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Looks like new people quit right away. I wonder if they have a ramp up time to allow their new associates body's to adapt to the very physical demands of the j

Looks like new people quit right away. I wonder if they have a ramp up time to allow their new associates body's to adapt to the very physical demands of the job. Same as you don´ t start hiking 20 miles a day, you need to start small and let your body adapt over a few weeks.

wincy 5y ago
They don’t. My friend weighs North of 300 pounds. He dropped 25 of it his first month working at Amazon in the warehouse.
- bergie 5y ago
  Maybe they should advertise that as a feature. "Two days of Package Gym per month included in your Prime membership"
  - saahityae 5y ago
    The executives should definitely look at this for inspiration https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkNxvUrWQ_Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkNxvUrWQ_Q
Frost1x 5y ago
Short of further machine automation, I wouldn't be surprised to see Amazon start promoting fitness programs in public middle- and high-schools: more gyms, lifting, running, etc. "Welcome to the new national Amazon gym program! Upon completion and after graduation, you'll have a guaranteed interview and job opportunity waiting for you at Amazon!" Leverage all the existing tax payer subsidized time, staff, materials in public schools. Furnish a few facilities with new equipment for publicity and image. They could even rustle up a few scholarships in a national competition to get kids interested and it would be a nominal fee for a physically fit workforce ready to sprint around warehouses and urinate/defecate in small containers.