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The Walmart distribution center built around where I grew up was not known as a hub of shit jobs. It was a source of envy. Amazon warehouse worker pay, in con
by cxr 3y ago
The Walmart distribution center built around where I grew up was not known as a hub of shit jobs. It was a source of envy. Amazon warehouse worker pay, in contrast, lags behind Walmart by several dollars per hour and offset several years. And that's assuming you're actually hired by the company directly, rather indirectly as a second class worker brought in through the timeless scam involving contractors employed by staffing agencies.
- StressedDev 3y agoI work for staffing agencies at I like it. Please do not assume everyone wants a traditional 9-5 job.
- ghaff 3y agoTotal anecdote but had the opportunity to chat at length with an Amazon warehouse worker (in the UK) over the holidays. They said it’s hard work but they got various perks, decent pay, they didn’t even want to be a supervisor which they had been offered, and liked it. Would I want the job? Hell no. But this is an intelligent person who is doing this because they have no other option.
- kevin_thibedeau 3y agoThe UK has social safety nets that Americans don't get when they have a job. Amazon isn't allowed to play the same game in countries with worker protections.
- ghaff 3y agoI can certainly believe there are issues for Amazon workers in the US that don’t apply in the UK to the same degree. Although Amazon does seem to have various heath insurance plans for US workers. I assume workers have to pay some amount in as is the case with most jobs, including white collar ones, in the US.
- _DeadFred_ 3y agoAmazon management has to routinely come up with contingency plans after having burnt through/burned out the local available workforce. I have never heard of any other company ROUTINELY has that issue.
- cxr 3y agoWorking through a staffing agency or not and working "a traditional 9–5 job" or not are two totally separate subjects.
- tootie 3y agoDidn't Walmart get caught locking people inside their facilities? https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna4146540 https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna4146540
- cxr 3y agoWhat's your point? Because _my_ point is that if you think about Walmart and however bad you know (or heard) that it is, Amazon is worse than that.