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The working conditions as described are appalling.

by fish55 11y ago

hga 11y ago
How so? Most people in the US need to exercise more, right? A very large fraction need to lose weight. We weren't exactly designed to sit all day in a chair, were we? I believe these bits from Amazon: However, the company said it provides prospective employees with extensive information, including a video, so they understand the physically taxing nature of the work. “IT’S GOING TO BE HARD,” one brochure warns. “You will be on your FEET the entire shift and walking upwards of 12 MILES per shift. (yeah, that's really far!) ... YOU WILL HAVE TO: LIFT, BEND, SQUAT, REACH & MOVE (there are no sit-down positions.) DON'T BE AFRAID; YOU CAN DO IT.” A former supervisor at Jeff’s warehouse described the safety culture as “very, very methodical,” with “exceptionally high standards.” Amazon, she said, required Amcare to call 911 in certain situations even when there was no obvious emergency —say, if a worker's blood pressure reached a certain level. Still, she said, some workers were clearly unprepared for the pace. “We had people who were bookkeepers or laid-off accountants or other desk-type jobs,” the supervisor said. “We tried to be very, very upfront. ... I said, ‘You are going to hurt after the first week. ... You are going to crawl into bed and pray you can get out in the morning.’” And I believe that some people are just not going to be up to the requirements, and others, apparently including this poor fellow, are going to die like the student athletes we read about every once in a while.
- kafkaesq 11y ago
  Most people in the US need to exercise more, right? Go try their challenging "workout" for a few weeks, and report back to us. At that point you can tell us if it feels like "exercise."
- locopati 11y ago
  This is the very reason the US has workplace rights that were fought for by unions. The weekend, forty-hour weeks, vacation, sick leave - unions fought hard for every benefit. Without regulation and oversight, companies will gravitate towards just this kind of disregard for their employees in the name of profit. Unions have their own set of problems, but given one group that's allied with protecting employees and another group that's allied with profit, I'll pick the one on the side of the employees every time because the alternative benefits a much smaller group.

The working conditions as described are appalling.

by fish55 11y ago

The working conditions as described are appalling.

hga 11y ago

How so? Most people in the US need to exercise more, right? A very large fraction need to lose weight. We weren't exactly designed to sit all day in a chair, were we? I believe these bits from Amazon: However, the company said it provides prospective employees with extensive information, including a video, so they understand the physically taxing nature of the work. “IT’S GOING TO BE HARD,” one brochure warns. “You will be on your FEET the entire shift and walking upwards of 12 MILES per shift. (yeah, that's really far!) ... YOU WILL HAVE TO: LIFT, BEND, SQUAT, REACH & MOVE (there are no sit-down positions.) DON'T BE AFRAID; YOU CAN DO IT.” A former supervisor at Jeff’s warehouse described the safety culture as “very, very methodical,” with “exceptionally high standards.” Amazon, she said, required Amcare to call 911 in certain situations even when there was no obvious emergency —say, if a worker's blood pressure reached a certain level. Still, she said, some workers were clearly unprepared for the pace. “We had people who were bookkeepers or laid-off accountants or other desk-type jobs,” the supervisor said. “We tried to be very, very upfront. ... I said, ‘You are going to hurt after the first week. ... You are going to crawl into bed and pray you can get out in the morning.’” And I believe that some people are just not going to be up to the requirements, and others, apparently including this poor fellow, are going to die like the student athletes we read about every once in a while.

kafkaesq 11y ago
Most people in the US need to exercise more, right? Go try their challenging "workout" for a few weeks, and report back to us. At that point you can tell us if it feels like "exercise."
locopati 11y ago
This is the very reason the US has workplace rights that were fought for by unions. The weekend, forty-hour weeks, vacation, sick leave - unions fought hard for every benefit. Without regulation and oversight, companies will gravitate towards just this kind of disregard for their employees in the name of profit. Unions have their own set of problems, but given one group that's allied with protecting employees and another group that's allied with profit, I'll pick the one on the side of the employees every time because the alternative benefits a much smaller group.