest, vote for the right party.
Noez 🇸🇪 4 years ago
I was just thinking how it is to work for Amazon in Germany and the UK 🤔 And they want to start up Amazon in Sweden too. It would be illegal in multiple ways to force people to work under these conditions in the EU.
Load More Replies... Bill 4 years ago
That's what I do for a living. Deny all you want, or do a little research. Andrew Yang talked about the issue.
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Steve Barnett 4 years ago
Employer's do not care about the people they employ. They pretend they do; they give you that illusion. But they don't. They really don't.
Kesam 4 years ago
That kind of generalization doesn't get us anywhere. My employer is a really nice guy whom I know personally and I'd even go as far as considering him a friend. He clearly cares about me and the other people that work for him. Let's call out the Bezos of this world for the damage they do without weakening our arguments by ridiculous generalizations.
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onitsuka 4 years ago
Consumers need to also acknowledge their part in this. The people who absolutely needed their Cheetos and toilet paper delivered the next day are the reason these business practices persist. Shop Amazon if you have to, but please shop elsewhere (or local) if you don't.
K.Kobayashi 4 years ago
No, the consumers aren't the problem. It's all up to the voters.
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Felix Feline 4 years ago
If I were to pay you USD$40,000,000 per year and if you saved up every penny of that amount, it would take you 5000 years to equal Bezo's current wealth. If Bezo paid every one of his employees USD$50 per hour from his own account, he wouldn't even notice the "drop" in his wealth.
K.Kobayashi 4 years ago
Where would you buy from instead? What makes you think they (and their suppliers) treat their employees better than Amazon?
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K.Kobayashi 4 years ago
What else do you expect in a country that worships capitalism and denounces labor unions?
Monika Soffronow 4 years ago
If you want there to be any shops left at all in your town or neighbourhood, then STOP buying from Bezos. The finger is pointing at YOU, the customer, because you vote with your wallet without taking the consequences into account.
Meeow 4 years ago
They never cared about your problems, if you don't like it you can go, another new employees always will replace you. That's why we don't purchases anything anymore on amazon. Remember that Chinese boss treats 6400 employees to France for vacation with all their expense. That's the kinda boss care about their employees.
RaroaRaroa 4 years ago
I think I've bought from Amazon once in my life. It's not that hard to avoid it. If you don't like how they treat their workers, stop buying from them. Yes, people may lose jobs, but you're still buying from someone else. The better company will eventually be able to take on more employees.
ispeak catanese 4 years ago
The comments directed at Pauline were sad. Whoever she is, troll or oddball, she didn't deserve being told she was a waste of space or everything she was told. There are many sexist as*hole trolls in the comments that deserve being reported and cut-off. Most of her comments were nothing in comparison. It's been a very hard year for everyone, people are lonely and some say dumb things. 😢 Please try to be kind. 🐕🐈
AA Matty 4 years ago
I am pretty libertarian/conservative and my deepest wish is for payroll taxes to be eliminated and for Amazon/Jeff Bezos to be the one to make up the difference, since his wealth increased substantially during 2020. Jeff Bezos through the Washington Post, has encouraged the rioting (different from the protests) which burns down the small businesses that serve as potential competiors and the lockdown, which kept these small businesses closed for months. He also didn't have to follow the same business and tax laws that the brick and mortar had to follow, thereby being able to under selling places like Sears. Then he had nerve to ask for public donations. Screw him.
Pauline Bennett 4 years ago (edited)
Labor laws or not humanity should reign supreme when you are running a business.
Ronnie Beaton 4 years ago
As a temp worker, I've been in and out of Amazon's GLA1 facility in Gourock, Scotland, practically since day one. Applied for full time permanent twice, and got turned down for no good reason I could ever determine. I could probably write a book about the things I've seen and heard over the years.
Freya the Wanderer 4 years ago
Then write it! Such a book would probably do well.
