Having been a seasonal employee on several occasions, this article does a good job of portraying the casual attitude large companies seem to take with expendibl

Having been a seasonal employee on several occasions, this article does a good job of portraying the casual attitude large companies seem to take with expendible labor forces. I've seen it first-hand even in smaller situations (ex: an indie movie theater for summer staffing), and while most were a bit better organized (better forms, personalised off-site testing), it's still pretty understandable. If Amazon isn't sympathetic to the transportation plight of the workers, I don't think I can fault them - that's pretty common for most jobs in my experience. It's definitely a personal thing, but after all sorts of job roles, I'd probably think the quiet, repetitve tasks and 'timing' aspect of the hourly job actually kind of okay. Gives me time in my head without having to make small talk. Or deal with bad customers. I guess what I'm saying is that I'd still rather take the Amazon job than one where I had to work directly with customers in service or retail. Especially if said customers trend toward elderly...sure, moving boxes in a hurry can be stressful, but I'd prefer that to trying to explain/sell to a confused, sometimes impatiently angry monied elderly person, because boxes lack emotional outbursts.