if you hear a worker say "I don't earn enough to feed my children, I'm going to ask my boss for a raise" notify management immediately so they can make him disappear
This is actually insane. The longer this video goes on, the crazier it gets. Suspicious activity literally includes hanging out in the break room after work and talking about living wage. Holy moly...
The truth is that people don't deal with scabs the way that we used to, I'm a quaker and one of those core principles is anti-violence but.... at this point, bring back what happened in the 20s.
@@A-Warthog-cc1wm lots of people unquestioningly obey authority at corporate jobs, it's weird. Especially when they're middle aged. Like how have you lived this long being that naive without wandering out into traffic or something?
I've noticed regardless of age that some are disillusioned to prove their loyalty over decades believing they may move up, when instead of promoting from within, every time corporate instead hires management positions from the outside yet the same bootlickers believe they just need more time to climb the corporate ladder.@@bushdid91195
@Seljak Magnum his workers didn't payed for it, he paid for the workers. If you don't like the job leave it, stay at home, stop crying. Bussiness have full right to operate. Workers have full right to leave.
@@AntiFurryJihad paying less taxes, busting unions and funding politicans that are puppets of the bourgeoisie isn’t a right for business, it is pure evil and greed.
We have shifted from belonging to the owners of land to the owners of factory, but now our situation isnt even godgiven, now were the reason were poor.
Personally I don't understand what the problem is. Does amazon owe you a job? No, they merely owe you the conditions of the work contract you signed. Don't like the conditions? Find another job
@@KnownNiche1999 The problem is that there is no fair exchange under capitalism. Every single job you take is exploitative and alienating. You are forced to agree to these conditions because you don't own the means of production. If you don't agree, you will live on the street and literally starve or get to enjoy prison
Amazon: "We're not Anti-Union." Also Amazon: "UNIONS ARE BAD FOR EVERYONE!!! REPORT YOUR FELLOW EMPLOYEES FOR EVEN THE VAGUEST SIGNS OF ORGANISATION!!!"
You work at Amazon because you are useless and replaceable. Union has no place in a place like that. If you think you deserve higher standards go somewhere else, if you can't, stop complaining.
“Warning signs of unionization”according to Amazon: -wanting a living wage -having any grievance -when you stop being friends with someone -when you make new friends -avoiding the boss before they ask you to work unpaid overtime -hanging out with coworkers after work -standing up for your coworkers -having a bad day
- taking one down - singing a sad song just to turn it around - saying you don't know - telling them don't lie - working at a smile then going for a ride
--breathing --talking --smiling --not smiling --using the toilet (EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DO NOT ALLOW THIS) --wanting enough money to pay the rent --liking cats instead of dogs --having a university degree (COULD HAVE TALKED WITH PHILOSOPHY STUDENTS) --having lived and or worked abroad (THEY KNOW THAT WE LET THEM USE THE TOILETS THERE)
> notices another worker says "grievance" > i was trained for this > i run to the hrm > i twist my ankle jumping over my piss bottles > i struggle to limp through the warehouse as the other workers have to push me over so the make their times. > i fall over from heat exhaustion because the hvac has never worked > finally at the hrm > i get fired before i can report the red scourge
TLDR: We like to make money and pay people and acceptable wage instead of being forced to fire everyone and move due to making no profit. Then everyone makes $0.00 an hour.
@@2K-Tan bazos makes about $80bill an hour, no one is being forced to pay them so little, its just the most profitable . They get regulations or a union then that will impact the shareholders, not the workers.
@@legomanrob bezos is an asshole but he's good at what he does He earns the company more money than he gets paid, so of course it is worth it to keep him
@@SiisKolkytEuroo my point is that decent pay for workers is more important than giving the shareholders billions. Bazos is a greedy bastard who shouldn't take so much. But also, and this isnt my main point but since you brought it up, lets assume that he does earn the company more than the $80000 hes payed. 1. Does he bring in more than the billions of dollars in shares that im guessing you forgot to account for. 2. Why do you need him specifically, surely someone else would be able to do just as good at a lower price.
I can’t believe a multi-billion dollar company makes “training” videos in the same software as those kids who make those grounded videos with children TV show characters.
"Caillou, how dare you mention living wages in an Amazon warehouse. You are grounded for 19747722380328341484 years. Go to your room right now." -Jeff Pezos I think
“If you hear workers using words like ‘Living Wage,’ ‘Unable To Pay Rent,’ ‘Please Stop Whipping Me’ or ‘They Held My Kids At Gunpoint,’ report them to your manager.”
Oh it's supposed to be illegal in the US. We just don't prosecute it how we should, because the companies are the ones filling the pockets of our politicians.
@@EpicGamer-fl7fn Yes, I guess there are many workarounds. But I have a feeling that in the USA (compared to Europe) companies have a more hostile attitude on workers' unions and anything challenging capitalism.
"we are not anti union" "we do not believe unions are in the best interest of our shareholders, customers, or associates" who is this supposed to convince?
Well I don't think they are lying about the union(s) not being in the best interest of the ownership and shareholders. The customers will pay the price if the cost rise. Associates can only get gains so well all this suggest a conflict of interest.
@@donaldlyons17 amazon is extremely, extremely obviously anti-union and actively union busts regularly. Not only can this be seen from their actions, but if you review their internal documentation it indicates amazon is anti-union in every way short of stating as much explicitly
@@norikofu509 This might be the first time in the history of the Internet where someone correctly identified something as “Literally 1984” Perhaps the species is not quite doomed…
you wanna know whats dystopian, idiots like you who have never worked a day in their fucking life taking union buzz words at face value, terms like "living wage" is something unions use to trick workers into joining them, where they then make workers do what the union wants or charge them thousands of dollars, they literally make workers go on strike without pay for months and if they try and go back to work they get charged by the union, unions are evil
@@Hawokkiif you are working a full 40 hours a week anywhere while a company substantially profits off your labor it should be enough to cover your essential living expenses. Why is that ridiculous? Because they aren't forced to work there? Maybe in a perfect world yes. But there are plenty of circumstances where a person may have no choice due to the consequences being too dire to pay should they leave. Their job prospects may not be as lucrative as others and when you apply to an entry level position there is usually 100+ other candidates applying for the same position. Even if you set all of that aside, Amazon has more than enough money to give hundreds of thousands of its employees a wage increase rather than spending over a billion on a shitty tv series.
@@bloop1980 If you are uneducated on how a business works, then what you say might make sense. However, that's not how it works. You don't simply dig into your profits as a multibillion dollar company and give it to your employees for no reason. You have to go through countless amounts of shareholders and the board in order to make that decision and you need to justify the loss of billions of dollars to give more money to people who are easily replaceable and have 0 skills or knowledge. If it was THAT BAD, people wouldn't be lining up to work for amazon, in which case Amazon may have a genuine reason to increase pay if people stopped working for them. "Living expenses" is an incredibly vague term. Realistically, all that is is food, shelter and clothes. It's not your phone or internet. It's not weekends out with your friends. In today's world, if you end up in a situation where you are FORCED due to your circumstances to work for amazon, you 100% brought that on yourself with your bad choices and now you face the consequences. The consequences of increasing pay of Amazon workers will be faced by the people, not the company. Firstly, working for Amazon will become more lucrative and therefore more competitive. People who are unable to get a different job due to not being educated enough or having any skills, may be forced out of their job by more skilled and educated people who otherwise wouldn't work for Amazon by getting better pay elsewhere. Secondly, the price of goods and services through Amazon will be increased due to the increased cost of logistics. You will pay for that, not the company. This will open the door for competitors who may undercut Amazon and steal all the customers, tanking their profits and causing layoffs. This is not to say that Amazon isn't providing an increase in wage every year. They are catching up with inflation rates, but overall the value of money is going down and the cost of living is going up and there's nothing Amazon can do to stop this. This issue is caused by the government. Two things can happen to curb this. Either you lower your living standards, or Amazon increases your pay. How about instead of expecting someone to fix your problems for you, you start taking care of your own problems. Welcome to the real world.
@@bloop1980 The fact that your life sucks is YOUR problem, not mine The rest of us are doing fine and don't expect our bosses to be our new mommys lmao
@@ghg789987 overtime is only terrible if you're salary because it's not overtime. My work actually schedules salary dudes to work later than hourly guys because of this.
I saw someone say it was like $13 an hour, that’s a pretty livable wage here, although based on what a lot of people said their working conditions are pretty terrible
@@dfig2569 funny enough amazon is barely at the STARTING pay of the post office for clerk work. if you carry mail for a union you will make nearly 70k a year (after 13 years + 2 for ccas if they still have them) You're only working for amazon because either A. you dont know what you're looking for in a job, or B. you have no other good choices.
@@andy_182 So what, getting into a friendly conversation with someone on the job is "fooling around". Just because you can't multitask doesn't others also can't.
Probably not in Wal-Mart's specific case. What Wal-Mart does has a lot more effect on what Amazon does than random companies like...Panera Bread or Michael Kors. The Wal-Marts of the world are who Amazon tries to stay 1 step ahead of so improvements there will actually push Amazon to try to stay in front of them becuase that's who they're competing with for employees and business. @@sandekv
If you aren't for the union then yes report it. Most of the time, these unions bully others into joining them. It's pathetic tht people can't comprehend this
The fact that protecting the shareholders was a part of almost every point they made about why their anti union should be all you need to know to be in favor of them
If people own stock they have no interest in unions either. Companies pay dividends and do buy backs in part by skipping unions and other expenses. And a few companies also have stock options too.
