When you work for a place you hate you’ll only do just enough to not get fired. When you work for a place that treats you like family you’ll go above and beyond for them. It’s pretty easy
@@credman He’s talking about small businesses like mom and pop shops that are familiar with their employees and have an actual relationship with them. That allows them to be treated like humans. Which in turn boosts work production because the workers are happy at their work place.
@@MDAyers1017 absolutely! Don’t get me wrong, I’m an electrician and have worked for small time companies were the owners were cheap bastards and exploited the most amount of work out of their journeyman. But the difference is I am a skilled tradesmen, I can easily find a new job within a couple of days where I could be more happy, where as somone working at Amazon could not.
I was an amazon driver for a couple months and everyone I saw in that ware house was broken physically, mentally, and spiritually. Place was a nightmare.
Damn and the managers are probably pshycopaths enjoying their suffering, pshycopaths don't need to risk their freedom to kill other people they just can get a job as a manager and slowly destroy the workers mentally and physically.
As an Amazon fulfillment cemetery employ I pass my days, packing shipments above the rates the determine to be acceptable, by thinking about where I’m going to apply and how to escape the rat race that currently pays my bills. None of us matter, as long as the shipments get out the door. I can imagine the stress the drivers have to be under, as well. They reward us with free T-shirt’s and music, sometimes, but I’d much rather be able to go to the restroom without feeling like my every minute is being counted against me. And a promotional opportunity?? Forget about it.
Amazon is honestly the most unorganized company I’ve ever worked for! Everything is fine through an app which works when it wants to. HR is hardly ever there and when they are, they’re “busy” talking with managers about their old drug binges. Hard work and consistency gets you absolutely NOWHERE! The only way to move up in that company is to flirt, and bruise your knees kissing ass. “Managers” walk around on their phones & AirPods in while they yell at others for doing the same. I have a coworker that had a biopsy done and as a result, they potentially have cancer. The doctor wrote a statement that they’re not allowed to work that much, “HR” said that there isn’t enough evidence to prove it. They genuinely don’t care.
😂😂 i worked for waste connections trash company man that place is the most un organized company ever no safety you work 14 hours a day from 4 am to 6 pm cold rain heat any type of wether so im ok with a damn easy ware house job i been doing trash for 15 years
When I used to work there, it used to bug the hell out of me when one of the mangers or supervisors would come up to me saying I'm not picking enough items per minute. Regardless of me being stuck in traffic with other pickers or an accident occurred, they practically harass me every half hour because I was so behind on scanning items. Once it was time for lunch and the bell would go off, the managers and supervisors wanted everyone to be far away from the break room. The moment the lunch bell goes off, if any worker was close by, he or she would be written up, cause they wanted everyone to stay working until the bell rang. Meaning, you're in a huge warehouse and if you're on one side of the building and on a machine, it could take close to 10 minutes or longer to reach the break room. A 15 minute break was more like 5 minutes A 30 minute lunch break was mainly 15 minutes or less. It sucked so bad. That was back in 2012, and I was there for 6 months. So glad I got out of there. Definitely not a company wanted to grow with.
@@mattbernabe same exact situation where I worked too. I was 8 months pregnant and waddling to the break room took twice as much time as others so by the time I'd get down to finally eat the bell would ring to get back to work.
I was fired from Walmart DC for being late consistently by 1-3 mintues. The worst part about it was that we all waited 15+ minutes every day for our supervisor to show up
Even if they did, it wouldn't be enough to make any real difference. If people stopped supporting Amazon, their money would just go to support some other business to grow until it's doing the same exact thing.
Because the average American has a worse job where they are making less, being treated worse, and have worse health care.... Js... Not an Amazon supporter.... But I promise you they treat there people way better than 98% of labor jobs
@@SynthApprentice I'm not sure. Amazon is doing well because it has a presence in virtually every industry. If we diversify our vendors, we can slow down their growth.
Amazon is one of those jobs where you have a more difficult time if you're a good worker and easier time if you're a bad worker. Think about it before you apply
They call over the loud speaker that they will give you a prize for the fastest worker. Then you get a couple of athletes wanting to show off, then seeing how it's all connected they walk up to the normal speed workers and say hey you're getting behind can you step it up.
Amazon is thriving because it is exposing the harsh reality of our phony bubble economy. Don't be mad at Amazon, release your anger towards the federal government for making it nearly impossible to set up shop here in the U.S. and forcing customers to buy goods produced elsewhere.
@@lovethereflection8315 Because the federal government has managed to both make you unproductive enough to not have the sufficient income needed to buy goods at a reasonable price while simultaneously making business unproductive enough to warrant an increase in their prices to compensate for the loss in productivity.
Everything I've heard of Amazon is that it's just a typical warehouse job. The only difference is that it's so big more people have exposure to those kind of jobs, so you have more people complaining. That's it.
I’ve been delivering for Amazon for 3 years, and I’ll never forget when I almost got fired for walking behind the line haul (where the big rigs off load) on my way to my groups area. At least half of my team would walk to work that way, for like weeks if not months. Thought nothing of it. No one, NOBODY told us that doing this was a safety violation. My manager had to “bribe” Amazon to keep me on. . . Oh and I was dubbed driver of the week, that same week. . .
Thing is, this is now the world we live in. It's not just the US, where I was born and raised. I've been living full-time in Thailand for 6 years after I started a family here -- but even before that I travelled SE Asia a lot swept up in the "Grass is greener" mindset. I've watched, even just over the last 10 years, these cultures erode and become fully replaced by a Tiktok/social media/money chasing/status/appearance-driven one. I'm 32 now, first came out here when I was 19, and the stark contrast between the feeling of the times then and now makes it feel at times dissociative -- like I dreamt it all, or that I left planet earth and in some weird purgatory. The world is absolutely, 100% fucked on a deep level. Social engineering, mind-control programs, advertising, AI data compiling, user profiling, and the breach of individual privacy online has completely destroyed the soul of humanity. Even in staunchly religious places like Thailand, Buddhism has been replaced by materialism and narcissism. It's insurmountably depressing knowing I made a major mistake bringing children into a world where it's very unlikely they will experience childhood innocence and happiness like I did even as recent as the 1990s.
It's neo-slavery. Agree with you whole heatedly ... I'd like any of these people sitting on the top to explain to me how what we're doing today is ANY different than the caste system or feudal system. Wealthy individuals at the top, lording over a large group of non-wealthy individuals.
Amazon gives 2 breaks that’s 10 min each and a lunch that is only 40 minutes! And you’re supposed to work for 10 hrs a day. Don’t even have time to eat yet enjoy other’s company. Hated Amazon. 🖕🏼
@@b.l4365 Iv never had a break that was more than 30mins lol, also never had a PAID break either. How is 40mins not enough to eat mate? Are you planning on going home and cooking a full course meal? 😂😂
Fuck that. Lobby every government from top to bottom to crush these companies like a bug. Even classical libritarians believe it is the job of the government to intervene in times of crisis. Break them up.
even when you have to get stuff delivered, most of the time you can go directly to the source to buy what you want with a quick google search and bypass Amazon or other wholesalers entirely.
I'm a manager at an Amazon warehouse and was livid when central recruiting kept telling us we had to keep taking on college hires as new managers when he already had hourly employees (some with college degrees) that we wanted to promote.
I worked there for 9 months. They held an all-hands meeting, and in it showed 275 promotions since the plant opened. I didn't recognize ANYONE who got promoted. I worked 4 days a week on a day shift.
I just want to make it clear that Amazon is terrible to their employees, and something has to ... Oh wait, that stuff I ordered yesterday is already here. Unbelievable.. Amazon rules!
Sounds alot like China as well. Sure say China bad but at the end of the day we all continue to benefit from the cheaper items we buy due to china slave labor.
As an ex amazon 3rd party seller, I can say my experience is no better. One day your small business can be running like clock work and then next you're fighting for your financial life due to a random suspension out of the blue. In Amazon's eyes you are guilty until proven innocent. If you are unable to get reinstated, Amazon will garnish all your wages from pass sales. They've garnished millions upon millions of dollars unjustly from 3rd party sellers. I was left with less money and struggled to pay my taxes because Amazon did this. On top of that, then you have to make the heart wrenching choice to destroy all your inventory or have everything shipped back to your own house for storage with no real practical way to sell all the units
No, most jobs are shitty job. When people have CAREERS, then it's not like work. It becomes enjoyment. But most jobs are NOT careers, they are shitty jobs we all do or have done in our life.
