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I work for staffing agencies at I like it. Please do not assume everyone wants a traditional 9-5 job.
by StressedDev 2y ago
I work for staffing agencies at I like it. Please do not assume everyone wants a traditional 9-5 job.
- ghaff 2y 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 2y 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 2y 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_ 2y 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 2y agoWorking through a staffing agency or not and working "a traditional 9–5 job" or not are two totally separate subjects.