@@young-salt While that makes sense to me the catch is this..... When people buy stocks they are trying to buy a part of a section of the company in exchange for the shares. And the original idea behind stocks was people were buying part of the company broken up into multiple small pieces...... I don't have any opinion on the betting idea but that is the reason why I think the law gives shareholders and owners almost complete control.
@@ValDominator LOL right? Unions garuntee no one will ever be able to challenge Amazon, its like a swimming competition with an anvil around your waste, youre finished
@@Dre2Dee2 you really think unions are the foremost reason amazon has a monopoly? Nobody's ever catching up, no matter how little they pay their workers. In this age, nobody has the ability to establish themselves as a name brand
I reported co-workers before when they tried unionizing at the place I worked. I got preferential treatment from that point on and management trusted me a lot more. Just do your work and go home. If you don't like it than quit.
Squre and the award for the most blindly privileged phrase goes to: “if you don’t like it just quit” Yeah I guess I can just quit. Who needs food right? I don’t need job security to pay rent or anything I can just leave when my boss abuses me! Worker abuse isn’t a problem anymore, we can all just starve! You being proud of supporting unfair work conditions and making people lose their incomes is just sick, wtf is wrong with you.
Squre that’s like saying “if you don’t like this country then leave” like bruh do you even realize how hard that is? Most people who work there can’t afford to work anywhere else and are unlikely to find jobs elsewhere
Wrath_ Of_Thrawn I love how you referred to him as it. Tbh tho if it actually did report its coworkers to management for unionizing then it does definitely deserve to be referred to as it 😂
Let's be honest here. "Recognizing union activity" is an anti union phrase. If we were to make a video training people how to spot union busting. Everything in this "we aren't anti-union" video would be a red flag.
yeah what the guy said, it's clearly anti-union in fact it's explicitly about union busting, how stupid are you to say "yeah this is a red flag" like holy shit
@@nvelsen1975 Are you responding to me? 'cause if so, no. The main difference here is that people who give out guides on how to spot an abuser don't lie and say they're "not anti-abuser". Furthermore, how is that censoring free-speech? It could be slander/libel, perhaps, but I don't think a generalized "how to spot an abuser" guide would be targeting one person specifically. And if it weren't, it wouldn't be either of those things. It also wouldn't be an incitement of violence, so I don't see how you'd censor it. Or perhaps I misunderstood, and you mean that the abuser in question is being censored? If so, I have no idea how.
Hello, my best friend's work is to dub those things for an agency so I can speak on his behalf and absolutely assure you that everyone of his colleagues jokes HEAVILY about those videos, even his manager is inside the WhatsApp group. He constantly sends me the most absolutely unhinged shit, but still those videos are perfectly legal
@@_TheDoctor he studied acting for years and graduated at a very good academy, he told me the companies behind these videos have a very high demand for voice actors and basically employ 80% of those how don't make enough money with just regular acting/voice acting because every time a law changes a crapton of those videos need to be updated to conform to the new criteria
This is like a creative writing assignment where the prompt was to design the most cartoonishly evil workplace training video ever, and somebody did it all in horrifyingly accurate corpospeak. Jesus this whole thing is crazy.
The whole execution of this video is so bare-bones, so cheap. They couldn't even bother to pay someone more than the bare minimum to make a video about something they clearly care about.
@Commissar Kitchen "If someone you know is thinking of Unionising, they may be a communist. Report them to your local law enforcement immediately for reconditioning."
It's always been like this and will always be this way, Americans are cushioned to the real world, everything is done in the dark so they don't realize it.... Videos like these are nothing new. Fallout made it a joke but in actuality it is reality.
@@drakecarter1780 "not sure why you expect a living wage for chopping some wood, not sure why you expect a living wage for driving a car" so what people working simple jobs can just starve to death?
@@kontan2504 This was recorded before AI voiceover work became common. Ironically, the voice actor in this is probably part of the SAG-AFTRA union and was paid a union rate for recording this 😂💀
They’re so desperate to call them “associates”, “technicians”, or even “employees”. Anything other than “WORKERS”, a word which directly addresses the fact that they do the work rather than those that keep them in line
The use of the term associate is to remind the worker that the company is happy to let them go at any time and the company sees the work as without rights
I immediately uninstalled the app and haven't looked at Amazon since seeing this video. I knew that their employees were treated poorly at Amazon for a while, but this is truely conserning for every workers future
Remember, if you hear an associate using Union associated words like “Rent, Bills, Starvation, Hunger, or Medical Bills” please report them to your manager. When an associate starts talking about their supposed discontent in their weekly generous Amazon Benefit Package, and uses misleading and overly dramatic words like “hunger” you can be sure that they’re a Union Shill. We are NOT Anti Union, we’re pro quiet exploitation!
@@nickpavia9021found the corporate shill lol. Nah man, got it twisted. Customer obsession = let’s make our app, buying experience, and shipping as addictive as possible…..
It means they value their money. Do you seriously think Amazon gives a piss about their customers or shareholders? Their end game is always about maximizing profit and that is true of any billion dollar corporation.
Notice how they say "associates" instead of "workers". That's a trend I've seen in my country with online food ordering companies in my country. They want to make you believe that you're at the same level as a multinational company that you can negotiate with, rather than being subordinated to a company that sees you as barely more than breathing machinery. Saying that "you're an associate who works *with* us" is way different than saying that "you're a worker who works *for* us". They want to hide the imbalance of power so you don't think you're being exploited.
If people make new friends, union. If they aren't friends anymore, union. If they interact in any way that is not for the main purpose of making money to the company, union. I mean, change union for communist and you're basically acting like the Gestapo
@ImperativeGames literally. This what Nazi Germany or Stalins USSR wished they could be. It's fucked up when you can't even speak your mind without fear of someone listening in and reporting you , and potentially losing your job over an opinion.
It's not LIKE creepy propaganda. It IS creepy propaganda. Talking to people you don't normally talk to is suspicious? So being amicable and having the ability to make friends is a warning sign? Truly evil minds came up with this.
@@travisvanzant2498 In what job have you had where talking to people you don't normally interact with in the course of your work was cause for reporting such activity to management? Such dehumanizing work environments clearly exist. Do you think this is okay?
@@brainmind4070 Hi. I think Mr. Van Zant was sarcastically opining that this kind of corporate mentality is widespread, entrenched and insidious such that, if one has had most any (though not all) jobs, you've likely seen this sort of thing in the workplace in some shape or form already. So, we shouldn't act surprised.
@@stephenjones8928 I'm well aware of how widespread it is. That it is so widespread should make you more outraged. If it were just one company, you could just laugh it off.
@@peromiestiloesunico I have a high paying career. Plus I dont work for Amazon. Lol hell I used to work outside in construction so I know how hard the struggle is. You probably dont even get off your lazy ass.
@@peromiestiloesunico why would I tell you anything of that? I work for passione and my boss is diavlo we work in the shadows and also I'm about to get fired by G.E.R.
“Our business model is exploitative and has no regard for employee wellbeing. We prioritise profit over our employees ” is what they should’ve said according to my opinion.
it's EXACTLY what they said but thru just enough legal jargon they won't get held accountable most likely "we aren't anti-union, we just think they aren't in the best interest of our share holders" says it all. they're not trying to union-bust, no, they're simply "working for the interest of their investors" they weren't trying to HIDE what they were doing to the employees, bc the employees can't DO anything
And that's absolutely fine. Because of they start caring about employees, then costs will rise, prices will rise, and you the consumer will shift to a competitor in an instant. Do you eat cheap food more or expensive food more? Why not eat every meal organic? Support farmers fighting the good fight. Why not go to a Michelin star restaurant every time you go out? They treat their employees well. Fuck this anti establishment bullshit. You're all just missing some basic econ classes. It's the consumer that dictates the market. Pay for shit you want with your wallet, not your RUclips comments
Fun fact: It is illegal for your boss to not let you talk about your wages, that is, it is only illegal if the owners of the company are poor enough apparently.
I love how this video literally insinuates that if you're interested in the idea of a union, you are a bad worker and should be reported for it. Also, "living wage" being a union phrase... no buddy, I think that's called a basic human right phrase. These people don't hide their contempt do they?
Why do you mention "basic human rights"? These things are for: Embryos (after child's born, you can do anything), Those who already can buy an army, Terrorists, Those who dislike human rights, Animals
It could scare people away from any union-related speech let alone actually starting a union, though. North Korea and USSR controlled very minor and vague speech and minor activities to squash any antigovernmental organizing before it had a chance to involve more people.
@@barbarapitenthusiast7103 " Its not the workers unionizing but the borguesie' Dude, the USSR and DPRK crushed anything that was a threat to them, EVEN WORKERS tho to be fair that was after lenin died, only people that consirped aginest him was monopoly men.
@@elevatedmeance6807 "even workers" if workers side with the borguesie and act as their puppets they Will be treated the same way as the borguesie. Class traitors do not desetve pitty or mercy.
