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Did you quit an amazon corporate position or a warehouse position? I'm sure the two are very very different so I would be impressed if you left the corporate po

by ct0 7y ago

Did you quit an amazon corporate position or a warehouse position? I'm sure the two are very very different so I would be impressed if you left the corporate position because of warehouse chatter. More recently I have been considering applying to a corporate position but would hate to feel the same way in a couple of years there.

jrockway 7y ago
I am guessing that the warehouse workers don't read "seattle-chatter" mailing lists or have lunch-area coffee to complain about.
- pardavis 7y ago
  Actually, pretty much every Amazon FC (at least in North America) has free coffee machines in the breakrooms. Some FCs have really bad coffee, but it is there and it is free. It used to cost money at some sites (to pay for the vending machine) but based on associate feedback it is now broad policy to be free. I work in a corp office where the coffee is far worse than many FCs I've been to.
- krapp 7y ago
  >I am guessing that the warehouse workers don't read "seattle-chatter" mailing lists or have lunch-area coffee to complain about. They do at least get the coffee, and it's awful as expected.
claudeganon 7y ago
While it’s always a difficult moral quandary to sort out the ethics of a given employer, there are plenty of opportunities in the software world that won’t make you complicit in treating working class people the way that Amazon does: https://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/19/inside-amazons-very-hot-warehouse/ https://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/19/inside-amazons-ver... https://nypost.com/2018/04/16/amazon-warehouse-workers-pee-into-bottles-to-avoid-wasting-time-undercover-investigator/ https://nypost.com/2018/04/16/amazon-warehouse-workers-pee-i... https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/25/18516004/amazon-warehouse-fulfillment-centers-productivity-firing-terminations https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/25/18516004/amazon-warehouse... https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/amazon-used-neo-nazi-guards-to-keep-immigrant-workforce-under-control-in-germany-8495843.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/amazon-used-... https://www.ft.com/content/b0c22a35-f553-39ec-8b89-d5986d02bfdd https://www.ft.com/content/b0c22a35-f553-39ec-8b89-d5986d02b...

by ct0 7y ago

jrockway 7y ago

I am guessing that the warehouse workers don't read "seattle-chatter" mailing lists or have lunch-area coffee to complain about.

pardavis 7y ago
Actually, pretty much every Amazon FC (at least in North America) has free coffee machines in the breakrooms. Some FCs have really bad coffee, but it is there and it is free. It used to cost money at some sites (to pay for the vending machine) but based on associate feedback it is now broad policy to be free. I work in a corp office where the coffee is far worse than many FCs I've been to.
krapp 7y ago
>I am guessing that the warehouse workers don't read "seattle-chatter" mailing lists or have lunch-area coffee to complain about. They do at least get the coffee, and it's awful as expected.

claudeganon 7y ago

While it’s always a difficult moral quandary to sort out the ethics of a given employer, there are plenty of opportunities in the software world that won’t make you complicit in treating working class people the way that Amazon does: https://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/19/inside-amazons-very-hot-warehouse/ https://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/19/inside-amazons-ver... https://nypost.com/2018/04/16/amazon-warehouse-workers-pee-into-bottles-to-avoid-wasting-time-undercover-investigator/ https://nypost.com/2018/04/16/amazon-warehouse-workers-pee-i... https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/25/18516004/amazon-warehouse-fulfillment-centers-productivity-firing-terminations https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/25/18516004/amazon-warehouse... https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/amazon-used-neo-nazi-guards-to-keep-immigrant-workforce-under-control-in-germany-8495843.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/amazon-used-... https://www.ft.com/content/b0c22a35-f553-39ec-8b89-d5986d02bfdd https://www.ft.com/content/b0c22a35-f553-39ec-8b89-d5986d02b...