@@factmanamerican882 Not trying be a troll, but I disagree. Not all shitty jobs are created equal. Some shitty jobs are worse than others... for example working at AMAZON is clearly shittier than my shit-house job. Your experience is not indicative of everyone else's and thus you cant extrapolate a conclusion for everyone based on you. What you and or I call shitty, someone else may not, and vice versa. But more to the point, even IF your assertion was right and 99% of jobs were shitty jobs to the EXACT SAME DEGREE, people are different and thus how we feel about our equally shitty jobs are going to be different because how an individual feels is subjective to each person individually. That right there is why your point, even if spot on, still can't negate the insistence that there is a difference between being lazy and having a shitty job. It's well documented at all ages of the human life, that if we aren't adequately stimulated our efforts or attitudes perceived by third parties reflect a negative attitude or laziness. For example when i was in school i was very advanced for my age, but my classes weren't challenging me. I wound up getting bored and from that point my grades dropped because it took more effort to stay focused leaving less energy for actual work (i ended up not caring anymore, grades continued to fall and now i'm a 36 year old with a shitty job, studying my ass off to get out of it). The same goes for work... if you're trapped in a shitty job that doesn't stimulate you, challenge you or give you a sense of accomplishment the same can happen. you end up using energy just being there, focusing becomes harder and your output drops, giving the impression of lazy, even though you are working hard at just staying awake and focused.
@@ilovecoffeev Then you need to get out more. lol Sure, not all careers are equal as well. But if it's a career you enjoy, then it's not work. That's all I'm saying.
@@factmanamerican882 I left a career job because it was an EXTREMELY toxic environment. Took a slight pay cut just to be stress free at another job that I live literally 5 minutes from. Which helps me break even since I don't spend on gas weekly like I was driving to my last job.
I currently work at a Sortation center and what the lady said about people not being promoted because they’re willing to do the grunt work and shit in bags and piss in bottles is absolutely true. I’ve seen people work their ass off only for management to promote someone who barely does anything. This past week during prime week was hell, my body is aching boys.
Dude this is crazy and true. What the girl says at the end. There’s ppl at my warehouse who look depressed. Never talk to anyone. They just scan scan scan. I’ve changed my schedules many times cos it was getting to me. Now I’m on flex schedule and can do more personal things and don’t feel how she says. 😢😊
Thank you both for being honest! But your both fired! What are you doing using the white toilets. I thought you were told only shit in a bag and make sure it makes it to bezos desk!
@@jacob4690 haha its true, i worked there for months and did everything i could to not get fired. Bunch of bs* covid regulatiins like sticking to the lunch area and beung six feet. Couldnt walk with any of my friends or grab coffee and go sit wit em cuz were too close by and get written up. Theyre constantly firing employees before u can get to the six month point because then u get some nice raises the way i did lolol, u also get ur 500 dollar sign on bonus so they filter thru a bunch of employees every amazon “season” most employees r always resetting at minimum to save money and rewarding only the top top tier. That top tier being someone like me who had top 10% rates and had to bust ass. All my friends who worked normally even had stupid reasons to why they got fired. Constant managers being on ur ass is the reason im happy working at concerts where ima free lancer now
I know of someone that worked as an engineer in one of their warehouses. They’re always trying to make the whole warehouse more efficient and they’re starting to replace people by machines or robots
I currently work at a Tractor Supply Distribution center and it’s easily the best job I’ve ever had. Pay is good, benefits are okay, and the hours are good. To be honest, factories and warehouses are the best option for someone that doesn’t want to do construction or work in an office. I know people who tried to work for Amazon and they said it was a nightmare.
Right. I absolutely love my warehouse job. I won't say who it is but it is not a corporation and it is privately owned. Our clients are Pepsi and Tesla so I just work with mostly Gatorade products. 2 Amazon buildings are next door and I worked at both of them. They're older buildings with only a few robots. I worked there several times and enjoyed it when I got an easy scanning job. Whenever I did something else, I would leave. But I have no plans of leaving my Gatorade job however!
Amazon was the worst job I have ever had. From the hours to the treatment to the fake belief that you can climb up the work ladder. The only positive that came out of working for such an abussive, robotic company is that I value any job opportunity that comes my way due to the belief of “at least it’s better than Amazon”
Every warehouse is like that it’s nothing new. They’re usually jobs that convicts fresh out of jail will go for because there isn’t usually a police check required and it has a decent starting wage and dosen’t even require a high school education. The standards in which these order pickers are required to hit at these kinda jobs are absurd. They usually offer bonuses to workers that can hit over 100 percent throughout the week. So you get guys skipping their paid breaks and grown ass men legit wearing diapers because they can’t afford to go to the washroom without risking not hitting the productivity numbers.
Secretly they say fuck em’ let’s work these ignorant animals until they croak squeezing every amount work out of them and do just the bare minimum to show like we really care about these low life workers.
As someone who worked at Amazon...its almost impossible to move to corporate from the warehouse. Some ppl would quit just to try to apply for a corporate position 🙄
I worked as a temp in the Amazon warehouse in Seattle in 1998 or so. I was one of a whole bunch of temps. You were worked for about three weeks and then all the temps were let go, except maybe for the one or two that goose-stepped the best. And then repeat with new temps. I did see Bezos in person once. From about 50 feet away. All the managers spread out and had told every one of us to look busy when he arrived, even though we all were busy. Every step and every break was regimented even then. I can’t imagine what it was like once they got really automated with scanners and things tracking you.
I worked for a Dollar Tree distribution center for 8 years and it was exactly the same. I saw hundreds of hourly workers come and go, fired over small infractions related to burn out. And in all that time i witnessed only one person go from hourly to management. I outlasted attempts to get rid of me for years till finally my body just couldn't keep up with the insane amount of mandatory overtime. And when they had finally run me in to the ground, they threw me away without a care. So to hear that corporate psycho path say people are inherently lazy, makes me sick. Its not being lazy. Its being physically and mentally broken. I have never felt less human and worthless in my life. So save your health and steer clear of large corporation labor jobs.
"it was exactly the same" Dude, _every job_ is the same - not exactly, but substantively. Jobs are punishing: they take out of you the same as they give you and you end up living your life in the margins of your work. There is no "getting ahead" except by tiny gains in those tiny margins over a long period of time. It's the harsh mathematics of real life. Living life in the margins. So little of your life is really your own, and we are raised these days to think about how much potential we have and how we are "the leaders of tomorrow" and all that shit - and that's all just talk, advertising, BS we get from academics and politicians and advertising agencies who are all in one way or another selling us something. And we believe it and are been poisoned by it. Even the people in this interview are bullshitting us, telling us "it shouldn't be this way" when all that's really going on there is that "it shouldn't be this way" is their hustle. Their work is saying "it shouldn't be this way" and they live their _own_ lives in the margins. Every job is basically the same. I worked in shoe warehouses, order-picking and stacking cases, while in college and before law school. I worked for a big law firm after graduation. I made what most people consider a shitload of money. Even in those jobs, they take it out of you. It was just an Amazon warehouse full of people in suits. To keep my job I had to work 70-80 hours a week: 12 hours a day, six days a week, plus a half-day on Sunday. Sure I got paid a lot of money, but a lot of that money went to pay back the loans I'd had to take out to go to law school in the first place. And because I spent maybe ten waking hours per week outside the office, I had to pay other people money to do a lot of basic things I could have done myself more cheaply or even for free. Simple stuff like food and laundry and keeping my apartment clean and maintaining my car, I was paying other people to do at huge markups. And at the end of the year you've spent all your money on that shit and at best you have keep a small portion of that for yourself. And people think "oh that guy's got it made because he makes X dollars." LOL yeah, your salary says X dollars, but if the lifestyle necessary to make X dollars also costs you X dollars, you still end up with Jack Shit. I would regularly fight it, I would resolve "I'm gonna bring my own food from now on" and spend all day Sunday afternoon cooking in bulk to save food costs. But then the apartment doesn't get cleaned, laundry doesn't get done, the car is still making that noise, and you end up having to pay money to other people to do those things while you are at the office _making somebody else rich._ I thank God I had worked so many shit jobs when I was young, because at least I wasn't particularly surprised when law turned out to be the same shit/different day. This is life. Now and 2000 years ago - the same. In the US and Norway and China and Fiji - the same. Capitalism and socialism - the same. It's all just people working their lives away, trying to survive and get ahead in the margins. Ain't never been different, ain't never going to change.
Thanks this makes me feel better about not dumping tons of debt into an education that I would never be able to afford to utilize therefore being a pointless goal in the long term anyhow.
To be fair...he's right...people ARE lazy...and Amazon style organization IS more efficient. That's not the issue, the issue is humans can't put up with it.
@@freedomordeath89 considering the hundreds if not thousands of testimonies that is the most uneducated cheap take some of y'all corporate bootlickers have. I'm all for people working hard and strengthening the economy but it's obvious people aren't being properly rewarded for their work and instead companies like Amazon are doing the opposite and trying to make the work so unbearable that they have a system in place to replace all employees within a 3 year period. But go on about how people are lazy. How's Bezo's boot taste?
As long as we’re addicted to consuming we’ll always have this problem. America and other parts of the world are committed to “stuff”. Minimalism is what we need. The mind finds freedom in it.
Exactly. People need to quit buying all this shit. I work in an Amazon warehouse and we sell EVERYTHING imaginable. People buy rocks and straw for just a couple examples.
This just reminded me to go check on Amazon and make sure they're sending the last things I'll ever order from them., which they are not. Beware the entity that keeps your money without giving you what you're paying for, it's happening more and more often.
I grew up in a rural area and always liked helping small businesses. Small business owners are passionate about whatever they're selling you and it rubs off. I sparingly use Amazon for gifts because most of my family is in North Carolina and I'm in AZ.