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Chris DiFonso 4 years ago
This is the kind of inhuman, horrible stuff about which Charles Dickens wrote
Yvette Desmarais 4 years ago
How do we deluge Bezos with these and let him know we are quitting Amazon?
CatWoman312 4 years ago
Why don’t they do a walk out strike? Hit greedy Bezos on the wallet, he’ll cave. Why is he allowed to be so wealthy? Tbh sometimes I feel like all of us should come together and storm his mansion. He’s only rich thanks to us anyway.
K.Kobayashi 4 years ago
Because they aren't unionized, duh. They'd just fire the employees who are "on strike" and hire new people to replace them.
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Wajdan Majeed 3 years ago
“Leaderships Principles” My job can be done by house pet, at no stage during the interview they said you are going to work from home, but you are basically doing the job of a call centre employee with the added “benefit” of face-to-face meeting with Amazon customers, so I thought if I prove to Amazon how good I am I can move to better things quickly…. OMG I spotted a mistake and went ahead to correct it and proposed the correction in a project to my manger, he encouraged me at first and was very happy, I thought I was going to be fast tracked to success. He went under the radar for few days, when he came back my project become his idea and him with one other team manager snatched my project and presented it as theirs, they then started a psychological war against me, nothing I did was right, my work metrics was 100% until the time I handed them the project, and the first draft. Amazon UK is controlled from Dublin, and they are a true MAFIA. I complained to HR, one manger disappeared an
John Doe AKA "READ MY DAMN COMMENT OR REPLY BEFORE YOU DISLIKE!" 4 years ago
I swear, throughout history, almost everyone with money or power never. F*****g. LEARNS!!!
AnimalMetalHeadUK 4 years ago
This is why I haven't bought anything off Amazon for nearly a year now, I may look there to find what I want and then go elsewhere, I can't give them any more money, F**K Bezos.
Tracy Costa 4 years ago
I went from ordering everything from Amazon to not ordering from them at all because of how they treat their workers. While I have to wait a week sometimes for a package, what surprised me is that I found better prices and better quality elsewhere. You don't always realize who you're buying from and I would get junk that would fall apart because it was a knock off spatula or something.
Arenite 4 years ago
Re: Christian Smalls. They forgot to mention that emails from Amazon lawyers were found with them suggesting the slander him, call him "threatening and intimidating" (because, yes, he is a black man), say he is either stupid and uneducated or some kind of union mastermind who is looking to turn the US communist.
Amt Wonderland 4 years ago
I will always buy from Amazon. No one is forcing these people to work there. It is not forced labour. They are free to quit at any time!
Parmeisan 4 years ago
Oh my god people, stop saying your job is worse. It is not helpful. Unless these conditions are explicitly part of the employment agreement (e.g. being asked to do overtime on short notice or doing lengthy shifts regularly) and there is compensation for it, then it's bad - it's bad for you and it's bad for Amazon employees, we don't need to argue about who has it worse it's just BAD.
Hollie Newton 4 years ago
I worked there for a year I came out of it depressed exhausted and with no dignity. I mean working nights was a toll as is but it got to the point where I spent more time in bed than with my family. Not to mention you could get times where it's one night off so you work all night then you have to decide between staying up 24hrs or sleeping on your day off to then sleep all night too to then go back to work the next night. I HATED the shift patterns I can start at 10/11pm maybe even 12pm but a 1am start when I don't drive is ridiculous. Lastly the agency always overbooked so the amount of times I just came home because they had too many staff
Ashley 4 years ago
I worked there for 10 days. Day 6 I started getting txt msgs every day saying someone there was diagnosed with Covid. They would tell you to keep 6ft apart then yell at you because you weren't going fast enough when pulling. My back was also killing me from a car accident I was in.
