superchunk said:
Are you referring to temporary employees in fulfillment centers or other employees in tech, etc? The requirements for a fulfillment center are drastically different for the rest of the company. Additionally, the conditions in Amazon FCs are not much different, maybe higher scale, than other large retailers. Its really just the nature of the beast to be as efficient as possible to keep up with sales and customer expectations. As for the tech environment, that's BS. Amazon has to compete with other high-tech companies such as Facebook, Google, Apple, Microsoft, etc for the same top-talent. If work conditions where 'slavery' then no one would stay with the company. Its not like Amazon pays much more for the same positions as these other companies. Fact is, it is actually very rare an SDE has to work more than a typical work week for that region and if they do then it is because they decided it was something they enjoy or wanted. The company is very diligent at protecting an employee's work/life balance. |
All reports show that warehouse work for Amazon, in all circumstances is a low-paying, fragile job with next to no job guarantee or workers protection. Many people who're employed there come from shops Amazon destroyed with their presence, wich is ironic in a very dark way.
I avaoid buying from Amazon as much as I can and I implore everyone to do the same.