I read an article last week that they caught him calling all his employees just naturally lazy. I worked my ass off and once I heard that, now I just strach my ass and just do the minimal work. I'm not letting that guy disrespect me like that
@@JoseRamirez-yh2ll he’s something else smh I worked at a new fulfillment center that was just opening in my area, & they sold it as a “great opportunity to make some extra cash” for student & retirees blah blah blah. There were SO many older people, who retired from the post office, UPS & FedEx, that said Amazon was by far the worst they’d ever experienced. They would scream at these old people, like lunatics, to meet quotas that were damn near impossible for young people, in great shape to do. That place just breeds toxicity, from the top all the way down.
Not really he’s just genius who created an extremely successful business and he’s so high up the chain that he can’t even realize how his business policies effect his workers
@@producedby3am344 he's well aware of it. They're businesses and then there's corporations Corporation only care about its business and its image. It's like the business is a living person. It is its own entity. No one truly owns it, it does have majority by stock shares A regular business, can be owned by a family. And they tend to be more fair and for the people
@Silent Now but what about the ones that are it's not a race thing but those people in general that's the point to the bigger picture she was just trying to earn social justice warrior points
@@Timoteo-ol4wm im not sure of the sq ft but it's definitely huge. And the ac works well cause of the huge helicopter fans on the ceiling. It's literally just them being cheap. In November they stop giving us water on the floor and we have to bring our own water. They just gave us water again like a month ago. And we have to work at a high rate.
I worked for Comcast for about 10yrs as a cable contractor. When I got tired of pick up & carrying an 85lb ladder around multiple times a day. I went into the call center. But I only lasted a few months there. They track every movement you make. They time your breaks & the time you spend with each costumer. This servalence thing companies are doing to their employees is going to be a problem in the future.
I read all of the comments about people hating Amazon, Walmart, and Comcast. The list goes on. If i was doing your job I would hate it too, but I don't have a degree for me to do the things I want. Your company tracking your moves is a big no no to you but how are they supposed to know you aren't out spending a few hours in the bar or poker room? What would you do it you are Comcast ceo? This is the bottom line. All of these complaints are extremely 1st world problems. If this job was overseas the people would eat it up for 1/10 the paid and be thankful. I don't feel bad when Americans people cry about companies are leaving the USA. There's no way of pleasing people here.
The national average for the warehouse job is almost 15 dollars an hour. Well above minimum wage, and decent in some states like TX, with a lower cost of living. Not bad for a low skilled job
I worked at Amazon distribution for about 1.5 weeks. I had no idea what specific job I was going to do until after I was hired. I ended up at a picking and sorting station with the endless line of robot shelves bringing you items in a seemingly endless room of robots with shelves. It was like that ending scene in Indiana Jones the Raiders of the Lost Ark where they hide the ark away in a GIGANTIC room of non descript boxes. It was VAST! The screen at the station tells you the product description and location on the shelf and you have to find it and put it in the right bin in the shortest amount of time possible. If you were good you could do it in under 15 seconds. If you were REALLY good, under 12 seconds. You would be there for HOURS doing up downs, twists and turns getting the items and putting them in the right bin and then hitting the confirm button. The robots and shelves never stop coming. All for about $11 per hour. What really surprised me was just how exhausting and bad for my back this work was. I've done all kinds of manual labor in tough conditions in my life, and this was by far the most unsustainable job I've ever had. If I had no other choice I could probably continue with it but any self respecting person with options isn't gonna continue. The bathroom and lunch breaks seemed really short and the break areas were far way. I asked to do a different kind of job there but they couldn't or wouldn't assign me else where. I asked if I could unload trucks or do anything else, *and the answer was no* .
For the first time in my life I developed plantar fasciitis. Had no idea what was going on. My upper back cramped so bad on my shifts I needed to go the to on-site "medical" area to have a additional 3, 20 minute breaks which helped but was unsustainable and was over in a month. Anything longer and they'd make me have to see a doctor. One of their recommended doctors. Not to mention that'd be during the day which would be my sleep time. I lasted 5 months. Started as a picker, was cross trained to count and package. No wage increase. Management would play favorites. The pretty girls would make them feel like royalty so eventually they'd be up for the "promotion"- problem solver. I was typically always in the "green" when they came to bother us in our stations and that would screw up my ratios. I started ignoring them and they wouldn't like that. I can go on and on but to sum it up. It's a dead end job.
I saw an amazon driver literally sprint out of his truck without parking in the driveway. He ran full speed through the street and down the driveway. He placed the package down, rung the doorbell, and sprinted all the way back to his truck. He then jumped in the truck in one motion. We thought something must have been wrong with him. Now we know that he was trying to not be fired by an algorithm. Imagine if this spread to all other industries.
Well it really depends on the DSP you work for. My dsp is actually chill! I don’t have to sprint anywhere even with over 300 packages to deliver. Organization is key as long as you organize you’ll be fine and don’t have to be running everywhere! Yeah it’s hard work it doesn’t stop! It’s fucked up lol but its much better than the warehouse
I delivered 306 packages Friday. I started at 11:45 am and ended at 7 pm. Other people are much faster probably but I thought that was decent considering I didn’t have to run anywhere or be rushing
@Giorgio Mumda hes tried that already.....he can make it without us humans.....his future is to go into outer space n get lost.....leave earth to us humans .
I worked for Amazon for 8 months. I was appointed to be a safety advisor for my fulfillment center. One month Amazon decided to switch up everyone in our warehouse and started making everyone do 4 isles of work. Understand we originally only did 3 isles and even that could be overwhelming with boxes and packages. Each isle about 40 bags we have to stuff with product. Picking up anywhere from 10lbs to 100lbs of boxes per minute or hour. Well this 4 isles of work continued for about 3 or 4 weeks and I noticed I was become extremely exhausted and my back started to hurt me and even me being in really good shape struggled to keep up, mind you, I'm 32, and have always been active and kept myself in really good shape, and here I was struggling and watching everyone else labor and exhaust themselves daily, to try and keep up with those 4 isles we would have to do for 10 hours. Amazon decided to have a safety meeting with all the managers and advisors of the building. I tryed to tell Amazon how much they were overworking people and that you could see everyone was struggling with the new 4 isles we needed to do. There respond was " well I don't see us changing back to 3 isles anytime soon, so try to adjust". Here I am doing my job as a safety advisor, telling the company our staff is exhausted from 4 isles it's unsafe and they didn't give a fuck to be honest! Ironically I got hurt THAT same week at work. I'm now sitting at home with a slipped disc, taken care of my son as a single father. All I hear from doctors is that I may need surgery or injections to heal my back. I can't stand straight up, I can't pick my son up. I struggle doing normal life tasks like getting groceries or doing laundry, because of my back injury. It's a revolving door at Amazon and they do not care for there employees. Literally work people into the ground. My lawyer is going to have a field day against them in court🖕🏻.
damn 3-4 weeks? first i would wait for them to tell me if my rate is down. if it is, fine, ill try to speed it up but the moment i start hurting im going home
It's weird how we've all known this for years and literally nothing has been done to correct it. We keep talking about it like we're breaking the story but everybody already knows, they said "yeah, that's horrible" and then go buy something else from them.
That’s the point Saagar is trying to make. They’ve dominated most other retailers some people are forced to by from them, but mainly it’s out of convenience. Imagine when they denominate the rest of what is left, and they become one of the only places hiring that people can apply for, especially in places like small town USA where the options are slim pickens already.
My wife worked in a FedEx warehouse and you couldn’t be more than three minutes early or more than 1 minute late. Big line to clock in and only one station. They set you up to get write ups and fired before the 90 days when you get benefits.
I worked in an Amazon fulfillment, they expect too much with such low pay. I rmr when myy friends came to work with me everyone was cheering at the new employees but I told them on our first break " IF YOU NEVER HAD DEPRESSION, NOW YOU WILL"
My fellow Mexicans are used to this . Got years of warehouse experience and if you ever worked through a agency you know exactly what I mean . 6am-3 plus overtime and 5 days a week
@@LiquidSnipess 6 to 3 is like a dream working week, pretty hard to find 40 hour working weeks here, I've done like 70 hour weeks & know other that do 90 hours +
@@josephhill3743 Swear bro, I walk about 28-30 miles a day when I'm running work at Amazon and the breaks is one of the worst parts. If you don't cheat the breaks, you really only get about 8-10 minutes of actual break time and if you're late getting back to your station more than once you get wrote up.
I've been at amazon for 5 years in 2 weeks..the job is not hard just boring..benefits are good..only gripes I have are 1...there should definitely be an incentive for people who have been there longer than 1 week and 2...the earphone thing..even if it's just one..most of us wear one anywayz and I think the reason why they don't say anything is because it's alot easier to get through the day when your listening to your favorite jam or listening to a documentary..after all these years I've learned just to keep my head down and work at my own pace..just a couple of weeks ago I was among the top 20 pickers out of like 900 not even trying..I take plenty of restroom breaks because I drink alot of water throughout the day ..but I use the restroom and come back ..most of the time people are in there playing games..talking on the phone. They have never said anything to me in the 5 years so idk..the only thing you can do is make the day as smooth for yourself as possible. Work smarter not harder..period...if not find something better..amazon definitely can improve in a lot of areas that's for sure but one has to also look at the lack of work ethic as well..do something that's best for you
It’s not just the wear house though, drivers are treated just as stressful. They have a dash cam with 4 cameras in it to see literally everything, if you even look to the side/down for a split second while driving Down the road the camera sends an alert to management and they’ll call you to see why you did that. It’s crazy how strict they are.
