For anyone who has worked in a warehouse
Brings back memories... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9m7d07k22A
It's amazing how many programs roll out from Seattle that are seemingly from someone that has rarely, if ever, set foot in a delivery station.
Yeah... super balanced look at Amazon. John Oliver can pay his personal assistant to pickup his artisanal wine and deliver it in an hour. A single mother of 3 working two jobs OTOH appreciates Amazons customer obsession so she can 1-click diapers delivered to her door Please remember, unless you are a coastal elitist like him, John Oliver despises you. He’ll gladly ruin the good paying jobs of 99.99% of Amazon associates in the name of the 0.01% gripers. He does NOT want to see folks working hard, earning a good wage, and moving up the ladder. He wants to see everyone beholden to the government and unions for their livelihood. And he as the media elite has ultimate influences over both
The fuck are you on exactly?
People who work in big box retail stores walk many miles a day too but moving boxes around is much easier than dealing with customers. It's not like the TV boxes at Best Buy are light. This whole show is really for some middling 105 IQ audience that thinks they're smart. I doubt the quotas are designed such that an employee can't go to the bathroom. If a ten minute bathroom break is the difference between meeting expected performance and not, performance was probably too low to begin with.
So you don't really know if worker conditions are bad in warehouses, but are defending Amazon's position anyways?
I don't see how any of this is surprising - Amazon as a profit driven company is going to squeeze every last ounce of productivity they can out of their workers. If this means discouraging use of the bathroom or burning out their employees they will do it. As long as the employees don't organize there is absolutely nothing they can do about it when someone else will take their place.
Spend some time in the warehouse. Anyone who hasn’t is completely ignorant about what makes Amazons retail business go.
Packages just don't look the same after you've worked in a warehouse. You become aware of what goes into getting those boxes to your doorstep.
...which is why anyone working in e-commerce needs to work in a warehouse/distribution center, if only for a short period. Understanding the processes and systems can only help in decision-making when designing or rolling out projects, changes and supply chain strategies.
This. Understanding how a fulfillment center operates can be beneficial for decision-making in e-commerce. If possible, companies should have employees spend time at a warehouse and learn the systems there.