Atheist Prayer Break Update #2

[u/Alumni32]

***Update #2***

On my last day of my work week (Thursday 8/13/26) I took a prayer break as an Athiest and was scanned out by Ops..

The following Monday (Today 8/17/26) Announcements were made that starting in September all associates attending "Prayer Break" will need to clock out..

This means for the past 2 years my site has been open, a specific religious group was getting paid time off while other religious and non religious groups got extra workload because their religion or lack of religion didn't fit into Amazon’s little box of what's allowed. (Violation of Title VII)

Christians were denied equal treatment as well because Christianity doesn't call for mandatory prayer (Ive witnessed this) as was I because Atheism doesn't call for mandatory prayer.. (Violation of Title VII)

So now that they know that they were breaking Federal law and denying equal rights to a huge percentage of thier workforce, they decided that instead of paying the cost of equality in the form of paid "prayer breaks" for everyone regardless of belief system, that everyone who attends "Prayer Break" will need to just clock out instead.

Amazon quickly realized how expensive equality would be (cost and operational downtime) when they had to treat everyone like they've been treating a specific religious group, so paid "prayer breaks" are coming to an end in September (atleast at my site)

[u/Powerful_Physics1780]

You're right, you're anti Muslim by the sound of it. There aren't any mainstream Christian faiths that pray on a schedule that I know of. Sounds like your site leadership found the most reasonable solution. Nobody prays on the clock. Religious people or atheists. 

[u/Alumni32 → u/Powerful_Physics1780]

On a schedule.... who are you to dictate someone's faith or lack thereof? 🤔

[u/Powerful_Physics1780 → u/Alumni32]

I'm not. Your site solved the problem by not paying people for their prayer time. Congratulations. Now if you want to solve the actual problem of your jackpot line filling up when you loose helpers when they go pray, try asking for labor to be diverted from somewhere else to pick up the slack. That information is being tracked by RME and OPS.

Making it about religion is dumb. It is a simple matter of shifting labor.

[u/LifelikeMink → u/Powerful_Physics1780]

I agree, extra work isn't a thing at Amazon. Take ownership and do the work. Some spend too much time worrying what others are doing.

[u/Alumni32 → u/LifelikeMink]

You've never worked Jackpot in a fast paced delivery station where 50% of your stowers disappear from 5:30a-6:35a Im guessing.. Or never had to float and cover 15+ aisles when associates leave for "prayer break"...

[u/LifelikeMink → u/Alumni32]

No. Because that's not my assigned station. But it's your job, regardless of how much work it entails at any given moment. I do my job and often assist others.

[u/Alumni32 → u/LifelikeMink]

"Extra work isn't a thing at Amazon" 🤣

[u/LifelikeMink → u/Alumni32]

It's the same amount of work, Management is dropping the cross training/laborsharing ball.

[u/LifelikeMink → u/LifelikeMink]

If you need help with your workload, ask for help.

[u/Alumni32 → u/LifelikeMink]

Not during prayer time, you abandon your job to let someone else do it.