Well, not true in the warehouse/production facility I work at in Canada. We produce pipe for plumbing and distribute plumbing fittings, and we have a lot of Asian people in management, and despite being busy as hell during this pandemic, things are pretty chill, as long as you show up for your shift and not goof off.
It happens at Meat Processing plants as well. I have watched video of meat packers staying on the line and pissing in a bottle, then going back to work on the line. Obviously no handwashing. That's the least of my concerns though. It's the treatment that is inhumane.
@@TangoNevada That would never happen in Canada. The CFIA and WorkSafe would shut them down so fast. At Maple Leaf Foods, I worked a job making hams, and if you're working on the line you make sure you have someone cover for you if you have to leave, but isn't coffee and lunch breaks time to use the bathroom??
Big money the wealthiest people in my city sell dope ..think about it ..they get all this money go to jail come out and still have all the stuff they acquired depends who you are if u have kids no ..But a single male at 30 with a paid house and a paid new car u won in the game of life in the United States of England lol
I worked at amazon for 2 years and the bottom line is none cares , the management, the team leaders the staff , this is true story I worked on my department one night and was asked to go to another department because we had no work, went over and the team leader said we have no work either go back to your department so I did to find none there , so for a 10 hour shift and just sat in the canteen for 2 hours then moved on to another canteen because the big warehouse have about 6 different canteens , did this then went home none ever question me or asked what I was doing , basically I got paid for 10 hours and did nothing because like I said bottom line none cares about you or anything else in amazon , this massive company that makes billions and they can’t even give there staff a Xmas bonus ! ! If you are thinking about joining amazon please don’t do it be the worst choice you ever make in your life and lastly the phrase “ it’s not what u know , it’s who u know “ that is 100% true when working for amazon ! !
@@chasenicholas6724 No those are shitty jobs. There are levels of job security. You as a stower are on the bottom of the ladder, making less, and doing more than those above you. You sound like you're unaware or don't have any other better opportunities.
I’m a film technician that has worked on Amazon shows. We couldn’t get hotel rooms for a shooting location 2 hours away. We were expected to drive 2 hours to set, work for 14+ hours, and drive home. The fact that no one (that I know of) fell asleep at the wheel is pure luck.
@@didyoustealmyfood8729 it’s the union rate so it is kinda low but it’s liveable. What’s not fair is expecting employees to drive 2 hours to and from work. It’s a huge liability, and not how you should treat people that make you plenty of money.
@@joevartanian4246 yes yes ofc because people with debts and bills to pay living pay check to pay check in uncertain times where one bad week can leave you homelesss for the next few years can quit at anytime.... zzzz listen im not saying slavery wasnt worse but this is definitely no way to treat human beings. But then again im not doing anything about it either just sitting on the internet lamenting about how sht the world is becoming lol
Most factory/warehouse workers are treated like crap, and most blue collar workers in general. Main reason I got out of that life and started my own lawn care business.
@@firstlast9916 there was a point in human history when money wasn't a thing and people didn't sit around, they created amazing things. Like in any past or present society, if you sit around you die. "Laziness" is not the problem, not even money. Its greed and the system that rewards the most greedy people
I worked at Amazon in customer returns a few years ago. I don't have any horror stories about my time there, but I can tell you it was depressing as hell. Every opportunity they gave us for voluntary time off, I took it. In fact, the only thing that kept me coming to work was that my supervisor was super hot. The craziest thing I remember about working there was that if you were literally one minute late, they would mark you down as being an hour late. They only give you like twenty hours or something that can be used for that before you're fired. I always thought that was insane... anyway. I was eventually fired by that same hot supervisor for _only_ meeting 99.3% of our processing rate.
I’m an Amazon employ and I can voyage for everything they said the work environment is ridiculous if I didn’t need money right away I wouldn’t be there right now and even though I’m there I’m still apply to work somewhere else just because I don’t want to work there
Worked there for a month... worst month of my life. Legit made me suicidal. I quit and lost my house i was renting due to not being able to pay my rent while trying to find a new job. I do not regret quitting for a second. It literally saved my life.
Usps is the same thing. I made 36 dollars an hour but I only had 2 days off a month. When I started working there I weighed 186 pounds and in great health. I walked off the job after 7 years and I weighed 141 pounds and had stress you wouldn't believe. It was the best decision of my life to leaving. Took a full year off and found a great parts manager job making 26 an hour and weekends off..
@u wot? Chicken egg argument. Are people inherently shitty which leads to a shit community or is community shit which leads to shitty people? I would contend people are a product of their environment 95% of the time. Good people can come from bad environments and bad people can come from good environments, but I would be willing to wager 90% of murderers have come from an upbringing that was subpar. Chicago has a shitty community that leads to a lot people being violently injured/killed. Austin has a great community and a much lower violent crime rate. Your odds of being the victim of a violent crime in Chicago are 1 in 100...it's 1 in 250 in Austin. Saying people are shitty doesn't explain why places like Chicago, Baltimore and various other cities with no discernable community have crime rates so much higher than small towns with real communities. If people are shitty then all people are shitty and crime rates should be pretty much the same across the entire country.
@@wadesnyder9368 I would contend that the actual loss of the true middle class and opportunities for them (a la manufacturing) has removed the meaning behind work and led to a me first mentality (which I can't fault them for given the short-term thinking of corporate America). The me first (and "I'm OK You're OK") attitude has led to fragmentation that leads to lack of community intertwinement which leads to lack of accountability and behavior that benefits the common good over the individual (see school performance/discipline)
Yep. Destruction of the family through the welfare state. Splintering of neighborhoods with constant media racial incitement, divide and conquer, disappearing of the front porches. All orchestrated to destroy this country.
@@jeffarnold3229 things like community policing through intelligence lef policing is a major contributor to crime. They use the same models from war to socially engineer our cities. Neighborhood Watch, citizen corps, infragard, vips, all entities from govt agencies. Community assesment teams. All working against us
Worked at an Amazon warehouse 10 years ago during summer when I was in college. The job was so terrible it motivated me to finish school to never work a job like that. It’s a shit show!
see this is the mentality people need. I worked at pepsico merchandising sodas all day, 12 hour days 6 days a week during the summer months. My hands literally bleed on some days. It sucked. That motivated me to start a business and 4 years later here i am, self employed
@@youngdylan5083 it's not necessarily accepting it but taking ownership of one's life to improve one's wellbeing, which then can improve others. if these people didn't do that they wouldn't be making a better impact on the world such as the people they end up hiring for their own businesses etc.
I work at one of the biggest Amazon warehouses in the country in the Midwest. I guess I'm one of those people who lucked out on the warehouse being lenient and that don't really care if you use earbuds. I listen to podcasts while I work and every now and then a manager will say take them out but you never get written up. They allow 30mins of time each day for bathroom breaks and whatever. We get 2 full 30mins of break time once you enter the break room. If your not feeling well or something hurts you can just go to the medical office called AMCARE and get treated over there. Personally I go there usually after my second break and do some yoga and roll out my hips from being tight from standing a while. Idk... also the facility's got AC. Which says a lot since most of the warehouses I've been in don't have AC. Defiantly not the worst place I've been in my last decade working. Although, since I've been here a year now I'm thinking of finding something with higher pay if they don't increase the wage soon. Everything's gotten more expensive as of late.
I work at FedEx the harsh work is the same thing but they won’t fire you for stupid stuff and they are chill with you going to the bathroom whenever. I want a new job cause it’s brutal. I’m about to start my own power washing business so I know it will all be over soon if I just save a little more. I’m never gonna put myself through this again
True. This sounds just like FedEx. I even had to carry my own toilet paper to the bathroom. Over 100 degrees inside and no fan on the lines where I worked. 8 to 10 hour days and no breaks at all.
When I quit I walked around the warehouse for a few hours saying bye to all the great people I met, then the managers asked me to leave when they noticed what was happening. Terrible company to work for though
That’s great. You had the choice to leave. This lady is acting like the “workers” are in prison. They applied and now work and are compensated. If they don’t like it they leave
@@joerogan8723 exactly. They always act like they can’t do anything less. I get Amazon sucks. So stop working there. Oh wait he will then hire illegals or legal immigrants and nothing will change because our government allows it. Why else do you think big companies like huge flows of immigrants into this country.
@@ivermectin1974 yes immigrants are hungry for work because their countries weren’t founded like the US. Now all these liberals are trying to destroy what makes this country great. And lazy people fall right in place like a bunch of sheep. Blame the big companies for everything while they benefit from the big companies at the same time
Employer: The workers have been doing an incredible amount of work and we haven't had a single safety violation in over 2 years. They deserve a pizza party.