Walmart does this same stuff, the learning module was due once per year when I worked there. The management of Walmart also will confront you seriously if they even hear the word "union" even if you were talking about a family reunion which is unrelated. They are absolutely insane and cult-like.
I can only imagine a hyper paranoid Walmart manager branding a shiv made of discount signs ready to hold it up to the throat of anyone who says the word "union", employee or not. Also, the local law enforcement are in on it (they get free food for them and their immediate family members), so he doesn't get arrested for threatening to gut the unlucky customers who say the forbidden word.
You are not kidding about it being cult like. There were litterally framed pictures of Sam Walton in litterally every backroom. All with "motivational" quotes like *"teamwork, that's the secret."* No Sam, the "secret" was being successful already and getting enough venture capital funding to blitzkrieg every town in America and undercut Mom and pop shops.
@@OctopusWhoSeesAll I've worked there. We literally, twice a day, had an employee meeting that started with a chant. "Give me a W!" "W!" and you spread your arms out to form a W. Then A. Then L. Then "Give me a squiggly!" "Squiggly!" and you would have to wiggle your body. Then the rest of the name letter by letter. Managers would call you out if you didn't participate I used my IBS as an excuse a lot. It would _oddly_ always seem to trigger before the meeting, and not finish until it was long over
@@Icalasari yes! mine did it too, kind of like a pep assembly. I assume they have to add some zazz to the soul sucking lifeless environment, but it was too surreal. Working at Walmart is like a fever dream.
@@pique3124 this is something people don't understand. You are getting paid the value you create for the company. If the govt artifically makes companies raise the wages without the workers creating more value, companies are not going to tank the loss: they will just not adjust your wage to inflation, meaning, you will be paid less in the long run than you should be had these stupid laws not been passed. You should ask yourself instead why does your salary isn't worth shit? Everything is overpriced because of taxation and subsidies, add on top of it that 75% of your taxes are going to welfare parasites who create no value yet they have the same voice than you to vote themselves more welfare when politicians offers it to them, and the 25% remaining is being wasted by govt contractors by managing stuff that should be private to begin with. It's a self fulfilling prophecy, create a bigger govt and it will be more and more expensive, and then some socialist idiot will shout ''see guys? This is why we need govt handouts and min wage laws''. Bernie Sanders is a moron, there is no such thing as a free lunch, someone else is paying for it, and that someone (middle class) doesn't have unlimited money. See venezuela for a more complete example.
"We do not believe unions are in the best interest of our customers, our shareholders, or most importantly our associates." I can't help but notice... their workers are conspicuously left out of that list.
Im pretty sure associates can be used to say workers But i do agree that I wonder why they phrased it that way? Considering Unions usually are a good thing for workers..
Be fair to the shareholders. They only buy one yacht. Per year. If Amazon had to treat their workers like humans instead of robots, the shareholders would only be able to get an 80-foot yearly yacht, rather than their normal 82-footer.
@@Arkinnian And the fact is, the shareholders earned their money fairly, so why should they have to give any of it up to help the rest of society. It's not like they need the rest of society in order to continue to live like they do...
@@Arkinnian Successful shareholders deserve their yachts, workers deserve their living wages. Both can be true when it comes to amazon, these dudes at the top of amazon are closer to stacking 100 yachts per year in their bank account...
"We're not anti-union, but look out for the WARNING SIGNS of forming a UNION, like discussing a LIVING WAGE. Make sure to REPORT THESE WARNINGS up to us so we can QUELL ANY CHANCE OF IT SUCCEEDING."
@@nvelsen1975 without worker organization how is a worker supposed to negotiate? They have no power to disrupt as an individual, they'll just be let go. I'm sure there have been many bad unions but that doesn't mean that the very concept of worker organization is bad, and a lot of what you're saying is just straight up regurgitated anti-union propaganda
@@nvelsen1975Oh hang on there, you're anti-union? Are you fucking high? The boomers killed the unions in the 80s. We barely have any at all. What has happened since then? Wages have not kept up with either productivity or the costs of living. You're a lying piece of shit.
@@nvelsen1975 Have you even been paying attention to the news lately?? The writers guild just had a huge win for their strike and they expect the actors union (SagAftra I think? Idek how it’s spelled 😭) to meet a deal soon, the Railroad unions were striking earlier this year and although they didn’t get everything they wanted, in the end they did meet some of their demands. And the UAW is striking right now, too. Plus there’s talks of a healthcare strike. This is a huge year for the labor movement in the US, and most everyone striking is happy to be there because they have group negotiating power and know that their jobs are protected and safe while they’re on strike. I couldn’t imagine trying to “negotiate” with my employer on my own, I’d expect some type of retaliation from them and have experienced this in the past. I WISH I could join a US Union, unfortunately I don’t have the luxury
@davidgreen3001 oh, what a nice person you seem to be, lmao! And surely you're super qualified and work an awesome job with decent pay, lots of free time and you're all-around happy with your life, which is why you feel the need to beat down exploited workers on the internet! 🙃
Be aware of any of your fellow worker drones taking an interest in their wellbeing and rights - this could be a sign that they are inflicted with the union curse. Be sure to report anyone who appears to be social or content, as these are early symptoms. Remember, we want the best outcome for you (i.e. willing submission to the frontal lobotomy program)
I worked at Wal-Mart and they had a similar kind of video. I was just looking around like, is anybody buying this crap? One of their actual arguments was that if you're unionized, you have to pay union fees. Yes, we have to pay union fees out of our hourly pay which has doubled because we're in a union. It's unbelievable the lies they tell.
@@ryanwillingham "dystopian" is the best way to describe this, this is brain washing to max, they are trying to tell you that "you are an object that can be replaced but we won't if you decide to summit your life to us" it's actually crazy.
At my job the higher your position is the less work you’re expected to do. For example a warehouse associate is expected to work at a steady pace all day, no sitting down. while a warehouse manager and even assistant manager are permitted to be on their asses all day because they are the only ones allowed to scan items for inventory.
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“We’re not anti-union”
(Less than a minute later)
“If you see warning signs of employee organisation please report it immediately”
Where I come from snitches get stitches
This video gives off strong "Happy O' Mondays" vibes, except it's only funny in Spongebob.
living wage being a union word is crazy
@@raptorprime1831until automation makes Union obsolete.
Unrelated, but cuptoast pfp spotted :3
Living Wage is a union word?? What the hell?
Didn't expect you here.
Bro, asking to escape poverty is just rude. Don't you know that Jeff Bezos has got giant space dicks to build?
It is! Thats why unions are an important organ of the working class.
Not very professional from Amazon isn’t it?
Now we can destroy Amazon.
if you hear a worker say "I don't earn enough to feed my children, I'm going to ask my boss for a raise" notify management immediately so they can make him disappear
If there were slightly less laws in America that would actually happen knowing how these corporations are.
They photoshop you out of the pictures and everything
in to the metaverse or vr chat?
@@foppypoof5195
Before all those pesky laws came to be they got around to bombing West Virginian coal miners with mustard gas.
@@foppypoof5195
In fact, those laws exist because that’s exactly what the corporations used to do
"We're not anti-union. By the way, if you hear coworkers talking about 'living wages' or 'representation' please notify us immediately."
WORK HARDER SLAVES
Government union how they doing
"dont speak up for another employee" is just wild lol, The level of psychology in this video is baffling.
man they didnt even say that they straight up said they are anti-union and do not see it in the best interest of the workers
“Eh, I live a simple life so it’s a fine living wage for me”
[REPORTED]
This video got dramatically dark when "living wage" was labeled as a warning phrase that a union is getting organized.
/Grievance/.
You aren't supposed to ever have any problem with them at all.
All that's allowed is functional worship.
Not a GRIEVANCE!? Them’s COMMI words!
amazon: oh you want to feed your self and your family THATS COMMUNISM YOUR FIRED
CONTRACT.
Sad
"We're not anti-union, but we're not neutral either"
What a quote!
So Amazon is pro-union! Right?
Right?
Riiiiiiiight?
classic double-speak
"I'm gay, I'm a homosexual!"
"I'm not a person, I'm an individual"
'Seperate, but equal'
This is actually insane. The longer this video goes on, the crazier it gets. Suspicious activity literally includes hanging out in the break room after work and talking about living wage. Holy moly...
I literally spit out my drink when they said the term "living wage" was a red flag lmao this almost feels like a parody
@@righteyeblind23666 It must be... right? A real campaign would include how this is actually good for the workers
@@therealpeter2267i think the training video is some kind of brainwash video to make employees work harder wtf
literally 1984
I mean there's blatant self contradiction and doublespeak in two parts of the video
I cannot imagine anything more pathetic than snitching on your coworkers for planning to unionize
Fr, and you get nothing in return for licking their boot other than a “thank you” and scorn from fellow employees.
The truth is that people don't deal with scabs the way that we used to, I'm a quaker and one of those core principles is anti-violence but.... at this point, bring back what happened in the 20s.
@@A-Warthog-cc1wm lots of people unquestioningly obey authority at corporate jobs, it's weird. Especially when they're middle aged. Like how have you lived this long being that naive without wandering out into traffic or something?
