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Twitter Users Get Suspicious Over Many Tweets From Amazon Employees That Promote Their Working Conditions

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Amazon enlisted an army of fulfillment-center employees to write positive comments about working in its warehouses on social media. They are called “FC Ambassadors.” The company claims that real people are behind these accounts, however, people think there’s something fishy about them. Pointing out the “robotic” and “scripted” language, many believe that Amazon is using these “workers” to defend its reputation.

FC in Amazon-terms stands for Fulfillment Center—the largest warehouses in the company’s logistics network. Many of them clock in at around 1 million square feet. When you hear furious workers talk about peeing in bottles because they’re unable to walk to the bathroom, these are usually the facilities they have in mind.

Someone recently pointed out that tweets from Amazon FC Ambassadors seem fishy

Twitter Users Get Suspicious Over Many Tweets From Amazon Employees That Promote Their Working Conditions

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Twitter Users Get Suspicious Over Many Tweets From Amazon Employees That Promote Their Working Conditions

Twitter Users Get Suspicious Over Many Tweets From Amazon Employees That Promote Their Working Conditions

Twitter Users Get Suspicious Over Many Tweets From Amazon Employees That Promote Their Working Conditions

Twitter Users Get Suspicious Over Many Tweets From Amazon Employees That Promote Their Working Conditions

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“FC ambassadors are employees who work in our FCs and share facts based on personal experience,” Amazon told Bored Panda. “It’s important that we do a good job educating people about the actual environment inside our fulfillment centers, and the FC ambassador program is a big part of that along with the FC tours we provide. This year alone, more than 100,000 guests have come to see for themselves what it’s like to work inside one of our FCs. If you haven’t visited, I recommend it.”

Twitter Users Get Suspicious Over Many Tweets From Amazon Employees That Promote Their Working Conditions

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Twitter Users Get Suspicious Over Many Tweets From Amazon Employees That Promote Their Working Conditions

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Twitter Users Get Suspicious Over Many Tweets From Amazon Employees That Promote Their Working Conditions

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There have been times when the only ones who liked FC Ambassadors’ tweets were Amazon executives

Twitter Users Get Suspicious Over Many Tweets From Amazon Employees That Promote Their Working Conditions

Twitter Users Get Suspicious Over Many Tweets From Amazon Employees That Promote Their Working Conditions

Twitter Users Get Suspicious Over Many Tweets From Amazon Employees That Promote Their Working Conditions

Twitter Users Get Suspicious Over Many Tweets From Amazon Employees That Promote Their Working Conditions

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Twitter Users Get Suspicious Over Many Tweets From Amazon Employees That Promote Their Working Conditions

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Twitter Users Get Suspicious Over Many Tweets From Amazon Employees That Promote Their Working Conditions

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Twitter Users Get Suspicious Over Many Tweets From Amazon Employees That Promote Their Working Conditions

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Twitter Users Get Suspicious Over Many Tweets From Amazon Employees That Promote Their Working Conditions

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Twitter Users Get Suspicious Over Many Tweets From Amazon Employees That Promote Their Working Conditions

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Twitter Users Get Suspicious Over Many Tweets From Amazon Employees That Promote Their Working Conditions

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Keep in mind that when ‘Rafael’ was asked a question

Twitter Users Get Suspicious Over Many Tweets From Amazon Employees That Promote Their Working Conditions

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‘Audra’ responded

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And this commenter was quick to point out what happened

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Here’s what others said about all of this

Twitter Users Get Suspicious Over Many Tweets From Amazon Employees That Promote Their Working Conditions

Twitter Users Get Suspicious Over Many Tweets From Amazon Employees That Promote Their Working Conditions

Twitter Users Get Suspicious Over Many Tweets From Amazon Employees That Promote Their Working Conditions

Twitter Users Get Suspicious Over Many Tweets From Amazon Employees That Promote Their Working Conditions

Twitter Users Get Suspicious Over Many Tweets From Amazon Employees That Promote Their Working Conditions

Twitter Users Get Suspicious Over Many Tweets From Amazon Employees That Promote Their Working Conditions

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Twitter Users Get Suspicious Over Many Tweets From Amazon Employees That Promote Their Working Conditions

Twitter Users Get Suspicious Over Many Tweets From Amazon Employees That Promote Their Working Conditions

Twitter Users Get Suspicious Over Many Tweets From Amazon Employees That Promote Their Working Conditions

Twitter Users Get Suspicious Over Many Tweets From Amazon Employees That Promote Their Working Conditions

However, Amazon also noted that, “some of the accounts involved in this news cycle are spoof accounts; they aren’t a part of the FC Ambassador program.”

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Rokas Laurinavičius

Rokas is a writer at Bored Panda with a BA in Communication. After working for a sculptor, he fell in love with visual storytelling and enjoys covering everything from TV shows (any Sopranos fans out there?) to photography. Throughout his years in Bored Panda, over 300 million people have read the posts he's written, which is probably more than he could count to.

Rokas is a writer at Bored Panda with a BA in Communication. After working for a sculptor, he fell in love with visual storytelling and enjoys covering everything from TV shows (any Sopranos fans out there?) to photography. Throughout his years in Bored Panda, over 300 million people have read the posts he's written, which is probably more than he could count to.

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Bobert Robertson 5 years ago

I work in a distribution center for another company. Every time we hire new employees we get at least half a dozen applicants who come from amazon. Each and every one of them say they are leaving amazon because it has caused them emotional hardships, and is not a good place to be employed

43points

Samhhain Cat 5 years ago

But I was told "everything is fine"!

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Liana Seath 5 years ago

I really don't get why they can't just treat their employees better? It would save them a lot of time and humiliation instead of doing stupid things like this sh*t show.

31points

Janine B. 5 years ago

Yeah but this way saves them a lot more money. Guess which one is more important.

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anarkzie 5 years ago

I say this only half jokingly, it's cheaper to send a bunch of tweets.

6points

person (i think) 5 years ago

because shareholders deserve money more than the people doing actual work, duh.

2points

AP 5 years ago

Well, that's the problem. They CAN treat their employees better. They just don't. It's cheaper.

1point

Perry Swift 5 years ago

We really live in a dystopian hell-hole don't we?

24points

earringnut 5 years ago

I live in the US. I can't speak for anyone else at the very least this nation is dystopian-esque. I'm staying here in hope of making a difference.

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Bobert Robertson 5 years ago

I work in a distribution center for another company. Every time we hire new employees we get at least half a dozen applicants who come from amazon. Each and every one of them say they are leaving amazon because it has caused them emotional hardships, and is not a good place to be employed

43points

Samhhain Cat 5 years ago

But I was told "everything is fine"!

3points

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Liana Seath 5 years ago

I really don't get why they can't just treat their employees better? It would save them a lot of time and humiliation instead of doing stupid things like this sh*t show.

31points

Janine B. 5 years ago

Yeah but this way saves them a lot more money. Guess which one is more important.

21points

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anarkzie 5 years ago

I say this only half jokingly, it's cheaper to send a bunch of tweets.

6points

person (i think) 5 years ago

because shareholders deserve money more than the people doing actual work, duh.

2points

AP 5 years ago

Well, that's the problem. They CAN treat their employees better. They just don't. It's cheaper.

1point

Perry Swift 5 years ago

We really live in a dystopian hell-hole don't we?

24points

earringnut 5 years ago

I live in the US. I can't speak for anyone else at the very least this nation is dystopian-esque. I'm staying here in hope of making a difference.

7points

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