Lemon Bailey 4 years ago
This bunch of whiny babies should appreciate the fact that they have a job that starts at $15 an hour. All the claims of abuse are BS. Every generation before the privileged brats came along has worked for less and under much harsher conditions. Amazon has created 800K jobs. In most countries on the planet they would kiss Bezo's feet to have 800K jobs in their country. Also if this is the extent of your ambitions then blame yourself not the guy who worked 20 hrs a day for years building Amazon. Bezo's created an empire with a web page and grit. Now 20+ years later everyone wants to criticize him for being ambitious, creative, hard working, diligent and the list goes on. Everyone here bitching has the same opportunity. Jobs, Gates, Zucky and a long long list of ambitious people have also achieved their wealth by doing all the s**t work in the beginning. Don't ever forget that. Now stop your whining and make a choice and then live with it.
⚞ Katniss Everdeen ⚟ 4 years ago
Yeah, and 15 dollars now is worth a lot less than 15 dollars 20 years ago. And excuse me for wanting to eat food and have a roof over my head without suffering serious health detriments.
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F. H. 4 years ago
No, there aren't. If you have to work on a base level in a warehouse, chances are you either have no job training and higher education or are trained in a job that's not needed at the moment. Then there are no other jobs.
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AA Matty 4 years ago
Its a free country, if you ignore the fact that most business deemed "non-essential" were closed for months on end, and in many states you are required by law to wear a mask in business establishments and there are strict rules governing how business can dictate themselves. People couldn't even go to loved once funerals. I guess not as free as it was before. Many small business have now closed for good and it will take years for the economy to bounce back. Not like these people can quit and go work as a waiter.
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Raine Soo 4 years ago
The issue is not whether or not Wonky Eye is providing jobs, but of his pitiful treatment of his employees, who are essential to Amazon.
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WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago
It sure is mad what you are saying. Did you really think this through? What you're saying is: "I don't understand why people aren't killing each other at Amazon. At least they have a reason to kill co-workers that are suffering the same inhumane working conditions." Please don't procreate.
Load More Replies... Hans 4 years ago
Frankly, much of this is owed to non-existing labour laws in the US. Working at Amazon in the EU is much different, although still probably not the most fulfilling job. Yes, you always can do better than the baseline as a company, but instead of complaining people ought to do something. Start a union, protest, vote for the right party.
Noez 🇸🇪 4 years ago
I was just thinking how it is to work for Amazon in Germany and the UK 🤔 And they want to start up Amazon in Sweden too. It would be illegal in multiple ways to force people to work under these conditions in the EU.
Load More Replies... Bill 4 years ago
That's what I do for a living. Deny all you want, or do a little research. Andrew Yang talked about the issue.
Load More Replies... Steve Barnett 4 years ago
Employer's do not care about the people they employ. They pretend they do; they give you that illusion. But they don't. They really don't.
Kesam 4 years ago
That kind of generalization doesn't get us anywhere. My employer is a really nice guy whom I know personally and I'd even go as far as considering him a friend. He clearly cares about me and the other people that work for him. Let's call out the Bezos of this world for the damage they do without weakening our arguments by ridiculous generalizations.
Load More Replies... onitsuka 4 years ago
Consumers need to also acknowledge their part in this. The people who absolutely needed their Cheetos and toilet paper delivered the next day are the reason these business practices persist. Shop Amazon if you have to, but please shop elsewhere (or local) if you don't.
K.Kobayashi 4 years ago
No, the consumers aren't the problem. It's all up to the voters.
Load More Replies... Felix Feline 4 years ago
If I were to pay you USD$40,000,000 per year and if you saved up every penny of that amount, it would take you 5000 years to equal Bezo's current wealth. If Bezo paid every one of his employees USD$50 per hour from his own account, he wouldn't even notice the "drop" in his wealth.
K.Kobayashi 4 years ago
Where would you buy from instead? What makes you think they (and their suppliers) treat their employees better than Amazon?
Load More Replies... K.Kobayashi 4 years ago
What else do you expect in a country that worships capitalism and denounces labor unions?
Monika Soffronow 4 years ago
If you want there to be any shops left at all in your town or neighbourhood, then STOP buying from Bezos. The finger is pointing at YOU, the customer, because you vote with your wallet without taking the consequences into account.