@@bushdid91195 it really is a marvel that some people make this far
I've noticed regardless of age that some are disillusioned to prove their loyalty over decades believing they may move up, when instead of promoting from within, every time corporate instead hires management positions from the outside yet the same bootlickers believe they just need more time to climb the corporate ladder.@@bushdid91195
I don't even work for this company and I already want to organize a union.
Bozo doesn't want to give any of HIS POWER away to workers making him rich!!!
You can always join the company with intent of unionizing!
@Seljak Magnum his workers didn't payed for it, he paid for the workers. If you don't like the job leave it, stay at home, stop crying.
Bussiness have full right to operate.
Workers have full right to leave.
@@AntiFurryJihad paying less taxes, busting unions and funding politicans that are puppets of the bourgeoisie isn’t a right for business, it is pure evil and greed.
@@AntiFurryJihad ok kafir
"Warning phrases include living wage"
Holy shit.
When I saw “living wage” I literally said holy shit out loud. Fucking crazy
@@jimmy22334that is fucking dark
How can one be so disingenuous or really dense to refuse to realize this is an actual union buzzword
@@LOKSTEDI think most people, unions included, are on the same page on what "living wage" means. It's hardly a buzzword
@@LOKSTED💬🤖🤖🤖🤖🤖🤖🤖
2:35 "groups of employees scatter when approached by management." That's just every employee in the history of employment.
evan black I read that comment exactly as he said it, haha.
Meanwhile my employees won't fukin leave me alone.
Lulz. Wtf?
HahaHAHahahaHaHA!! 😋😋
@@Monkofpo That's cuz they love you. Kind of like a handicapped pet.
“Our business model is based upon speed, innovation, and slavery.”
This is worse than slavery. At least with slavery you know it's the chains that are holding you back. In this scenario, it's more complex.
@@Zinozad slavery hasn't ended, it just took on new forms
We have shifted from belonging to the owners of land to the owners of factory, but now our situation isnt even godgiven, now were the reason were poor.
@@m2bradley161there’s more slaves now than there has been at any point in history. And that’s something that’s been confirmed. That should scare us
Also firing you at the slightest sign of weakness.
"We don't believe unions are in the best interest of our shareholders" yeah duh that's the point
😂 so true
Unions are interested in themselves. Ban all unions
Personally I don't understand what the problem is. Does amazon owe you a job?
No, they merely owe you the conditions of the work contract you signed. Don't like the conditions? Find another job
@@KnownNiche1999 what’s amazon gonna do, replace 1000 workers in a day? The workers have leverage
@@KnownNiche1999 The problem is that there is no fair exchange under capitalism. Every single job you take is exploitative and alienating. You are forced to agree to these conditions because you don't own the means of production. If you don't agree, you will live on the street and literally starve or get to enjoy prison
They forgot about other union words they frown upon: "bathroom breaks"
Or phrases like "Dying Relatives"
Or excuses such as "maternity leave"
Living wage being a red flag was crazy
and piss bottle quotas
Boss makes a dollar, I make a dime,
That's why I shit in company time
Amazon: "We're not Anti-Union."
Also Amazon: "UNIONS ARE BAD FOR EVERYONE!!! REPORT YOUR FELLOW EMPLOYEES FOR EVEN THE VAGUEST SIGNS OF ORGANISATION!!!"
Bad for everyone at the top? I think I'll stick to The Auto Industry. Hello, UAW?
They aren't employees, those things have rights. They are "associates".
I know right? They describe every aspect of unions like they're terrorist organizations.
You work at Amazon because you are useless and replaceable. Union has no place in a place like that. If you think you deserve higher standards go somewhere else, if you can't, stop complaining.
Yes. "We are not badmouthing Unions in general"...
Only every single one specifically, I guess.
The wrong Amazon is burning
🔥✍🏻
True lol
Dam bre pew pew
Amazon Employee: "Alexa, call my union representative."
Alexa: "I'm afraid I can't do that Dave."
Nice space odyssey reference 😂
alexa be turning into hal 9000
Fine, I’ll do it myself. **unplugs alexa**
@@alastor--radiodemon7556that’s the bad guy in walle right
@@ninjirealyou're thinking of Auto
Hal 9000 is from "2001: A Space Odyssey"
“Warning signs of unionization”according to Amazon:
-wanting a living wage
-having any grievance
-when you stop being friends with someone
-when you make new friends
-avoiding the boss before they ask you to work unpaid overtime
-hanging out with coworkers after work
-standing up for your coworkers
-having a bad day
- taking one down
- singing a sad song just to turn it around
- saying you don't know
- telling them don't lie
- working at a smile then going for a ride
@@cdvideodump
Amazon manager: You’re going to have a long blue sky holiday
@@cdvideodumpHoly fuck
--breathing
--talking
--smiling
--not smiling
--using the toilet (EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DO NOT ALLOW THIS)
--wanting enough money to pay the rent
--liking cats instead of dogs
--having a university degree (COULD HAVE TALKED WITH PHILOSOPHY STUDENTS)
--having lived and or worked abroad (THEY KNOW THAT WE LET THEM USE THE TOILETS THERE)
- dancing
- walking
- rearranging furniture
> notices another worker says "grievance"
> i was trained for this
> i run to the hrm
> i twist my ankle jumping over my piss bottles
> i struggle to limp through the warehouse as the other workers have to push me over so the make their times.
> i fall over from heat exhaustion because the hvac has never worked
> finally at the hrm
> i get fired before i can report the red scourge
this is gold
Amazing
Why were you wasting time twisting your ankle? SLACKER
I spit out water from laughing and ruined my phone. Won’t buy from amazon.
Nice ancap meme :^)
Everyone’s talking about living wage but **grievance** being a warning word is worse. ‘Yeah man I have a problem-‘ BANG
Tldr: "Were not anti-union, were VERY anti-union"
R Ramsay in the way that the SS isn’t anti Jewish
TLDR: We like to make money and pay people and acceptable wage instead of being forced to fire everyone and move due to making no profit. Then everyone makes $0.00 an hour.
@@2K-Tan bazos makes about $80bill an hour, no one is being forced to pay them so little, its just the most profitable . They get regulations or a union then that will impact the shareholders, not the workers.
@@legomanrob bezos is an asshole but he's good at what he does
He earns the company more money than he gets paid, so of course it is worth it to keep him
@@SiisKolkytEuroo my point is that decent pay for workers is more important than giving the shareholders billions. Bazos is a greedy bastard who shouldn't take so much.
But also, and this isnt my main point but since you brought it up, lets assume that he does earn the company more than the $80000 hes payed.
1. Does he bring in more than the billions of dollars in shares that im guessing you forgot to account for.
2. Why do you need him specifically, surely someone else would be able to do just as good at a lower price.
I can’t believe a multi-billion dollar company makes “training” videos in the same software as those kids who make those grounded videos with children TV show characters.
Surely you don't expect a company like Amazon to waste money on employees or anyone other than shareholders do you?
“Caillou gets grounded for 1,000 years GoAnimate”
"Caillou, how dare you mention living wages in an Amazon warehouse. You are grounded for 19747722380328341484 years. Go to your room right now."
-Jeff Pezos I think
literally looks like south park lol
pbs kids animation
“If you hear workers using words like ‘Living Wage,’ ‘Unable To Pay Rent,’ ‘Please Stop Whipping Me’ or ‘They Held My Kids At Gunpoint,’ report them to your manager.”
The fact that "living wage" is legitimately one of the things they mentioned is scary.
Whoa-whoa-whoa, you want a wage? AND you want it to be enough to survive too????
friendly reminder that amazon patented a design where they put workers in a cage
That would be a good onion video
Please stop whipping me 😭😭
In Spain firing people for organising or joining a union is illegal.
Based
Oh it's supposed to be illegal in the US. We just don't prosecute it how we should, because the companies are the ones filling the pockets of our politicians.
Same in the US, can be hard legal battles though
its illegal in most countries, thing is, its not really that hard to fire someone at some random point in time for a "completely unrelated" incident.
@@EpicGamer-fl7fn Yes, I guess there are many workarounds. But I have a feeling that in the USA (compared to Europe) companies have a more hostile attitude on workers' unions and anything challenging capitalism.
"we are not anti union"
"we do not believe unions are in the best interest of our shareholders, customers, or associates"
who is this supposed to convince?
Probably the same people who were convinced Biden was a good candidate or that Trump is racist
the same people who fall for the bible, because it says so
Well I don't think they are lying about the union(s) not being in the best interest of the ownership and shareholders. The customers will pay the price if the cost rise. Associates can only get gains so well all this suggest a conflict of interest.
Its not supposed to convince, its supposed to intimidate
@@donaldlyons17 amazon is extremely, extremely obviously anti-union and actively union busts regularly. Not only can this be seen from their actions, but if you review their internal documentation it indicates amazon is anti-union in every way short of stating as much explicitly
“We aren’t anti-Union, just if you see anyone who dares to think about a Union, report it to the managers immediately”
Literally 1984
@@norikofu509Love how this is my first time seeing this unironicaly make sense
@@norikofu509 Yeah, the "we're not against unions, but we're not neutral either" line is literally doublespeak.
