Sure, lots of it is automated. There has to be a fantastic level of automation to achieve that 1 minute per order. Amazon is one of the most brutally efficient

Sure, lots of it is automated. There has to be a fantastic level of automation to achieve that 1 minute per order. Amazon is one of the most brutally efficient operations in world history. We read every week about workers afraid to take bathroom breaks, and according to the article here workers seem too busy to notice their coworkers dropping dead of heart attacks. The sentiment of us here at our keyboards saying "wow, I can't believe it takes more than 30 seconds to put my order in a box" seems really wrong.