Meeow 4 years ago
They never cared about your problems, if you don't like it you can go, another new employees always will replace you. That's why we don't purchases anything anymore on amazon. Remember that Chinese boss treats 6400 employees to France for vacation with all their expense. That's the kinda boss care about their employees.
RaroaRaroa 4 years ago
I think I've bought from Amazon once in my life. It's not that hard to avoid it. If you don't like how they treat their workers, stop buying from them. Yes, people may lose jobs, but you're still buying from someone else. The better company will eventually be able to take on more employees.
ispeak catanese 4 years ago
The comments directed at Pauline were sad. Whoever she is, troll or oddball, she didn't deserve being told she was a waste of space or everything she was told. There are many sexist as*hole trolls in the comments that deserve being reported and cut-off. Most of her comments were nothing in comparison. It's been a very hard year for everyone, people are lonely and some say dumb things. 😢 Please try to be kind. 🐕🐈
AA Matty 4 years ago
I am pretty libertarian/conservative and my deepest wish is for payroll taxes to be eliminated and for Amazon/Jeff Bezos to be the one to make up the difference, since his wealth increased substantially during 2020. Jeff Bezos through the Washington Post, has encouraged the rioting (different from the protests) which burns down the small businesses that serve as potential competiors and the lockdown, which kept these small businesses closed for months. He also didn't have to follow the same business and tax laws that the brick and mortar had to follow, thereby being able to under selling places like Sears. Then he had nerve to ask for public donations. Screw him.
Pauline Bennett 4 years ago (edited)
Labor laws or not humanity should reign supreme when you are running a business.
Ronnie Beaton 4 years ago
As a temp worker, I've been in and out of Amazon's GLA1 facility in Gourock, Scotland, practically since day one. Applied for full time permanent twice, and got turned down for no good reason I could ever determine. I could probably write a book about the things I've seen and heard over the years.
Freya the Wanderer 4 years ago
Then write it! Such a book would probably do well.
Load More Replies... Chris DiFonso 4 years ago
This is the kind of inhuman, horrible stuff about which Charles Dickens wrote
Yvette Desmarais 4 years ago
How do we deluge Bezos with these and let him know we are quitting Amazon?
CatWoman312 4 years ago
Why don’t they do a walk out strike? Hit greedy Bezos on the wallet, he’ll cave. Why is he allowed to be so wealthy? Tbh sometimes I feel like all of us should come together and storm his mansion. He’s only rich thanks to us anyway.
K.Kobayashi 4 years ago
Because they aren't unionized, duh. They'd just fire the employees who are "on strike" and hire new people to replace them.
Load More Replies... Wajdan Majeed 3 years ago
“Leaderships Principles” My job can be done by house pet, at no stage during the interview they said you are going to work from home, but you are basically doing the job of a call centre employee with the added “benefit” of face-to-face meeting with Amazon customers, so I thought if I prove to Amazon how good I am I can move to better things quickly…. OMG I spotted a mistake and went ahead to correct it and proposed the correction in a project to my manger, he encouraged me at first and was very happy, I thought I was going to be fast tracked to success. He went under the radar for few days, when he came back my project become his idea and him with one other team manager snatched my project and presented it as theirs, they then started a psychological war against me, nothing I did was right, my work metrics was 100% until the time I handed them the project, and the first draft. Amazon UK is controlled from Dublin, and they are a true MAFIA. I complained to HR, one manger disappeared an
John Doe AKA "READ MY DAMN COMMENT OR REPLY BEFORE YOU DISLIKE!" 4 years ago
I swear, throughout history, almost everyone with money or power never. F*****g. LEARNS!!!
AnimalMetalHeadUK 4 years ago
This is why I haven't bought anything off Amazon for nearly a year now, I may look there to find what I want and then go elsewhere, I can't give them any more money, F**K Bezos.