No you got it wrong. It's to help the employees join the union. /s
@@norikofu509
This might be the first time in the history of the Internet where someone correctly identified something as “Literally 1984”
Perhaps the species is not quite doomed…
Them asking you to report the term “living wage” is one of the most dystopian corporate things I’ve ever heard IRL.
you wanna know whats dystopian, idiots like you who have never worked a day in their fucking life taking union buzz words at face value, terms like "living wage" is something unions use to trick workers into joining them, where they then make workers do what the union wants or charge them thousands of dollars, they literally make workers go on strike without pay for months and if they try and go back to work they get charged by the union, unions are evil
Because that's a ridiculous term. Nobody is forced to work there
@@Hawokkiif you are working a full 40 hours a week anywhere while a company substantially profits off your labor it should be enough to cover your essential living expenses.
Why is that ridiculous?
Because they aren't forced to work there? Maybe in a perfect world yes. But there are plenty of circumstances where a person may have no choice due to the consequences being too dire to pay should they leave.
Their job prospects may not be as lucrative as others and when you apply to an entry level position there is usually 100+ other candidates applying for the same position.
Even if you set all of that aside, Amazon has more than enough money to give hundreds of thousands of its employees a wage increase rather than spending over a billion on a shitty tv series.
@@bloop1980 If you are uneducated on how a business works, then what you say might make sense. However, that's not how it works. You don't simply dig into your profits as a multibillion dollar company and give it to your employees for no reason. You have to go through countless amounts of shareholders and the board in order to make that decision and you need to justify the loss of billions of dollars to give more money to people who are easily replaceable and have 0 skills or knowledge. If it was THAT BAD, people wouldn't be lining up to work for amazon, in which case Amazon may have a genuine reason to increase pay if people stopped working for them.
"Living expenses" is an incredibly vague term. Realistically, all that is is food, shelter and clothes. It's not your phone or internet. It's not weekends out with your friends. In today's world, if you end up in a situation where you are FORCED due to your circumstances to work for amazon, you 100% brought that on yourself with your bad choices and now you face the consequences.
The consequences of increasing pay of Amazon workers will be faced by the people, not the company.
Firstly, working for Amazon will become more lucrative and therefore more competitive. People who are unable to get a different job due to not being educated enough or having any skills, may be forced out of their job by more skilled and educated people who otherwise wouldn't work for Amazon by getting better pay elsewhere. Secondly, the price of goods and services through Amazon will be increased due to the increased cost of logistics. You will pay for that, not the company. This will open the door for competitors who may undercut Amazon and steal all the customers, tanking their profits and causing layoffs.
This is not to say that Amazon isn't providing an increase in wage every year. They are catching up with inflation rates, but overall the value of money is going down and the cost of living is going up and there's nothing Amazon can do to stop this. This issue is caused by the government. Two things can happen to curb this. Either you lower your living standards, or Amazon increases your pay. How about instead of expecting someone to fix your problems for you, you start taking care of your own problems. Welcome to the real world.
@@bloop1980 The fact that your life sucks is YOUR problem, not mine
The rest of us are doing fine and don't expect our bosses to be our new mommys lmao
0:20 *JAZZ MUSIC STOPS*
His arms behind his back too
reminds me of Makima… 🤤
Like a crappy analog horror video lmao
If you notice a coworker clock out instead of staying for 12 more hours of overtime, follow them home and report their activities to your supervisor.
Sounds like japan holy shit.
What wrong with working overtime? 40 hours isnt really that long of a work week to begin with.
@@ghg789987 overtime is only terrible if you're salary because it's not overtime. My work actually schedules salary dudes to work later than hourly guys because of this.
@@ghg789987 Yes it is, if you have anything else going on in your life. 40 hours is soul-eroding.
@@Theorimlig people in late 19th century early 20th century worked 60 hours a week
"Remember kids, report anyone who might wanna form a union to the secret police immediately! We will not tolerate employees wanting a living wage!"
I saw someone say it was like $13 an hour, that’s a pretty livable wage here, although based on what a lot of people said their working conditions are pretty terrible
well said!
@@walkermorales337 it’s 15 now
@@adrianjuarez1162 lol try living in any major US or Canadian city on 15$ an hr and you’ll end up below the poverty line within a year
@@dfig2569 funny enough amazon is barely at the STARTING pay of the post office for clerk work. if you carry mail for a union you will make nearly 70k a year (after 13 years + 2 for ccas if they still have them) You're only working for amazon because either A. you dont know what you're looking for in a job, or B. you have no other good choices.
"We aren't anti-union"
five seconds later: "Watch out for these signs of workers organizing to improve their quality of life at work"
Basically , Amazon wants to return to the era of Slaves ......yaay ?
@Lamune Baba what kind of grass is your favorite to eat, sheep?
@Lamune Baba didn't you hear? We're not supposed to hate Jews "just cause" it makes us look bad
@darklordster that's essentially a false statement lmao.
Learn English you dumb knuckle-dragger.
@Lamune Baba Whaaaa Whaaaa, if your against my opinion it's because your a jew not because my opinion is retarded, whaaaa. Your pathetic
It's especially creepy how this is all delivered by a happy soulless-eyed cartoon man.
Who open mouth chews instead of talking
He looks like a South Park character
I'm glad that Amazon is continuing the fight against living wages, working conditions, and associates being friends with each other.
Pretty wild right?
@@andy_182 holy shit you're so brainwashed I bet you're one of those people that wonder why no one wants to work anymore
@@andy_182No one said you couldn't do both if you have the opportunity.
@@andy_182 Then just hire fucking robots if you're so adamant about not letting your workers have any social interaction whatsoever.
@@andy_182 So what, getting into a friendly conversation with someone on the job is "fooling around". Just because you can't multitask doesn't others also can't.
"We're not anit-union, but we're not neutral, either." Wow, they're pro-union! That's awesome!
Sure, if Walmart wants a union, then Amazon is all for that. They believe unions are bad for business, which they love for their competition.
@sandekv bingo!
Probably not in Wal-Mart's specific case. What Wal-Mart does has a lot more effect on what Amazon does than random companies like...Panera Bread or Michael Kors. The Wal-Marts of the world are who Amazon tries to stay 1 step ahead of so improvements there will actually push Amazon to try to stay in front of them becuase that's who they're competing with for employees and business. @@sandekv
Unions don't work
@@sandekvthank you Mr bezos
“We are not anti-union”
“Early warning signs of potential organizing”
LMAO
unions are criminals
well no one is anti-cancer either, but you want to know the early warning signs for sure
@@Dre2Dee2 are you stupid
@@Dre2Dee2I'm pretty sure people are, in general, against cancer
@@Dre2Dee2 fed
I like how the generic guitar music stops when he starts talking about unions like it's winding up to a jumpscare
If you see signs of employees unionizing, notify Sauron immediately
👁
notify the thumb-lord immediately.
He already knows. His eye is ever watchful.
If you aren't for the union then yes report it. Most of the time, these unions bully others into joining them. It's pathetic tht people can't comprehend this
@@Cherry-pu4mx Joining is optional and they improve labour conditions and wages
We are living in the lamest dystopia possible
It’s far from a dystopia… it’s bad but not dystopian.
@@thefatbob3710 You don't know the definition lmao.
@@kc1303fox1 If we were in a dystopia you would think you were in a utopia
big corp in the next decades: bet
@@thefatbob3710you don’t know the definition of dystopia
The aren't against Unions. They just think Unions are double-plus un-good.
No, no, the state - I mean Amazon - says that Unions don't exist. Gotta work on that doublethink.
They aren't Anti-Union they just aren't Neutral. Maybe its just a mild dislike?
soon we won’t even need those words in the newest edition of newspeak
Nice 1984 reference. Shit. Amazon is turning into Big Brother
huge doublethink in this video
2:43 Showing interest in the company's policies is a warning sign? Seriously?
I think to challenge them
The fact that protecting the shareholders was a part of almost every point they made about why their anti union should be all you need to know to be in favor of them
If people own stock they have no interest in unions either. Companies pay dividends and do buy backs in part by skipping unions and other expenses. And a few companies also have stock options too.
@@young-salt Right see the issue!!!! The company can want to do but people don't talk about how the investors don't have an interest in doing!!!
@@young-salt Well the two groups have a conflict on intrest..... Someone is going to loose.
@@young-salt While that makes sense to me the catch is this..... When people buy stocks they are trying to buy a part of a section of the company in exchange for the shares. And the original idea behind stocks was people were buying part of the company broken up into multiple small pieces...... I don't have any opinion on the betting idea but that is the reason why I think the law gives shareholders and owners almost complete control.
@@young-salt Well with private ownership of property the owner is favored. The law could be neutral but it favors one group over another very often.
“We’re not Anti-Union” proceeds to display the EXACT definition of Anti-Union
for legal purposes they aren't allowed to say it
they're not anti union. they would greatly prefer that their competitors have to deal with unions. so, they like unions when it's other companies
@@ValDominator LOL right? Unions garuntee no one will ever be able to challenge Amazon, its like a swimming competition with an anvil around your waste, youre finished
@@Dre2Dee2 you really think unions are the foremost reason amazon has a monopoly? Nobody's ever catching up, no matter how little they pay their workers. In this age, nobody has the ability to establish themselves as a name brand
"we're not anti union..." sounds just like "I'm not racist, but.."
