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> many commercials lately about how great it is to work for Amazon. South Park had a realistic vision on how it is to work at Amazon Fulfillment Center https
by type0 4y ago
> many commercials lately about how great it is to work for Amazon.
South Park had a realistic vision on how it is to work at Amazon Fulfillment Center
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yO9VRtrTJwc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yO9VRtrTJwc
- lisper 4y agoWow, that was really poignant.
- philsnow 4y agoI dunno, it seemed fairly rosy. They could have twisted the knife quite a bit more: there were a couple 3-second interactions where people are buying things [0][1], if they had been denominated in "hours of service" rather than USD, with the Company knowing what their hours balance was, and having the balance tick down and go negative... that would have been dark. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yO9VRtrTJwc#t=1m26s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yO9VRtrTJwc#t=1m26s [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yO9VRtrTJwc#t=2m5s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yO9VRtrTJwc#t=2m5s
- lisper 4y agoYes, it was understated. Given SP's general trend of exaggerating things to extremes I thought that made it all the more emotionally impactful. It was like: if we exaggerated this reality, it would not be funny, it would be unwatchable.