Tracy Costa 4 years ago
I went from ordering everything from Amazon to not ordering from them at all because of how they treat their workers. While I have to wait a week sometimes for a package, what surprised me is that I found better prices and better quality elsewhere. You don't always realize who you're buying from and I would get junk that would fall apart because it was a knock off spatula or something.
Arenite 4 years ago
Re: Christian Smalls. They forgot to mention that emails from Amazon lawyers were found with them suggesting the slander him, call him "threatening and intimidating" (because, yes, he is a black man), say he is either stupid and uneducated or some kind of union mastermind who is looking to turn the US communist.
Amt Wonderland 4 years ago
I will always buy from Amazon. No one is forcing these people to work there. It is not forced labour. They are free to quit at any time!
Parmeisan 4 years ago
Oh my god people, stop saying your job is worse. It is not helpful. Unless these conditions are explicitly part of the employment agreement (e.g. being asked to do overtime on short notice or doing lengthy shifts regularly) and there is compensation for it, then it's bad - it's bad for you and it's bad for Amazon employees, we don't need to argue about who has it worse it's just BAD.
Hollie Newton 4 years ago
I worked there for a year I came out of it depressed exhausted and with no dignity. I mean working nights was a toll as is but it got to the point where I spent more time in bed than with my family. Not to mention you could get times where it's one night off so you work all night then you have to decide between staying up 24hrs or sleeping on your day off to then sleep all night too to then go back to work the next night. I HATED the shift patterns I can start at 10/11pm maybe even 12pm but a 1am start when I don't drive is ridiculous. Lastly the agency always overbooked so the amount of times I just came home because they had too many staff
Ashley 4 years ago
I worked there for 10 days. Day 6 I started getting txt msgs every day saying someone there was diagnosed with Covid. They would tell you to keep 6ft apart then yell at you because you weren't going fast enough when pulling. My back was also killing me from a car accident I was in.
Lemon Bailey 4 years ago
This bunch of whiny babies should appreciate the fact that they have a job that starts at $15 an hour. All the claims of abuse are BS. Every generation before the privileged brats came along has worked for less and under much harsher conditions. Amazon has created 800K jobs. In most countries on the planet they would kiss Bezo's feet to have 800K jobs in their country. Also if this is the extent of your ambitions then blame yourself not the guy who worked 20 hrs a day for years building Amazon. Bezo's created an empire with a web page and grit. Now 20+ years later everyone wants to criticize him for being ambitious, creative, hard working, diligent and the list goes on. Everyone here bitching has the same opportunity. Jobs, Gates, Zucky and a long long list of ambitious people have also achieved their wealth by doing all the s**t work in the beginning. Don't ever forget that. Now stop your whining and make a choice and then live with it.
⚞ Katniss Everdeen ⚟ 4 years ago
Yeah, and 15 dollars now is worth a lot less than 15 dollars 20 years ago. And excuse me for wanting to eat food and have a roof over my head without suffering serious health detriments.
Load More Replies... F. H. 4 years ago
No, there aren't. If you have to work on a base level in a warehouse, chances are you either have no job training and higher education or are trained in a job that's not needed at the moment. Then there are no other jobs.
Load More Replies... AA Matty 4 years ago
Its a free country, if you ignore the fact that most business deemed "non-essential" were closed for months on end, and in many states you are required by law to wear a mask in business establishments and there are strict rules governing how business can dictate themselves. People couldn't even go to loved once funerals. I guess not as free as it was before. Many small business have now closed for good and it will take years for the economy to bounce back. Not like these people can quit and go work as a waiter.
Load More Replies... Raine Soo 4 years ago
The issue is not whether or not Wonky Eye is providing jobs, but of his pitiful treatment of his employees, who are essential to Amazon.
Load More Replies... WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago
It sure is mad what you are saying. Did you really think this through? What you're saying is: "I don't understand why people aren't killing each other at Amazon. At least they have a reason to kill co-workers that are suffering the same inhumane working conditions." Please don't procreate.
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