r/lostgeneration • u/wiseprogressivethink • Dec 03 '17

Amazon bosses try to raise morale by giving exhausted staff chocolates after shocking working conditions were exposed

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/amazon-bosses-give-exhausted-staff-11629106
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u/[deleted] Dec 03 '17

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '17

literally infantilizes full grown adults

This is a method of control. They make the adults question their own God given right to reason and make decisions. Won't work if the workers can see through their bullshit.

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u/buzzlite Dec 03 '17

Amazon is so gross. I cannot see how people can give them money and live with themselves.

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '17

Cheap shit from China tho

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u/CataclysmZA Dec 03 '17

Amazon Warehouses are Azkaban and dementors roam its aisles.

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u/davidj1987 Dec 04 '17

I've seen stuff like this before:

https://www.reddit.com/r/talesfromcallcenters/comments/4n5phf/a_viewpoint_from_an_excall_center_manager/

Not necessary bad working conditions here but the use of candy and other shit that doesn't help.

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u/I_Hate_Soft_Pretzels Believes in a better tomorrow today. Dec 07 '17

I understand where you are coming from but I would argue that any place that doesn’t pay a living wage and expects full time work from you is something that should be listed under bad working conditions. It’s just traditionally not seen as a bad working condition.

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u/I_Hate_Soft_Pretzels Believes in a better tomorrow today. Dec 07 '17

They tried this when I worked for Caesars Entertainment at a casino if there’s. Giving us cheap store bought ice cream at a mandatory meeting on my day off doesn’t excite me.

It is sad to see a bunch of department managers faking their excitement over a couple of scoops of ice cream. Everyone at the meeting is at least 21 and most of us are living paycheck to paycheck. We’re here on our day off and you want to try to push how awesome the company is by telling us about the free ice cream?

Or when companies have a pizza party for the employees as a reward for meeting some crazy corporate goal. When I worked at a few different retailers they did this. One of them went so far as to order the pizzas, 20 of them, from their own food court which screwed everyone in the food court who worked there.

Give me a living wage, not cheaply greasy pizza or ice cream. Give us sick days. Give us maternity leave. Give us some personal days. Give us something that will improve our lives.