“Rat your coworkers out if they mention evil phrases such as L I V I N G W A G E or worse, M A K E N E W F R I E N D S”
I reported co-workers before when they tried unionizing at the place I worked. I got preferential treatment from that point on and management trusted me a lot more. Just do your work and go home. If you don't like it than quit.
@@Squre Good job
Squre and the award for the most blindly privileged phrase goes to: “if you don’t like it just quit”
Yeah I guess I can just quit. Who needs food right? I don’t need job security to pay rent or anything I can just leave when my boss abuses me! Worker abuse isn’t a problem anymore, we can all just starve!
You being proud of supporting unfair work conditions and making people lose their incomes is just sick, wtf is wrong with you.
Squre that’s like saying “if you don’t like this country then leave” like bruh do you even realize how hard that is? Most people who work there can’t afford to work anywhere else and are unlikely to find jobs elsewhere
Wrath_ Of_Thrawn I love how you referred to him as it. Tbh tho if it actually did report its coworkers to management for unionizing then it does definitely deserve to be referred to as it 😂
0:30 Translation, "We do not care for employee wellbeing, we instead want to increase profits as much as possible."
If employees can‘t care for their own wellbeing why should a company.
@@JochenLichtensteiner-zm4pgBait used to be believable... how sad.
@@JochenLichtensteiner-zm4pg That's what the union is for :)
Let's be honest here. "Recognizing union activity" is an anti union phrase. If we were to make a video training people how to spot union busting. Everything in this "we aren't anti-union" video would be a red flag.
Let's be honest here, it's a staunchly anti-union video.
yeah what the guy said, it's clearly anti-union in fact it's explicitly about union busting, how stupid are you to say "yeah this is a red flag" like holy shit
Because the term "warning sign" doesn't paint unions in a bad light. Poisoning the well, or something.
You're that guy argueing that 'how to spot an abuser' is censorsing the freedom of relationships, aren't you?
@@nvelsen1975
Are you responding to me? 'cause if so, no. The main difference here is that people who give out guides on how to spot an abuser don't lie and say they're "not anti-abuser".
Furthermore, how is that censoring free-speech? It could be slander/libel, perhaps, but I don't think a generalized "how to spot an abuser" guide would be targeting one person specifically. And if it weren't, it wouldn't be either of those things. It also wouldn't be an incitement of violence, so I don't see how you'd censor it. Or perhaps I misunderstood, and you mean that the abuser in question is being censored? If so, I have no idea how.
I wonder if the voice actor for that little bastard ever thought, “Huh, this is insane.”
held at gunpoint probably
Hello, my best friend's work is to dub those things for an agency so I can speak on his behalf and absolutely assure you that everyone of his colleagues jokes HEAVILY about those videos, even his manager is inside the WhatsApp group. He constantly sends me the most absolutely unhinged shit, but still those videos are perfectly legal
@@gianlukeoni1776 what a world we live in where we have to voice act videos like this...
@@_TheDoctor he studied acting for years and graduated at a very good academy, he told me the companies behind these videos have a very high demand for voice actors and basically employ 80% of those how don't make enough money with just regular acting/voice acting because every time a law changes a crapton of those videos need to be updated to conform to the new criteria
not like he could join a union so he could say no
This is like a creative writing assignment where the prompt was to design the most cartoonishly evil workplace training video ever, and somebody did it all in horrifyingly accurate corpospeak. Jesus this whole thing is crazy.
I work at Whole Foods, and every bit of this is real and ingrained in everyday life over there. I will be quitting that communist shitshow ASAP
The whole execution of this video is so bare-bones, so cheap. They couldn't even bother to pay someone more than the bare minimum to make a video about something they clearly care about.
Seriously. It seems like a low effort dystopian parody
@@Hobokipparody? Brother this is real
@@hoardingapples7083 I know, I’m saying this is just something you’d see in dystopian fiction
If someone begins talking about "living wage" report them immediately for reeducation
If you're not anti-union, and not neutral, you're either pro-union or you're lying
Indeed, this is some of the most amazing doublespeak i've seen lately.
It's kind of like a kid was made to give a 3 minute anti union speech as a punishment but then ran out of things to say after 20 seconds
@@tehKap0w I was just thinking that. "Vulnerability" to organizing, wtF?
@@koobazaur organizing is like a disease don't you know? People who like to think and prefer not be taken advantage of are super vulnerable.
@@jimmyc42x This sounds like a high school essay and it feels like it loops with minor wording changes.
This almost feels like it belongs in a Fallout game
This world is becoming fallout
@Commissar Kitchen "If someone you know is thinking of Unionising, they may be a communist. Report them to your local law enforcement immediately for reconditioning."
I love you guys
@Billy B the irony is how extremely and completely wrong that statement is
It's always been like this and will always be this way, Americans are cushioned to the real world, everything is done in the dark so they don't realize it.... Videos like these are nothing new. Fallout made it a joke but in actuality it is reality.
"Living wage" what a scary term
If workers are not allowed to have a Living Wage. Doesn't that mean they only pay non-living wages?
@@agalah408not sure why you expect a living wage for putting items into a box.
👹😈🎃👻💀⚡️ *LIVING WAGE RAAAAAAHHHH* ⚡️💀👻🎃😈👹
@@drakecarter1780 "not sure why you expect a living wage for chopping some wood, not sure why you expect a living wage for driving a car" so what people working simple jobs can just starve to death?
@@argus406 you mean low skill jobs? Exactly.
This video demonstrates every single dystopian trick that 1984 talks about, double speak, double think, wrong think, thought crime and so on.
"BuT wHaT AbOUt the ShAREHOlDerS?!?!?!??!" this unironically pisses me off
"What about our shareholders, Bob! Who's helping them out, huh?"
Fuck the shareholders
@@lambda760😂😂 that played out in my head exactly how it was
capitalism /shrug
Unfortunately its literally LAW that companies must act in the best interests of their shareholders.
Imagine being the guy doing the voiceover, y'all think he had to stop to smell the money to prevent vomiting
They used AI, cheaper and no need to worry. So cynical, well so Amazon.
@@kontan2504 This was recorded before AI voiceover work became common.
Ironically, the voice actor in this is probably part of the SAG-AFTRA union and was paid a union rate for recording this 😂💀
film actor’s guild
you know he lost sleep that night from guilt
@@kontan2504 Ahhhh....smart....AI can't unionize. It's the perfect slave.
They’re so desperate to call them “associates”, “technicians”, or even “employees”.
Anything other than “WORKERS”, a word which directly addresses the fact that they do the work rather than those that keep them in line
The use of the term associate is to remind the worker that the company is happy to let them go at any time and the company sees the work as without rights
nothing would get done if nobody kept them in line.
@@PolumbiusTheThird it’s your Khazar heritage peeking through
Capitalism
So what's stopping you from working for yourself, so you can give any title to yourself to satisfy your insecurity?
I immediately uninstalled the app and haven't looked at Amazon since seeing this video. I knew that their employees were treated poorly at Amazon for a while, but this is truely conserning for every workers future
Remember, if you hear an associate using Union associated words like “Rent, Bills, Starvation, Hunger, or Medical Bills” please report them to your manager. When an associate starts talking about their supposed discontent in their weekly generous Amazon Benefit Package, and uses misleading and overly dramatic words like “hunger” you can be sure that they’re a Union Shill. We are NOT Anti Union, we’re pro quiet exploitation!
If the associate seems irritated, offer them a fresh bottle to urinate in, if they have to pee between their approved bathroom breaks.
Eyy we're Pim brothers!
Why are y’all pretending like Amazon workers are starving, it discredits yourself.
Why are y’all pretending like Amazon will go bankrupt if it paid workers a living wage
@@flyingchimp12it's obviously an exaggerated joke you wimp, the point is clear
*Remember:*
When a business is anti union and calls their employees "associates" they are evil, and they do not care about you.
and that'd be a good sign to head out
Just quit and get a new job. Most amazon employees dont have specialized training.
Remember: When a business
They are evil, and they do not care about you.
@@sofaking1611have you ever like. Hunted for a job?
Can't exactly walk into wallyworld and make enough to survive
@@Morly.The only exception is mom and pop shops.
Oh wait Walmart destroyed most of those.
Customer Obsession is a frightening combination of words.
it’s disturbingly mask-off
Why? Sorry that nobody is obsessed with you
@@nickpavia9021you're a dumbass
@@nickpavia9021found the corporate shill lol. Nah man, got it twisted. Customer obsession = let’s make our app, buying experience, and shipping as addictive as possible…..
@@nickpavia9021that was uncalled for
the corporate artstyle is just the icing on top
Evil union words like "LIVING WAGE"
They couldn't be more cartoonishly evil if they tried 😂
This looks like something a serial killer would show their victims before murdering them.
Or the horrifying... REPRESENTATION!!!!
haha, that'll make Mr. Krabs blush.
@@johnnycoleman17 If someone showed me this video I'd want to be murdered not going to lie
Living wage is a myth. Because people are making $15 an hour now (living wage) and now everything is more expensive.
Fastest way to figure out you need to unionize? They show you something of this caliber.