That’s how it was at Whole Foods too. Revenue was up something like 150% at my store and the biggest thing they did was raffle off Whole Foods t shirts and 25$ gift cards one time out of the entire year. All after taking away profit sharing which would’ve netted us thousands upon thousands. What an actual joke that was. Only the zombified drones stayed there for a long amount of time. Everyone else quickly learned what the business was really about - profits over everything, including employees. You’re just a number at Amazon and Whole Foods.
I came from working at McDonald's to go to Amazon and that was the biggest mistake of my life. I didn't understand why I felt so depressed the way that I did. During the winter months you can go as much as 3-4 days without seeing the sun. The pay is good but that's only if you can survive 3 years
The only real advice I have for anyone in this line of work is GO TO COLLEGE. Go to college, and you'll avoid being scammed into being legalized slave labor for the rest of your life. These brain-dead roles are for those who only have very basic job skills and no greater ambitions in life. Or ex-cons that did time in prison and are attempting to get back into the workforce. I chose to further my education after high school. Got my degree in science, and now I'm a full-time laboratory animal researcher that sees more money in one day by preforming phlebotomy and conducting potentially life-saving case studies on animals, compared to what anyone in a warehouse earns in a single week moving boxes around. So, it's pretty obvious what the greater decisions in life are when it comes to a job vs. an actual career. McDonald's isn't a "career" no matter how much they try to trick people into thinking it is, and neither is Amazon (unless you're the franchise owner or CEO of either). If you're a high school dropout that can barely read and write, then companies like this and many others don't have to give a rats ass about valuing you as an employee. And believe me when I say: (they don't). How much you get out of life depends on how much effort you put into it. So don't be lazy. Don't be a fuck-up. (Stay. In. School).
Working at a FC making 17.50 at 19,I pack boxes all night and will get a 50 cent raise, though not planning on staying longer than a year. Mostly chill management ang policies, loose clocking in and out and breaks, as long as you do your work and do well I see no problem. Go to my car to smoke on breaks, hideout in bathroom still lol. Be safe and find work that suits y'all, every workplace/location can be different❤️
This sounds a lot more like the Warehouse I work at. Like if you're just trying, even if your rate is a little low you're good. You have to be both below rate and in the bottom 5% of the warehouse to get written up for rate and that's only after you've spent a week in the productivity lane. Sometimes I'll extra time on my breaks. I clock in early, if I wanna stay a bit a late and scrape some OT I can do that too. Really just depends on your warehouse I guess.
Wife works in Amazon warehouse. She got COVID (90% sure from work) was out a week then back at it. She started getting dizzy from low oxygen and asked for a reasonable accommodation at work for a few days. Once Amazon managers heard those words they fired up their targeting systems and started launching retaliation warheads at her non-stop. They know how onerous it is to fight it and how low the success rate is.
I went and interviewed at Amazon a few years ago for a third party maintenance position. There were alarm bells just pulling into the parking lot. Speed bumps every twenty feet, junk cars all over, security gates, metal detectors, etc. A lot of the employees looked dead on the inside and the feeling I got from my interview was they were treated as such.
@@Nobody-dp8br Someone sounds salty. Getting passed up for all the promotions at his local walmart to those stupid libs and their fancy schoolin lol haha
My wife had to work there 11hour shifts during the lockdowns because government made it illegal to do her regular job and we were in the process of applying for a mortgage - we had to have money coming in. I was working nights and she used to leave house at 6am. Our three children had to stay alone for couple of hours a day. We've managed to buy that house but my wife damaged her back and feels the pain even two years after she's left. The culture of work in that place was horrible. It's job for physically tough people.
When you work for a place you hate you’ll only do just enough to not get fired. When you work for a place that treats you like family you’ll go above and beyond for them. It’s pretty easy
Corporations are never your family. Pretending they are is just another emotional manipulation tactic.
@@credman He’s talking about small businesses like mom and pop shops that are familiar with their employees and have an actual relationship with them. That allows them to be treated like humans. Which in turn boosts work production because the workers are happy at their work place.
This^ it’s does wonders for someone’s motivation when they feel appreciated....GO FIGURE!!!!
Never understood if you're not happy at your job then why stay there?
@@MDAyers1017 absolutely! Don’t get me wrong, I’m an electrician and have worked for small time companies were the owners were cheap bastards and exploited the most amount of work out of their journeyman. But the difference is I am a skilled tradesmen, I can easily find a new job within a couple of days where I could be more happy, where as somone working at Amazon could not.
I was an amazon driver for a couple months and everyone I saw in that ware house was broken physically, mentally, and spiritually.
Place was a nightmare.
Damn and the managers are probably pshycopaths enjoying their suffering, pshycopaths don't need to risk their freedom to kill other people they just can get a job as a manager and slowly destroy the workers mentally and physically.
Worked at a warehouse and it was so soul sucking. One day I just woke up and said screw it and quit
Ive never worked for amazon but ive seen how deserpately their workers rush to our bathrooms when they deliver a package to my job.
As an Amazon fulfillment cemetery employ I pass my days, packing shipments above the rates the determine to be acceptable, by thinking about where I’m going to apply and how to escape the rat race that currently pays my bills. None of us matter, as long as the shipments get out the door. I can imagine the stress the drivers have to be under, as well. They reward us with free T-shirt’s and music, sometimes, but I’d much rather be able to go to the restroom without feeling like my every minute is being counted against me. And a promotional opportunity?? Forget about it.
@@andrewmalbright soul sucking is the exact way to describe it. Well…time to clock back in. Lol.
The main issue with Amazon is favoritism and unfair treatment. Some people can do things but other people can’t.
that's THIS ENTIRE MATRIX! not just this company
Facts!
That's every business.
Amazon is honestly the most unorganized company I’ve ever worked for! Everything is fine through an app which works when it wants to. HR is hardly ever there and when they are, they’re “busy” talking with managers about their old drug binges. Hard work and consistency gets you absolutely NOWHERE! The only way to move up in that company is to flirt, and bruise your knees kissing ass. “Managers” walk around on their phones & AirPods in while they yell at others for doing the same.
I have a coworker that had a biopsy done and as a result, they potentially have cancer. The doctor wrote a statement that they’re not allowed to work that much, “HR” said that there isn’t enough evidence to prove it.
They genuinely don’t care.
It's super efficient. Hard to get fired. Try working in public education---that is disorganization.
I work for corporate Amazon and love it. Stay in college kid. :)
@@floridajames04 good luck lol u seem to have an ego of someone w that job 😂 probably got some bruised knees too 🫢
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😂😂 i worked for waste connections trash company man that place is the most un organized company ever no safety you work 14 hours a day from 4 am to 6 pm cold rain heat any type of wether so im ok with a damn easy ware house job i been doing trash for 15 years
I’ve listened to this podcast while driving for Amazon while peeing in a bottle
I love the fuckin balls on this guy lol fuck HR LMAO
Lmao slave
Very relatable #AmazonDriver
What kind of bottle?
Hahahaha me too
Worked at Amazon for 6 months and was fired due to my accuracy for scanning items dropped to 99.3%. Only job I've ever been fired from in my life.
fuck man what a joke
When I used to work there, it used to bug the hell out of me when one of the mangers or supervisors would come up to me saying I'm not picking enough items per minute. Regardless of me being stuck in traffic with other pickers or an accident occurred, they practically harass me every half hour because I was so behind on scanning items.
Once it was time for lunch and the bell would go off, the managers and supervisors wanted everyone to be far away from the break room. The moment the lunch bell goes off, if any worker was close by, he or she would be written up, cause they wanted everyone to stay working until the bell rang. Meaning, you're in a huge warehouse and if you're on one side of the building and on a machine, it could take close to 10 minutes or longer to reach the break room. A 15 minute break was more like 5 minutes A 30 minute lunch break was mainly 15 minutes or less. It sucked so bad.
That was back in 2012, and I was there for 6 months. So glad I got out of there. Definitely not a company wanted to grow with.
@@mattbernabe that's sad :(
@@mattbernabe same exact situation where I worked too. I was 8 months pregnant and waddling to the break room took twice as much time as others so by the time I'd get down to finally eat the bell would ring to get back to work.
@@skdjirrrdjdm3926 damn hope your in a better job situation now.
I was fired from Walmart DC for being late consistently by 1-3 mintues. The worst part about it was that we all waited 15+ minutes every day for our supervisor to show up
Just imagine if all employees walked out one day or don't show up to work.
It would have to be at a national level for anything to make a difference.
"The country's not about anything other than money." - That's all we need. Great quote.
You can learn more about Krystal's take on this for $10/month.
She's correct. It doesn't matter who suffers or who gets destroyed; they want their money
@@GoogleAccount-pp9ep Spotify is FREE. I repeat FREEEEEEEEEE
And you aren't a fan of money?
@@GoogleAccount-pp9ep "If you have a problem with unfettered greed, you should work for free." Moron.
The average American will not care enough to stop supporting Amazon.
Even if they did, it wouldn't be enough to make any real difference. If people stopped supporting Amazon, their money would just go to support some other business to grow until it's doing the same exact thing.
I did. It may not make a difference but it makes me feel better to quit shopping Amazon.
