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>> The former Amazon employee, a US Air Force veteran, requested anonymity for fear of professional repercussions....I was an area manager, inside a new facilit

>> The former Amazon employee, a US Air Force veteran, requested anonymity for fear of professional repercussions....I was an area manager, inside a new facility that had about 1,000 associates. I oversaw the packers, managing about 55 associates. My salary was $80,000...I said I wouldn’t accept anything less, since I had a master’s. Oh yeah, anonymous. People want their packages the next day or before Christmas. Amazon is paying them overtime and more for Black Friday. I mean this is the job, like a job that requires you start at 12am. Tiring sure, but weigh the pros and cons and make a decision. Amazon has no problems finding workers, or else they'd pay $30 an hour

rchaud 8y ago
> Amazon has no problems finding workers, or else they'd pay $30 an hour. There isn't a market solution for every problem. Labor rights abuses are rampant in apparel manufacturing. Are those problems "not serious" enough because people continue to pursue employment there?
- defertoreptar 8y ago
  Don't you fault the country's laws and enforcement of laws for that? USA has strict labor laws surrounding child labor for example. If Amazon is doing things legally, and we're not happy, then we need to be upset with Congress, if anyone.
- onetimemanytime 8y ago
  OK, fine. Here I have a job to clean my pub's bathroom. It's a messy job as anyone can guess. Should the person hired drag my name on social media because it was smelly, messy etc after he agreed to take the job for the agreed fee? Hard jobs exists, but people get compensated for the long hours, hard work, smell or whatever. what is your solution, should Amazon shut down, pay them more or what? Kids want their packages before 12/24
stcredzero 8y ago
I mean this is the job, like a job that requires you start at 12am. I had a temp job like that once. Two twelve hour shifts starting at midnight. I feel asleep at the wheel in the middle of the day on the 2nd day. I lucked out and didn't hit anything, woke up to put my foot on the brakes and rolled to a stop in a parking lot.

rchaud 8y ago

> Amazon has no problems finding workers, or else they'd pay $30 an hour. There isn't a market solution for every problem. Labor rights abuses are rampant in apparel manufacturing. Are those problems "not serious" enough because people continue to pursue employment there?

defertoreptar 8y ago
Don't you fault the country's laws and enforcement of laws for that? USA has strict labor laws surrounding child labor for example. If Amazon is doing things legally, and we're not happy, then we need to be upset with Congress, if anyone.
onetimemanytime 8y ago
OK, fine. Here I have a job to clean my pub's bathroom. It's a messy job as anyone can guess. Should the person hired drag my name on social media because it was smelly, messy etc after he agreed to take the job for the agreed fee? Hard jobs exists, but people get compensated for the long hours, hard work, smell or whatever. what is your solution, should Amazon shut down, pay them more or what? Kids want their packages before 12/24

stcredzero 8y ago

I mean this is the job, like a job that requires you start at 12am. I had a temp job like that once. Two twelve hour shifts starting at midnight. I feel asleep at the wheel in the middle of the day on the 2nd day. I lucked out and didn't hit anything, woke up to put my foot on the brakes and rolled to a stop in a parking lot.