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"Your lunchtime is exactly 29 minutes. You are fired on the spot if you take a 31 minute lunch as that messes with the planning capabilities of the system." Th
by Intermernet 12y ago
"Your lunchtime is exactly 29 minutes. You are fired on the spot if you take a 31 minute lunch as that messes with the planning capabilities of the system."
This is meant to describe "a large shipping warehouse in the US ... (think Amazon)" logistics system. Is this actually in any meaningful way true? If so, I'm disgusted, naive and disappointed.
- goodmachine 12y agoAbusive work practices and tax avoidance are complementary pillars of the model. What a world we live in. http://www.motherjones.com/print/161491 http://www.motherjones.com/print/161491 See also http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/dec/01/week-amazon-insider-feature-treatment-employees-work http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/dec/01/week-amazo...
- Intermernet 12y agoThanks for the links. It's always somewhat gratifying to find my cynicism well-placed. But depressing all the same... Is there a word for that? Something like "Schadenfreude", but including yourself in the suffering, and taking the "joy" as some form of second-rate consolation?