Because the average American has a worse job where they are making less, being treated worse, and have worse health care.... Js... Not an Amazon supporter.... But I promise you they treat there people way better than 98% of labor jobs
@@SynthApprentice I'm not sure. Amazon is doing well because it has a presence in virtually every industry. If we diversify our vendors, we can slow down their growth.
Sadly, true
Amazon is one of those jobs where you have a more difficult time if you're a good worker and easier time if you're a bad worker. Think about it before you apply
They call over the loud speaker that they will give you a prize for the fastest worker. Then you get a couple of athletes wanting to show off, then seeing how it's all connected they walk up to the normal speed workers and say hey you're getting behind can you step it up.
yep this is exactly what happens.
I started shopping my LOCAL hardware store a couple years ago. Support small business. It's what our country was founded on.
Amazon is thriving because it is exposing the harsh reality of our phony bubble economy. Don't be mad at Amazon, release your anger towards the federal government for making it nearly impossible to set up shop here in the U.S. and forcing customers to buy goods produced elsewhere.
I don't have $49.99 for a hammer
@@lovethereflection8315 Because the federal government has managed to both make you unproductive enough to not have the sufficient income needed to buy goods at a reasonable price while simultaneously making business unproductive enough to warrant an increase in their prices to compensate for the loss in productivity.
Sure, nothing to do with slavery 😒
I miss those old school mom and pop hardware stores. We don’t have any where I live anymore. I always support local businesses as much as possible.
Can’t be worse than UPS. When I worked there it was like slave labor.
Still is
Warehouse work for big corporations is so much work and depressing because you're just the numbers you output
My back was never the same after working for FedEx in my early 20s
But it's union slave labor so...
Everything I've heard of Amazon is that it's just a typical warehouse job. The only difference is that it's so big more people have exposure to those kind of jobs, so you have more people complaining. That's it.
I’ve been delivering for Amazon for 3 years, and I’ll never forget when I almost got fired for walking behind the line haul (where the big rigs off load) on my way to my groups area. At least half of my team would walk to work that way, for like weeks if not months. Thought nothing of it. No one, NOBODY told us that doing this was a safety violation. My manager had to “bribe” Amazon to keep me on. . . Oh and I was dubbed driver of the week, that same week. . .
It made me suicidal
Crazy...
Wow that's nuts
Thing is, this is now the world we live in. It's not just the US, where I was born and raised. I've been living full-time in Thailand for 6 years after I started a family here -- but even before that I travelled SE Asia a lot swept up in the "Grass is greener" mindset. I've watched, even just over the last 10 years, these cultures erode and become fully replaced by a Tiktok/social media/money chasing/status/appearance-driven one. I'm 32 now, first came out here when I was 19, and the stark contrast between the feeling of the times then and now makes it feel at times dissociative -- like I dreamt it all, or that I left planet earth and in some weird purgatory. The world is absolutely, 100% fucked on a deep level. Social engineering, mind-control programs, advertising, AI data compiling, user profiling, and the breach of individual privacy online has completely destroyed the soul of humanity. Even in staunchly religious places like Thailand, Buddhism has been replaced by materialism and narcissism. It's insurmountably depressing knowing I made a major mistake bringing children into a world where it's very unlikely they will experience childhood innocence and happiness like I did even as recent as the 1990s.
It's neo-slavery. Agree with you whole heatedly ... I'd like any of these people sitting on the top to explain to me how what we're doing today is ANY different than the caste system or feudal system. Wealthy individuals at the top, lording over a large group of non-wealthy individuals.
@@MrAB-fo7zk people from poorer countries that were invaded, colonized and looted by western countries had experienced all this long ago.
so BRILLIANTLY well said - and ALL about a LONG STANDING AGENDA
Im listening to this while on my break at Amazon lmao
You guys get breaks? At my warehouse you’re lucky if you get a break lol
Don't let people talk you into quitting, don't quit until you get a better job.
Amazon gives 2 breaks that’s 10 min each and a lunch that is only 40 minutes! And you’re supposed to work for 10 hrs a day. Don’t even have time to eat yet enjoy other’s company. Hated Amazon. 🖕🏼
@@b.l4365 Iv never had a break that was more than 30mins lol, also never had a PAID break either. How is 40mins not enough to eat mate? Are you planning on going home and cooking a full course meal? 😂😂
So you have to use up 4 of your breaks to watch this Video
This Shows some serious dedication to joe rogan
Shop local for as long as it’s still available
Lmao
Fuck that. Lobby every government from top to bottom to crush these companies like a bug. Even classical libritarians believe it is the job of the government to intervene in times of crisis. Break them up.
Lmao dude the dna of capitalism makes “shop local” and fundamentally useless proposition
even when you have to get stuff delivered, most of the time you can go directly to the source to buy what you want with a quick google search and bypass Amazon or other wholesalers entirely.
@@SamShoemakerMusic without government tax breaks and subsidies places like Amazon could never compete with price from local.
I'm a manager at an Amazon warehouse and was livid when central recruiting kept telling us we had to keep taking on college hires as new managers when he already had hourly employees (some with college degrees) that we wanted to promote.
Seen that. Managers with Bachelor degrees, and associates with Masters.
I worked there for 9 months. They held an all-hands meeting, and in it showed 275 promotions since the plant opened. I didn't recognize ANYONE who got promoted. I worked 4 days a week on a day shift.
I just want to make it clear that Amazon is terrible to their employees, and something has to ...
Oh wait, that stuff I ordered yesterday is already here. Unbelievable.. Amazon rules!
Sounds alot like China as well. Sure say China bad but at the end of the day we all continue to benefit from the cheaper items we buy due to china slave labor.
Literally the “you complain about society yet you are living in it” meme. Maybe grow some brain.
@@gaku3217 Except you don't have to buy from Amazon. You choose to because you like the convenience and low price.
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I work there. Everything they said is true.
You should quit
I literally just quit my job there today because of everything mentioned in this video, currently enjoying the day off
Same
Best wishes to you.
It depends on the warehouse honestly
As an ex amazon 3rd party seller, I can say my experience is no better. One day your small business can be running like clock work and then next you're fighting for your financial life due to a random suspension out of the blue. In Amazon's eyes you are guilty until proven innocent. If you are unable to get reinstated, Amazon will garnish all your wages from pass sales. They've garnished millions upon millions of dollars unjustly from 3rd party sellers. I was left with less money and struggled to pay my taxes because Amazon did this. On top of that, then you have to make the heart wrenching choice to destroy all your inventory or have everything shipped back to your own house for storage with no real practical way to sell all the units
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@@michaelgonzalez4010 hey buddie, what do you mean by that?
As a truck driver I made a delivery at a amazon warehouse & I saw the misery in the workers faces
“there’s a difference between being lazy and having a shitty job” genius
No, most jobs are shitty job. When people have CAREERS, then it's not like work. It becomes enjoyment. But most jobs are NOT careers, they are shitty jobs we all do or have done in our life.
@@factmanamerican882 most people I know who have/had careers loathed going to work same as minimum wage workers.
@@factmanamerican882 Not trying be a troll, but I disagree. Not all shitty jobs are created equal. Some shitty jobs are worse than others... for example working at AMAZON is clearly shittier than my shit-house job. Your experience is not indicative of everyone else's and thus you cant extrapolate a conclusion for everyone based on you. What you and or I call shitty, someone else may not, and vice versa.
But more to the point, even IF your assertion was right and 99% of jobs were shitty jobs to the EXACT SAME DEGREE, people are different and thus how we feel about our equally shitty jobs are going to be different because how an individual feels is subjective to each person individually. That right there is why your point, even if spot on, still can't negate the insistence that there is a difference between being lazy and having a shitty job.
It's well documented at all ages of the human life, that if we aren't adequately stimulated our efforts or attitudes perceived by third parties reflect a negative attitude or laziness. For example when i was in school i was very advanced for my age, but my classes weren't challenging me. I wound up getting bored and from that point my grades dropped because it took more effort to stay focused leaving less energy for actual work (i ended up not caring anymore, grades continued to fall and now i'm a 36 year old with a shitty job, studying my ass off to get out of it). The same goes for work... if you're trapped in a shitty job that doesn't stimulate you, challenge you or give you a sense of accomplishment the same can happen. you end up using energy just being there, focusing becomes harder and your output drops, giving the impression of lazy, even though you are working hard at just staying awake and focused.
@@ilovecoffeev Then you need to get out more. lol Sure, not all careers are equal as well. But if it's a career you enjoy, then it's not work. That's all I'm saying.
@@factmanamerican882 I left a career job because it was an EXTREMELY toxic environment. Took a slight pay cut just to be stress free at another job that I live literally 5 minutes from. Which helps me break even since I don't spend on gas weekly like I was driving to my last job.
Getting fired by Amazon for reporting a safety violation was the best thing that ever happened to me
What the fuck why!?
Cuz he was the one who violated the safety...
@@Z-Ack damn was you there?
what was the consequence. Did you get some sort of settlements or why was it good for you?
@@fetB lawsuits take time and a lot of money. Also the courts are having major delays.
