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All of which pay way more than $15/hour (median $27/hour for the crane operator, $21/hour for the trucker). There's nothing wrong with difficult working conditi
by elil17 6y ago
All of which pay way more than $15/hour (median $27/hour for the crane operator, $21/hour for the trucker). There's nothing wrong with difficult working conditions - some jobs require it.
But when you see a job where the conditions are really horrible (for no reason, I might add - it's not like a warehouse worker taking a bathroom break puts an expensive piece of equipment on pause like a crane operator would) but the pay is incredibly low, that seems like a sign that the employer is using exploitative practices.
- eptcyka 6y agoFor a community like HN, where a significant part of people do work that can be mostly done from bed, I'd just like to make clear that higher pay would still not make it OK to not have an unlimited amount of bathroom breaks for jobs where there are no real physical limitations that would necessitate such limitations.
- throwawaysea 6y ago$15/hour is the minimum at Amazon not the median - from the news articles I've read, they also do this for temporary/seasonal/part time workers, not just for full time workers. You’re drawing a false comparison. Also is there any evidence that conditions are “really horrible”? Lots of people love working at Amazon warehouses - it pays well for unskilled labor and includes benefits. How do you know the complaints aren’t just from a small number of workers who are bad at their job and feel the time crunch, while most might be getting along fine? I feel like there isn’t available data to say either way - all we have are anecdotes that are being amplified in social media.