Communist Target Acquired.
@ZonTheDon "Trade Unions are a School of Communism" Vladimir Lenin
@@deathsite95
"Trade Unions are not a School of Communism" Some other Commie
@@jebemtigolaz Democracy is truth, Communism is death.
Every company I have worked for has showed me a video that is similar to this one.
I love how a multi billion dollar company cant spend more than 12 dollars on their animation budget😂
It's ironically bad so it's cool and engaging.
@Mario Petrov they spent too much trying to break up unions already
Drew142 it doesn’t even look like original animation, it looks like stock puppets you can buy online for $20
It's because animators unionized XD
For the same reason they refuse to pay better wages. Spending more in things that don't help you grow won't make you a multi billion dollar company.
Don’t say “living wage” in the Amazon Warehouse after 3AM
Massive respect to the employee who recorded this.
Why??
@@littlemoth4956 probobly was not allowed to record it and risked employment.
In most cases, employee training tapes are restricted and not allowed to be recorded and distributed.
@@saamjaza1742 Now the next step is to "package it" and sell it on... Amazon! For a token amount of course.
fr this is like if a stormtrooper leaked the death star plans
Literally means "we value everybody but our workers."
It means they value their money. Do you seriously think Amazon gives a piss about their customers or shareholders? Their end game is always about maximizing profit and that is true of any billion dollar corporation.
@solar3013it also means that they care about the customer because the customer gives them the money
No it doesn’t. Fuck unions.
@@DieselTreleaver99 Jeff, stop using alt accs
Yep. It's why they laid off about 30,000 people last year.
This video is extremely creepy
super robotic! Almost like a communist state, where they are encouraged to snitch on each other... holy shit
The animation is less quality than the "actually happened" stories on youtube
The fuck is wrong with his head
@@diamandis07 I think you've confused communism with totalitarianism and/or fascism
@@SomniaCE communism is and always has been Soviet fascism and authoritarianism
Notice how they say "associates" instead of "workers". That's a trend I've seen in my country with online food ordering companies in my country. They want to make you believe that you're at the same level as a multinational company that you can negotiate with, rather than being subordinated to a company that sees you as barely more than breathing machinery. Saying that "you're an associate who works *with* us" is way different than saying that "you're a worker who works *for* us". They want to hide the imbalance of power so you don't think you're being exploited.
Damn. I always knew I hated the term associate when I’d have crappy low pay jobs in the past. But I was never sure like “why”. You put it perfectly.
"we're not anti union" then proceeded to expect that workers should behave like counter intelligence officers 💀💀💀
If people make new friends, union. If they aren't friends anymore, union. If they interact in any way that is not for the main purpose of making money to the company, union.
I mean, change union for communist and you're basically acting like the Gestapo
It's like from a bad fanfic about "1984".
@ImperativeGames literally. This what Nazi Germany or Stalins USSR wished they could be. It's fucked up when you can't even speak your mind without fear of someone listening in and reporting you , and potentially losing your job over an opinion.
@@jmiquelmbIt's literally on par with what the secret police would do.
@@jmiquelmband the CIA too 💀
“how to spot a communist”
"We are not anti-union, but we are not neutral"
That is the definition of being anti or pro something.
You missed the point, if they aren’t anti union or neutral, then the only option left is clearly pro union! 😂
The world is not made up of your simplistic and child-like moral binaries
Oh I'm sorry, those are big words to mean YOURE AN IDIOT lol
The poor animation, generic taking, and royalty free music makes this video extremely unnerving. It's like creepy propaganda
It's not LIKE creepy propaganda. It IS creepy propaganda. Talking to people you don't normally talk to is suspicious? So being amicable and having the ability to make friends is a warning sign? Truly evil minds came up with this.
@@travisvanzant2498 In what job have you had where talking to people you don't normally interact with in the course of your work was cause for reporting such activity to management? Such dehumanizing work environments clearly exist. Do you think this is okay?
@@brainmind4070 Hi. I think Mr. Van Zant was sarcastically opining that this kind of corporate mentality is widespread, entrenched and insidious such that, if one has had most any (though not all) jobs, you've likely seen this sort of thing in the workplace in some shape or form already. So, we shouldn't act surprised.
@@stephenjones8928 I'm well aware of how widespread it is. That it is so widespread should make you more outraged. If it were just one company, you could just laugh it off.
Rich company’s sure do live poor
“We hate it when our employees have basic human rights”
The whole video in a nutshell
You WILL dance
You WILL obey the manager
You WILL not unionize
You WILL be happy
You will own nothing
And you WILL be happy..
you WILL NOT be happy wagie.
If you don't like it, quit. It's not that hard
@@boodasias563Bezos isn’t going to fuck you so stop dickriding him
@@boodasias563 quit and work at the other corporation that doesn't care about it's workers?
Worker: "Living wage "
Amazon: " Them are fighting words!"
Enjoy unemployment
@@peromiestiloesunico I have a high paying career. Plus I dont work for Amazon. Lol hell I used to work outside in construction so I know how hard the struggle is. You probably dont even get off your lazy ass.
@@kingcrimson1916 damn you went straight for the kill LMFAO
@@kingcrimson1916 And you have a living wage? What is the industry yoh actually work? Are you a union member? Is your username a jojo reference?.
@@peromiestiloesunico why would I tell you anything of that? I work for passione and my boss is diavlo we work in the shadows and also I'm about to get fired by G.E.R.
“Employees have a right to organize.”
“You must snitch on employees you see organizing.”
Fantastic dichotomy.
i have a right to remain silen
Tbf this is a video for management, so selling people down the river is a part of the job duties.
What's next? Implementing the system Russian spies use to ensure everything is reported?
doublethink
This is a gross misinterpretation of the content.
There is no bigger advertising for unions than this video.
“Our business model is exploitative and has no regard for employee wellbeing. We prioritise profit over our employees ” is what they should’ve said according to my opinion.
it's EXACTLY what they said but thru just enough legal jargon they won't get held accountable most likely
"we aren't anti-union, we just think they aren't in the best interest of our share holders" says it all. they're not trying to union-bust, no, they're simply "working for the interest of their investors"
they weren't trying to HIDE what they were doing to the employees, bc the employees can't DO anything
These aren’t employees, employees have rights.
They are *associates*
Exploit is the wrong word. Exploitation is ALWAYS required for any output in nature. Stop reading Marx. He’s wrong.
And that's absolutely fine. Because of they start caring about employees, then costs will rise, prices will rise, and you the consumer will shift to a competitor in an instant.
Do you eat cheap food more or expensive food more?
Why not eat every meal organic? Support farmers fighting the good fight. Why not go to a Michelin star restaurant every time you go out? They treat their employees well.
Fuck this anti establishment bullshit. You're all just missing some basic econ classes. It's the consumer that dictates the market. Pay for shit you want with your wallet, not your RUclips comments
@@warlordofbritannia Good point!
Fun fact: It is illegal for your boss to not let you talk about your wages, that is, it is only illegal if the owners of the company are poor enough apparently.
Pretty much everything Amazon does is illegal lol
You can get away with practically anything if you have the money to pay the fines, and Amazon has money in spades.
@@EmeraldMan25 For real. "Punishable by a fine" is just blatant barely-disguised code for "legal if you're rich"
If you're rich enough you can get away with anything
@@SarcyBoi41this is why fines should be based off of some percentage of total earnings
Why did Jeff Bezos get divorced?
Because his marriage... was a union!!
technically, his ex wife dissolved that union
Perfect.
Lul
Oh dam
Nice!
This is like how the anti vape ads statically make kids want to vape more
Amazon training video : "We're not anti-union"
Also Amazon training video : explains how to prevent unions for occurring.
Hmm, sounds like Amazon workers need to form a union.
Don't let Amazon's secret police hear that
Don't be a worker be an entrepreneur.
They aren't workers, they are associates!
Gonna have to report you to management. Not because we're anti-union,it's just we're not neutral either.
I'm gonna have to report you to management.
I love how this video literally insinuates that if you're interested in the idea of a union, you are a bad worker and should be reported for it. Also, "living wage" being a union phrase... no buddy, I think that's called a basic human right phrase. These people don't hide their contempt do they?
So far what I'm getting from Amazon is they want to practice the closest thing to slavery without being illegal... And that's assuming it's all legal.
Why do you mention "basic human rights"?
These things are for:
Embryos (after child's born, you can do anything),
Those who already can buy an army,
Terrorists,
Those who dislike human rights,
Animals
@@_SereneMango At those wages you might as well be a slave holy crap lmao.
Zero upward mobility
They would definitely consider "basic human right" a union phase, scum
What’s even scarier is that something like 40% of Americans genuinely agree
They talk about unions like they'd talk about getting rid of rats whilst trying not to upset animal lovers...
Seriously this is unadvertely the best pro union piece of propaganda I’ve seen in my life
Upvote.
It could scare people away from any union-related speech let alone actually starting a union, though. North Korea and USSR controlled very minor and vague speech and minor activities to squash any antigovernmental organizing before it had a chance to involve more people.