I currently work at a Sortation center and what the lady said about people not being promoted because they’re willing to do the grunt work and shit in bags and piss in bottles is absolutely true. I’ve seen people work their ass off only for management to promote someone who barely does anything. This past week during prime week was hell, my body is aching boys.
If a job is killing you, it is not worth it. I'm actually considering leaving the USA.
Ngl I’m just waiting for the day I start at Amazon & tbh these comments making me having second thoughts about this job.
Dude this is crazy and true. What the girl says at the end. There’s ppl at my warehouse who look depressed. Never talk to anyone. They just scan scan scan. I’ve changed my schedules many times cos it was getting to me. Now I’m on flex schedule and can do more personal things and don’t feel how she says. 😢😊
im hiding in the bathroom on my shift from amazon as im watching this LOL
Watched this during break today 😂
Thank you both for being honest! But your both fired! What are you doing using the white toilets. I thought you were told only shit in a bag and make sure it makes it to bezos desk!
Did your legs fall asleep when sitting on the toilet?
So is all this true?
@TheDrewSaga umm. He prefers it on his chest. Thank you.
Working for Amazon made me realize I never want to be employed by anyone ever again.
Bit dramatic
@@jacob4690 haha its true, i worked there for months and did everything i could to not get fired. Bunch of bs* covid regulatiins like sticking to the lunch area and beung six feet. Couldnt walk with any of my friends or grab coffee and go sit wit em cuz were too close by and get written up. Theyre constantly firing employees before u can get to the six month point because then u get some nice raises the way i did lolol, u also get ur 500 dollar sign on bonus so they filter thru a bunch of employees every amazon “season” most employees r always resetting at minimum to save money and rewarding only the top top tier. That top tier being someone like me who had top 10% rates and had to bust ass. All my friends who worked normally even had stupid reasons to why they got fired. Constant managers being on ur ass is the reason im happy working at concerts where ima free lancer now
Only way you can change that is by investing or starting a business or something
Welcome to adulthood.
@Asha Halverson, Amen....
I know of someone that worked as an engineer in one of their warehouses. They’re always trying to make the whole warehouse more efficient and they’re starting to replace people by machines or robots
I currently work at a Tractor Supply Distribution center and it’s easily the best job I’ve ever had. Pay is good, benefits are okay, and the hours are good. To be honest, factories and warehouses are the best option for someone that doesn’t want to do construction or work in an office. I know people who tried to work for Amazon and they said it was a nightmare.
Right. I absolutely love my warehouse job. I won't say who it is but it is not a corporation and it is privately owned. Our clients are Pepsi and Tesla so I just work with mostly Gatorade products. 2 Amazon buildings are next door and I worked at both of them. They're older buildings with only a few robots. I worked there several times and enjoyed it when I got an easy scanning job. Whenever I did something else, I would leave.
But I have no plans of leaving my Gatorade job however!
Amazon was the worst job I have ever had. From the hours to the treatment to the fake belief that you can climb up the work ladder. The only positive that came out of working for such an abussive, robotic company is that I value any job opportunity that comes my way due to the belief of “at least it’s better than Amazon”
At least it's better than Amazon, Cardinal Health and Safelite.
Feel the exact same way since I got out of the food business
I don’t really agree with this , I think it depends on your demographics of your area that comes into play
I moved up, you have to actually apply for an Admin position to move up, showing up to work won't get you anywhere at Amazon.
Facts
worked at amazon almost a year and everything that was said in this video is 100% spot on
Wageslave
That’s fuc*ed up
Every warehouse is like that it’s nothing new. They’re usually jobs that convicts fresh out of jail will go for because there isn’t usually a police check required and it has a decent starting wage and dosen’t even require a high school education. The standards in which these order pickers are required to hit at these kinda jobs are absurd. They usually offer bonuses to workers that can hit over 100 percent throughout the week. So you get guys skipping their paid breaks and grown ass men legit wearing diapers because they can’t afford to go to the washroom without risking not hitting the productivity numbers.
Where is your location?
Secretly they say fuck em’ let’s work these ignorant animals until they croak squeezing every amount work out of them and do just the bare minimum to show like we really care about these low life workers.
As someone who worked at Amazon...its almost impossible to move to corporate from the warehouse. Some ppl would quit just to try to apply for a corporate position 🙄
I worked as a temp in the Amazon warehouse in Seattle in 1998 or so. I was one of a whole bunch of temps. You were worked for about three weeks and then all the temps were let go, except maybe for the one or two that goose-stepped the best. And then repeat with new temps. I did see Bezos in person once. From about 50 feet away. All the managers spread out and had told every one of us to look busy when he arrived, even though we all were busy. Every step and every break was regimented even then. I can’t imagine what it was like once they got really automated with scanners and things tracking you.
1988😂
@@calmnessandpeace3724that 1998 not 88
I worked for a Dollar Tree distribution center for 8 years and it was exactly the same. I saw hundreds of hourly workers come and go, fired over small infractions related to burn out. And in all that time i witnessed only one person go from hourly to management. I outlasted attempts to get rid of me for years till finally my body just couldn't keep up with the insane amount of mandatory overtime. And when they had finally run me in to the ground, they threw me away without a care. So to hear that corporate psycho path say people are inherently lazy, makes me sick. Its not being lazy. Its being physically and mentally broken. I have never felt less human and worthless in my life. So save your health and steer clear of large corporation labor jobs.
"it was exactly the same"
Dude, _every job_ is the same - not exactly, but substantively. Jobs are punishing: they take out of you the same as they give you and you end up living your life in the margins of your work. There is no "getting ahead" except by tiny gains in those tiny margins over a long period of time. It's the harsh mathematics of real life. Living life in the margins. So little of your life is really your own, and we are raised these days to think about how much potential we have and how we are "the leaders of tomorrow" and all that shit - and that's all just talk, advertising, BS we get from academics and politicians and advertising agencies who are all in one way or another selling us something. And we believe it and are been poisoned by it. Even the people in this interview are bullshitting us, telling us "it shouldn't be this way" when all that's really going on there is that "it shouldn't be this way" is their hustle. Their work is saying "it shouldn't be this way" and they live their _own_ lives in the margins.
Every job is basically the same. I worked in shoe warehouses, order-picking and stacking cases, while in college and before law school. I worked for a big law firm after graduation. I made what most people consider a shitload of money. Even in those jobs, they take it out of you. It was just an Amazon warehouse full of people in suits. To keep my job I had to work 70-80 hours a week: 12 hours a day, six days a week, plus a half-day on Sunday. Sure I got paid a lot of money, but a lot of that money went to pay back the loans I'd had to take out to go to law school in the first place. And because I spent maybe ten waking hours per week outside the office, I had to pay other people money to do a lot of basic things I could have done myself more cheaply or even for free. Simple stuff like food and laundry and keeping my apartment clean and maintaining my car, I was paying other people to do at huge markups. And at the end of the year you've spent all your money on that shit and at best you have keep a small portion of that for yourself. And people think "oh that guy's got it made because he makes X dollars." LOL yeah, your salary says X dollars, but if the lifestyle necessary to make X dollars also costs you X dollars, you still end up with Jack Shit. I would regularly fight it, I would resolve "I'm gonna bring my own food from now on" and spend all day Sunday afternoon cooking in bulk to save food costs. But then the apartment doesn't get cleaned, laundry doesn't get done, the car is still making that noise, and you end up having to pay money to other people to do those things while you are at the office _making somebody else rich._ I thank God I had worked so many shit jobs when I was young, because at least I wasn't particularly surprised when law turned out to be the same shit/different day.
This is life. Now and 2000 years ago - the same. In the US and Norway and China and Fiji - the same. Capitalism and socialism - the same. It's all just people working their lives away, trying to survive and get ahead in the margins. Ain't never been different, ain't never going to change.
Thanks this makes me feel better about not dumping tons of debt into an education that I would never be able to afford to utilize therefore being a pointless goal in the long term anyhow.
To be fair...he's right...people ARE lazy...and Amazon style organization IS more efficient. That's not the issue, the issue is humans can't put up with it.
@@freedomordeath89 considering the hundreds if not thousands of testimonies that is the most uneducated cheap take some of y'all corporate bootlickers have. I'm all for people working hard and strengthening the economy but it's obvious people aren't being properly rewarded for their work and instead companies like Amazon are doing the opposite and trying to make the work so unbearable that they have a system in place to replace all employees within a 3 year period. But go on about how people are lazy. How's Bezo's boot taste?
And with ppl living with long COVID I can't only imagine how drained they are. Omg
As long as we’re addicted to consuming we’ll always have this problem. America and other parts of the world are committed to “stuff”. Minimalism is what we need. The mind finds freedom in it.
Exactly. People need to quit buying all this shit. I work in an Amazon warehouse and we sell EVERYTHING imaginable. People buy rocks and straw for just a couple examples.
@@athousandpins uhh rocks and straw are prettt fucking useful for certain projects and professions. Terrible example
Best comment across the section
This just reminded me to go check on Amazon and make sure they're sending the last things I'll ever order from them., which they are not. Beware the entity that keeps your money without giving you what you're paying for, it's happening more and more often.
How did quitting amazon go? Still making purchases?
