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I am worried about this: Long hours means stress and stress means susceptibility to illness. And besides the first-order problem of these workers getting sick,

by glup 7y ago

I am worried about this: Long hours means stress and stress means susceptibility to illness. And besides the first-order problem of these workers getting sick, I really don't think we want to take down an increasingly important part of the supply chain for tons of people.

Tepix 7y ago
Which is why they are trying to hire an additional 100,000 people.
ajross 7y ago
How about we celebrate them as the heroes they are and get our government to help out where needed? Ditto, frankly, for gig economy saviors running around delivering for GrubHub et. al. There's no reason these need to be subsistence level trash jobs. If we really care, now is the time to fix that at the regulatory level.
dumbfounder 7y ago
Think of all the people that are worried about getting food and other necessities? My family is in quarantine and we couldn't get Peapod to come for a week so we ordered some emergency food on Amazon and then were able to get Whole Foods delivery (after a lot of trying) to come say day. Now I can sleep better at night until we start running out again. It's all a balancing act, but I am very thankful that Amazon is still out there delivering to the masses. I think it would be a much worse situation without them.
- Moru 7y ago
  Here in Sweden we have food delivery from most stores since a long time. Mostly meant for older people but becoming mainstream lately. But now private people started announcing free help with shopping on Facebook and similar. Just came home from helping a neighbour with shopping. We can manage just fine without amazon if we just help each other now and then.
  - TulliusCicero 7y ago
    > we can manage JUST FINE without Amazon, simply by using other retailers I mean, okay? You know groceries and other goods at other shops also require workers to work, right? You could replace "Amazon" with any other grocery delivery company, works the same.
    - dumbfounder 7y ago
      We ordered Peapod but the first availability was one week out. We were able to get Amazon to deliver Whole Foods within a few hours. Yes, we can substitute any retailer for Amazon, but people like to pick on Amazon much more than other retailers, so I felt the need to back them because they continue to execute at a high level even now.
      - TulliusCicero 7y ago
        I was responding to the other guy, who seemed to be bragging about being able to avoid Amazon, through the power of using other retailers who also need workers, as if this was some grand accomplishment.
- iso1210 7y ago
  Nothing to do with amazon. We've had supermarket delivery in the UK for nearly 2 decades (Ocado started in April 2000), and all supermarkets deliver to almost the entire country.
  - vonmoltke 7y ago
    Peapod is supermarket delivery. Those services are completely overwhelmed in my area. To be fair, though, so is Amazon Fresh.
ksk 7y ago
>I am worried about this: Long hours means stress and stress means susceptibility to illness. Is this a 0.1% chance or a 90% chance? One matters, the other doesn't :)

by glup 7y ago

Tepix 7y ago

Which is why they are trying to hire an additional 100,000 people.

ajross 7y ago

How about we celebrate them as the heroes they are and get our government to help out where needed? Ditto, frankly, for gig economy saviors running around delivering for GrubHub et. al. There's no reason these need to be subsistence level trash jobs. If we really care, now is the time to fix that at the regulatory level.

dumbfounder 7y ago

Think of all the people that are worried about getting food and other necessities? My family is in quarantine and we couldn't get Peapod to come for a week so we ordered some emergency food on Amazon and then were able to get Whole Foods delivery (after a lot of trying) to come say day. Now I can sleep better at night until we start running out again. It's all a balancing act, but I am very thankful that Amazon is still out there delivering to the masses. I think it would be a much worse situation without them.

Moru 7y ago
Here in Sweden we have food delivery from most stores since a long time. Mostly meant for older people but becoming mainstream lately. But now private people started announcing free help with shopping on Facebook and similar. Just came home from helping a neighbour with shopping. We can manage just fine without amazon if we just help each other now and then.
- TulliusCicero 7y ago
  > we can manage JUST FINE without Amazon, simply by using other retailers I mean, okay? You know groceries and other goods at other shops also require workers to work, right? You could replace "Amazon" with any other grocery delivery company, works the same.
  - dumbfounder 7y ago
    We ordered Peapod but the first availability was one week out. We were able to get Amazon to deliver Whole Foods within a few hours. Yes, we can substitute any retailer for Amazon, but people like to pick on Amazon much more than other retailers, so I felt the need to back them because they continue to execute at a high level even now.
    - TulliusCicero 7y ago
      I was responding to the other guy, who seemed to be bragging about being able to avoid Amazon, through the power of using other retailers who also need workers, as if this was some grand accomplishment.
iso1210 7y ago
Nothing to do with amazon. We've had supermarket delivery in the UK for nearly 2 decades (Ocado started in April 2000), and all supermarkets deliver to almost the entire country.
- vonmoltke 7y ago
  Peapod is supermarket delivery. Those services are completely overwhelmed in my area. To be fair, though, so is Amazon Fresh.

ksk 7y ago

>I am worried about this: Long hours means stress and stress means susceptibility to illness. Is this a 0.1% chance or a 90% chance? One matters, the other doesn't :)