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It's not even the culture, it's 100% intentional. Everyone up to Jeff Bezos is fully aware of all of this and makes the decision to maintain these conditions in

by cultus 7y ago

It's not even the culture, it's 100% intentional. Everyone up to Jeff Bezos is fully aware of all of this and makes the decision to maintain these conditions in order to slightly raise profits. Fulfillment center employees also searched for theft after their shift every day. Not only is this dehumanizing, but they don't hire enough security people. This results in 20+ minute lines. The employees are unpaid while waiting. There was a lawsuit about this that went all the way to the Supreme Court, and Amazon won.

BuckRogers 7y ago
In that case the results should be one hour worth of wages should be deducted from every government employee’s paycheck including the Supreme Courts Justices until private market employees are paid for their time standing in line at the end of the day. If working at Amazon means your time is free for corporations, then it should apply to everyone until it’s fixed.
erikpukinskis 7y ago
Wow, I had to look it up, but this is all true. I guess companies can hold you on premises as long as they like without pay, so long as you’re not working. Strange. I’m not totally sure what it is about waiting in a security line that makes it “not working”. Supposedly cleaning chemicals from the plant off your body does count as work. But participating in a workplace compliance process like a security line is not work. But I assume the screeners are getting paid? I guess it’s because screening is part of their job description. I guess I’d have to read the opinions to find out where that line is. It’s not obvious to me. “Am I free to go” would seem like a more obvious line... although then the chemical showers wouldn’t be billable. Since you’re free to leave dirty. I can see the legal dilemma. All of this isn’t really any constitutional issue though, it’s just federal employment regulations. So good regulators in the executive could fix it.
- krapp 7y ago
  >Strange. I’m not totally sure what it is about waiting in a security line that makes it “not working”. They've already clocked out, but not yet left the premises. Technically speaking, they're choosing to wait in the security line on their own free time.
  - erikpukinskis 7y ago
    They aren’t choosing.

by cultus 7y ago

BuckRogers 7y ago

In that case the results should be one hour worth of wages should be deducted from every government employee’s paycheck including the Supreme Courts Justices until private market employees are paid for their time standing in line at the end of the day. If working at Amazon means your time is free for corporations, then it should apply to everyone until it’s fixed.

erikpukinskis 7y ago

Wow, I had to look it up, but this is all true. I guess companies can hold you on premises as long as they like without pay, so long as you’re not working. Strange. I’m not totally sure what it is about waiting in a security line that makes it “not working”. Supposedly cleaning chemicals from the plant off your body does count as work. But participating in a workplace compliance process like a security line is not work. But I assume the screeners are getting paid? I guess it’s because screening is part of their job description. I guess I’d have to read the opinions to find out where that line is. It’s not obvious to me. “Am I free to go” would seem like a more obvious line... although then the chemical showers wouldn’t be billable. Since you’re free to leave dirty. I can see the legal dilemma. All of this isn’t really any constitutional issue though, it’s just federal employment regulations. So good regulators in the executive could fix it.

krapp 7y ago
>Strange. I’m not totally sure what it is about waiting in a security line that makes it “not working”. They've already clocked out, but not yet left the premises. Technically speaking, they're choosing to wait in the security line on their own free time.
- erikpukinskis 7y ago
  They aren’t choosing.