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Sure, I can't tell you about white collar folks pissing in bottles, I may have exaggerated there. But in healthcare (for nurses, therapists, aides) its quite p

Sure, I can't tell you about white collar folks pissing in bottles, I may have exaggerated there. But in healthcare (for nurses, therapists, aides) its quite prevalent that people don't drink/eat enough at work nor do they take proscribed breaks because productivity standards are so high. Look I'm not saying its right or fair or good. I'm simply pointing out that its not unique to Amazon.

marsrover 8y ago
Not eating or drinking enough is a whole different ballgame than pissing in a bottle.
- creep 8y ago
  You're right: not eating and drinking enough is damaging to your long-term health and well-being, while pissing in a bottle damages your pride.
  - Spooky23 8y ago
    Nope. Pissing in a bottle is a signal that older workers who lack the ability and women who lack the anatomy not welcome.
  - billmalarky 8y ago
    >not eating and drinking enough is damaging to your long-term health and well-being, while pissing in a bottle damages your pride. You're forgetting the end game here where employees simply consume less water in order to have less bathroom breaks. Constant dehydration is quite damaging to ones longterm health.
hajile 8y ago
Quite true (especially for CNA, techs, etc). I worked that job for a while in my late teens. Never take breaks, clock out for lunch then go back to work. Finish your 12.5 hour shift, but have to spend a bit more time off the clock finalizing everything and handing off to the next person. All that said, it's apples and oranges. Healthcare is that way because the government regulates and pays. They'll basically tell a nursing home that they have to take care of a person and then tell that same facility how much they will be paid. Government regulation of facility standards and market costs dictate that part of the equation. The only part that can be flexed is the worker, so the workers are stiffed and mistreated to make the budget balance. This is not the case with Amazon. They don't have a government dictating all the rules forcing the workers into bad situations. They simply do it to profit off their worker's misery.

marsrover 8y ago

Not eating or drinking enough is a whole different ballgame than pissing in a bottle.

creep 8y ago
You're right: not eating and drinking enough is damaging to your long-term health and well-being, while pissing in a bottle damages your pride.
- Spooky23 8y ago
  Nope. Pissing in a bottle is a signal that older workers who lack the ability and women who lack the anatomy not welcome.
- billmalarky 8y ago
  >not eating and drinking enough is damaging to your long-term health and well-being, while pissing in a bottle damages your pride. You're forgetting the end game here where employees simply consume less water in order to have less bathroom breaks. Constant dehydration is quite damaging to ones longterm health.

hajile 8y ago

Quite true (especially for CNA, techs, etc). I worked that job for a while in my late teens. Never take breaks, clock out for lunch then go back to work. Finish your 12.5 hour shift, but have to spend a bit more time off the clock finalizing everything and handing off to the next person. All that said, it's apples and oranges. Healthcare is that way because the government regulates and pays. They'll basically tell a nursing home that they have to take care of a person and then tell that same facility how much they will be paid. Government regulation of facility standards and market costs dictate that part of the equation. The only part that can be flexed is the worker, so the workers are stiffed and mistreated to make the budget balance. This is not the case with Amazon. They don't have a government dictating all the rules forcing the workers into bad situations. They simply do it to profit off their worker's misery.