Amazon delivery drivers 'urinate in bottles to keep to schedule delivering 200 parcels a day', whistleblowers claim | The Independent
[–] Tsilent_Tsunami 1 point 2 points 3 points (+3|-1) ago
WTF is up with people who hate their job, but still work there. These people don't even work for amazon. They work for a delivery service that contracts with Amazon. Amazon also ships through UPS, USPS, and a ton of other companies.
It's pretty obviously a tactic to try to gain an advantage through the media as "the poor victims". Fire them so they can go find a job that makes them happy.
[–] shitstartercarter 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Did the whole amazon thing for a while and it is true. When I would get into work there would be six large tubs of boxes and a few small hampers of smaller packages. It's a ton for just one person, 10-12 hour days were a regular thing and speeding was almost always being done. Also peeing in a bottle very true.
[–] brightfuture4Merica [S] 1 point 0 points 1 point (+1|-1) ago (edited ago)
Beyond these problems the delivery drivers have they've had problems in the past where they would force their workers to go so hard without brakes they would commonly pass out in the high heat conditions of their warehouses during the hot summer months
[–] edistojim 1 point 1 point 2 points (+2|-1) ago
Forces? Like with chains and whips?
Bullshit. They supply water and break times. If you can't work under those conditions as many do, find another job. A company can't force a worker to do anything. As far as their wage, its legal, the pay is what the market will demand and you don't need an MBA to pack a fucking box. If this were the case, Amazon would have lawsuits running out of their ass.
[–] patriot_biz 1 point -1 points 0 points (+0|-1) ago
Found the Republican.
[–] TauCeti ago (edited ago)
It's true. Amazon actually hired ambulances to stand by and deal with employees who collapsed because there wasn't the least amount of air conditioning in the warehouses (save for the office employees).