@@IARRCSimdiference is that in the USSR and the dprk case, Its not the workers unionizing but the borguesie
@@barbarapitenthusiast7103 " Its not the workers unionizing but the borguesie'
Dude, the USSR and DPRK crushed anything that was a threat to them, EVEN WORKERS tho to be fair that was after lenin died, only people that consirped aginest him was monopoly men.
@@elevatedmeance6807 "even workers" if workers side with the borguesie and act as their puppets they Will be treated the same way as the borguesie. Class traitors do not desetve pitty or mercy.
Walmart does this same stuff, the learning module was due once per year when I worked there. The management of Walmart also will confront you seriously if they even hear the word "union" even if you were talking about a family reunion which is unrelated. They are absolutely insane and cult-like.
I can only imagine a hyper paranoid Walmart manager branding a shiv made of discount signs ready to hold it up to the throat of anyone who says the word "union", employee or not.
Also, the local law enforcement are in on it (they get free food for them and their immediate family members), so he doesn't get arrested for threatening to gut the unlucky customers who say the forbidden word.
You are not kidding about it being cult like. There were litterally framed pictures of Sam Walton in litterally every backroom. All with "motivational" quotes like *"teamwork, that's the secret."*
No Sam, the "secret" was being successful already and getting enough venture capital funding to blitzkrieg every town in America and undercut Mom and pop shops.
@@OctopusWhoSeesAll I've worked there. We literally, twice a day, had an employee meeting that started with a chant. "Give me a W!" "W!" and you spread your arms out to form a W. Then A. Then L. Then "Give me a squiggly!" "Squiggly!" and you would have to wiggle your body. Then the rest of the name letter by letter. Managers would call you out if you didn't participate
I used my IBS as an excuse a lot. It would _oddly_ always seem to trigger before the meeting, and not finish until it was long over
@@Icalasari yes! mine did it too, kind of like a pep assembly. I assume they have to add some zazz to the soul sucking lifeless environment, but it was too surreal. Working at Walmart is like a fever dream.
@@NPCLivesMatterthey did the same at Auto$one. Stupid cult like chant, it was absolutely bizarre.
The term living wage is a concerning phrase according to amazon
Very concerning not for the associate but for them lol
Robbie Rotten Out boy Bernie made them raise the wages
@@pique3124 fortunately. I'm not American but I'd vote 100 times for Bernie.
@@senseyy8959 Same, I'm from Skandinavia and Bernie would be a centrist here. It's so funny to see Yankees call him a comminist lol
@@pique3124 this is something people don't understand. You are getting paid the value you create for the company. If the govt artifically makes companies raise the wages without the workers creating more value, companies are not going to tank the loss: they will just not adjust your wage to inflation, meaning, you will be paid less in the long run than you should be had these stupid laws not been passed.
You should ask yourself instead why does your salary isn't worth shit? Everything is overpriced because of taxation and subsidies, add on top of it that 75% of your taxes are going to welfare parasites who create no value yet they have the same voice than you to vote themselves more welfare when politicians offers it to them, and the 25% remaining is being wasted by govt contractors by managing stuff that should be private to begin with.
It's a self fulfilling prophecy, create a bigger govt and it will be more and more expensive, and then some socialist idiot will shout ''see guys? This is why we need govt handouts and min wage laws''. Bernie Sanders is a moron, there is no such thing as a free lunch, someone else is paying for it, and that someone (middle class) doesn't have unlimited money. See venezuela for a more complete example.
"We do not believe unions are in the best interest of our customers, our shareholders, or most importantly our associates."
I can't help but notice...
their workers are conspicuously left out of that list.
Im pretty sure associates can be used to say workers
But i do agree that I wonder why they phrased it that way? Considering Unions usually are a good thing for workers..
It's to let you know that even when they are pretending to care about you, the associate/worker is the last priority.
Why should the employees have a living wage when the shareholders can't even afford to buy a second yacht?
Be fair to the shareholders. They only buy one yacht. Per year. If Amazon had to treat their workers like humans instead of robots, the shareholders would only be able to get an 80-foot yearly yacht, rather than their normal 82-footer.
@@Arkinnian And the fact is, the shareholders earned their money fairly, so why should they have to give any of it up to help the rest of society. It's not like they need the rest of society in order to continue to live like they do...
The shareholders are the us government lol
Abba Okoro pretty much, they own it, except the Justice Democrats who wont take their money.
@@Arkinnian Successful shareholders deserve their yachts, workers deserve their living wages. Both can be true when it comes to amazon, these dudes at the top of amazon are closer to stacking 100 yachts per year in their bank account...
"We're not anti-union, but look out for the WARNING SIGNS of forming a UNION, like discussing a LIVING WAGE. Make sure to REPORT THESE WARNINGS up to us so we can QUELL ANY CHANCE OF IT SUCCEEDING."
"Make sure nobody has UNUSUAL INTEREST in our POLICIES. If you know TOO MUCH, we will not be able to CONTROL you with our LIES."
Report when workers start making new friends...
I love watching union-busting training videos like this because it teaches me what the warning signs are so that I may hide them better.
I really like your pfp
@@RHans621 W
@@amadeosendiulo2137 thanks mate
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We all know that one person who would buy every bit of this and immediately report you for anything
As awful as this is, it warms my heart to know that companies are this scared of the rise in union movements. Canary in the coal mine and all.
@@nvelsen1975 without worker organization how is a worker supposed to negotiate? They have no power to disrupt as an individual, they'll just be let go. I'm sure there have been many bad unions but that doesn't mean that the very concept of worker organization is bad, and a lot of what you're saying is just straight up regurgitated anti-union propaganda
@@nvelsen1975labor organizing is back on the rise baby! I'm putting out the good news at my job 😊
@@nvelsen1975Oh hang on there, you're anti-union? Are you fucking high? The boomers killed the unions in the 80s. We barely have any at all. What has happened since then? Wages have not kept up with either productivity or the costs of living.
You're a lying piece of shit.
@@nvelsen1975 Have you even been paying attention to the news lately?? The writers guild just had a huge win for their strike and they expect the actors union (SagAftra I think? Idek how it’s spelled 😭) to meet a deal soon, the Railroad unions were striking earlier this year and although they didn’t get everything they wanted, in the end they did meet some of their demands. And the UAW is striking right now, too. Plus there’s talks of a healthcare strike. This is a huge year for the labor movement in the US, and most everyone striking is happy to be there because they have group negotiating power and know that their jobs are protected and safe while they’re on strike. I couldn’t imagine trying to “negotiate” with my employer on my own, I’d expect some type of retaliation from them and have experienced this in the past. I WISH I could join a US Union, unfortunately I don’t have the luxury
@@tentativegazer Pay no attention to corporate shill bots.
The list of "union words" had me dying. Amazon's afraid of big bad scary ideas like "living wage", "representation", and "contract"
They're scared of the word 'contract' now?
It’s exactly like “NewSpeak”
They are also afraid of the word "serf", since they replaced it with the weighty sounding "associate"
Why would representation even come up? They already give jobs to incompetent trash that don't deserve it so
@davidgreen3001 oh, what a nice person you seem to be, lmao!
And surely you're super qualified and work an awesome job with decent pay, lots of free time and you're all-around happy with your life, which is why you feel the need to beat down exploited workers on the internet! 🙃
Be aware of any of your fellow worker drones taking an interest in their wellbeing and rights - this could be a sign that they are inflicted with the union curse. Be sure to report anyone who appears to be social or content, as these are early symptoms. Remember, we want the best outcome for you (i.e. willing submission to the frontal lobotomy program)
When George Orwell wrote “1984”. People thought he was talking about Soviet Union.
Banned in USA for communism, banned in USSR for anti-communism
I worked at Wal-Mart and they had a similar kind of video. I was just looking around like, is anybody buying this crap?
One of their actual arguments was that if you're unionized, you have to pay union fees. Yes, we have to pay union fees out of our hourly pay which has doubled because we're in a union. It's unbelievable the lies they tell.
they really think a 3$ or so weekly union fee is such a tremendous cost to pay for double the wage. like man. it is still more money.
they can't imagine paying you an extra $3 an hour, so of course they can't imagine you spending it on a union. it's so dystopian
I used to work at Dollar General, and they have the exact same argument, almost every single "Big Corp" has something like this sadly
@@ryanwillingham "dystopian" is the best way to describe this, this is brain washing to max, they are trying to tell you that "you are an object that can be replaced but we won't if you decide to summit your life to us" it's actually crazy.
Have you seen the type of people who work at walmart? Give them weed, cigarettes and a dagger and they'll do anything you want.
notice how the Associate is always last in the video?
Notice how the employees aren't listed at all?
Associates is the Amazon term for Employees, that's all.
@@marcbecker4248 no it has implications
Well ya, investors first, because their wrists do so much work writing all those checks for Bezos.
At my job the higher your position is the less work you’re expected to do. For example a warehouse associate is expected to work at a steady pace all day, no sitting down. while a warehouse manager and even assistant manager are permitted to be on their asses all day because they are the only ones allowed to scan items for inventory.
Watching a video like this actually makes me want to form a union
Eat the rich
Feed the poor
Full automation is the best solution to solve problems.
I do get why amazon doesnt want people to form a union, but I dont get why the workers voted against it tho
As it should
"We're not anti-union but here's a list of *warning signs* that somebody might be unionizing"