I grew up in a rural area and always liked helping small businesses. Small business owners are passionate about whatever they're selling you and it rubs off. I sparingly use Amazon for gifts because most of my family is in North Carolina and I'm in AZ.
I don't buy things off of amazon because I don't support it. Too bad you still do.
Jeff Bezos is a fuckin' comic book villain. He even has an evil laugh!
I read an article last week that they caught him calling all his employees just naturally lazy. I worked my ass off and once I heard that, now I just strach my ass and just do the minimal work. I'm not letting that guy disrespect me like that
@@JoseRamirez-yh2ll he’s something else smh I worked at a new fulfillment center that was just opening in my area, & they sold it as a “great opportunity to make some extra cash” for student & retirees blah blah blah. There were SO many older people, who retired from the post office, UPS & FedEx, that said Amazon was by far the worst they’d ever experienced. They would scream at these old people, like lunatics, to meet quotas that were damn near impossible for young people, in great shape to do. That place just breeds toxicity, from the top all the way down.
All he's missing is a white cat and a Blofeld / Dr. Evil outfit.
Not really he’s just genius who created an extremely successful business and he’s so high up the chain that he can’t even realize how his business policies effect his workers
@@producedby3am344 he's well aware of it.
They're businesses and then there's corporations
Corporation only care about its business and its image. It's like the business is a living person. It is its own entity. No one truly owns it, it does have majority by stock shares
A regular business, can be owned by a family. And they tend to be more fair and for the people
As a former employee, I can confirm that this segment was accurate.
I work there now and i just got lucky and vto'd the whole week. They wont turn on the ac you have work at top speed it's horrible and i hate it.
Not from my experience at Amazon. 2 Black men and a Mexican fella were my managers.
@@dayadam16 aren't the warehouses like 1,000,000 sqft? imagine air-conditioning the whole building
@Silent Now but what about the ones that are it's not a race thing but those people in general that's the point to the bigger picture she was just trying to earn social justice warrior points
@@Timoteo-ol4wm im not sure of the sq ft but it's definitely huge. And the ac works well cause of the huge helicopter fans on the ceiling. It's literally just them being cheap. In November they stop giving us water on the floor and we have to bring our own water. They just gave us water again like a month ago. And we have to work at a high rate.
I worked for Comcast for about 10yrs as a cable contractor. When I got tired of pick up & carrying an 85lb ladder around multiple times a day. I went into the call center. But I only lasted a few months there. They track every movement you make. They time your breaks & the time you spend with each costumer. This servalence thing companies are doing to their employees is going to be a problem in the future.
I read all of the comments about people hating Amazon, Walmart, and Comcast. The list goes on. If i was doing your job I would hate it too, but I don't have a degree for me to do the things I want. Your company tracking your moves is a big no no to you but how are they supposed to know you aren't out spending a few hours in the bar or poker room? What would you do it you are Comcast ceo? This is the bottom line. All of these complaints are extremely 1st world problems. If this job was overseas the people would eat it up for 1/10 the paid and be thankful. I don't feel bad when Americans people cry about companies are leaving the USA. There's no way of pleasing people here.
This is a great conversation
So basically bezos is running a chinese sweat shop...
But paying them…🧐
Yeah but in America
Bingo
@@1hadford 50k a year after tax 34 after fuel 24 after van rental 14 after adblue damage tyres less than 13k. A year for 11 hours a day 6 a week.
The national average for the warehouse job is almost 15 dollars an hour. Well above minimum wage, and decent in some states like TX, with a lower cost of living. Not bad for a low skilled job
props to Joe from bringing these people on his show.
It's the 2nd time
BFD
These people with no actual real opinions. I've listened to this twice and both of the people they brought on to talk about this are garbage.
too bad as soon as he has Shapiro back on, he'll remember none of it
@@defish2127 do you even know what an "actual real opinion" is? Is it only what you agree with?
I worked for Amazon for 5 years doing Safety and could totally have a podcast worth of stories 😂
I worked at Amazon distribution for about 1.5 weeks. I had no idea what specific job I was going to do until after I was hired. I ended up at a picking and sorting station with the endless line of robot shelves bringing you items in a seemingly endless room of robots with shelves. It was like that ending scene in Indiana Jones the Raiders of the Lost Ark where they hide the ark away in a GIGANTIC room of non descript boxes. It was VAST! The screen at the station tells you the product description and location on the shelf and you have to find it and put it in the right bin in the shortest amount of time possible. If you were good you could do it in under 15 seconds. If you were REALLY good, under 12 seconds. You would be there for HOURS doing up downs, twists and turns getting the items and putting them in the right bin and then hitting the confirm button. The robots and shelves never stop coming. All for about $11 per hour. What really surprised me was just how exhausting and bad for my back this work was. I've done all kinds of manual labor in tough conditions in my life, and this was by far the most unsustainable job I've ever had. If I had no other choice I could probably continue with it but any self respecting person with options isn't gonna continue. The bathroom and lunch breaks seemed really short and the break areas were far way. I asked to do a different kind of job there but they couldn't or wouldn't assign me else where. I asked if I could unload trucks or do anything else, *and the answer was no* .
For the first time in my life I developed plantar fasciitis. Had no idea what was going on. My upper back cramped so bad on my shifts I needed to go the to on-site "medical" area to have a additional 3, 20 minute breaks which helped but was unsustainable and was over in a month. Anything longer and they'd make me have to see a doctor. One of their recommended doctors. Not to mention that'd be during the day which would be my sleep time. I lasted 5 months. Started as a picker, was cross trained to count and package. No wage increase. Management would play favorites. The pretty girls would make them feel like royalty so eventually they'd be up for the "promotion"- problem solver. I was typically always in the "green" when they came to bother us in our stations and that would screw up my ratios. I started ignoring them and they wouldn't like that. I can go on and on but to sum it up. It's a dead end job.
@@izzyh.3581 Its a surprisingly bad job.
Quitting Amazon & becoming homeless in LA was the best decision I ever made…
American dream 😂🤣
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Good
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
WHAHAHAH LMAO
I saw an amazon driver literally sprint out of his truck without parking in the driveway. He ran full speed through the street and down the driveway. He placed the package down, rung the doorbell, and sprinted all the way back to his truck. He then jumped in the truck in one motion. We thought something must have been wrong with him. Now we know that he was trying to not be fired by an algorithm. Imagine if this spread to all other industries.
Well it really depends on the DSP you work for. My dsp is actually chill! I don’t have to sprint anywhere even with over 300 packages to deliver. Organization is key as long as you organize you’ll be fine and don’t have to be running everywhere! Yeah it’s hard work it doesn’t stop! It’s fucked up lol but its much better than the warehouse
I delivered 306 packages Friday. I started at 11:45 am and ended at 7 pm. Other people are much faster probably but I thought that was decent considering I didn’t have to run anywhere or be rushing
There is a Time rate that everyone has to average. He was probably low on his average and got a call from his manager telling him to pick it up.
bezos has set the bar and other companies r strt to follow his evil footsteps....this is the way of the future sadly
@Giorgio Mumda hes tried that already.....he can make it without us humans.....his future is to go into outer space n get lost.....leave earth to us humans
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I worked for Amazon for 8 months. I was appointed to be a safety advisor for my fulfillment center. One month Amazon decided to switch up everyone in our warehouse and started making everyone do 4 isles of work.
Understand we originally only did 3 isles and even that could be overwhelming with boxes and packages. Each isle about 40 bags we have to stuff with product. Picking up anywhere from 10lbs to 100lbs of boxes per minute or hour. Well this 4 isles of work continued for about 3 or 4 weeks and I noticed I was become extremely exhausted and my back started to hurt me and even me being in really good shape struggled to keep up, mind you, I'm 32, and have always been active and kept myself in really good shape, and here I was struggling and watching everyone else labor and exhaust themselves daily, to try and keep up with those 4 isles we would have to do for 10 hours. Amazon decided to have a safety meeting with all the managers and advisors of the building. I tryed to tell Amazon how much they were overworking people and that you could see everyone was struggling with the new 4 isles we needed to do. There respond was " well I don't see us changing back to 3 isles anytime soon, so try to adjust". Here I am doing my job as a safety advisor, telling the company our staff is exhausted from 4 isles it's unsafe and they didn't give a fuck to be honest!
Ironically I got hurt THAT same week at work.
I'm now sitting at home with a slipped disc, taken care of my son as a single father.
All I hear from doctors is that I may need surgery or injections to heal my back. I can't stand straight up, I can't pick my son up. I struggle doing normal life tasks like getting groceries or doing laundry, because of my back injury. It's a revolving door at Amazon and they do not care for there employees. Literally work people into the ground. My lawyer is going to have a field day against them in court🖕🏻.
Godspeed and kick ass.
LOL you are lucky, At my facility you supposed to do 8.
damn 3-4 weeks? first i would wait for them to tell me if my rate is down. if it is, fine, ill try to speed it up but the moment i start hurting im going home
Don't buy Amazon, spend a couple extra bucks and buy local
It's weird how we've all known this for years and literally nothing has been done to correct it. We keep talking about it like we're breaking the story but everybody already knows, they said "yeah, that's horrible" and then go buy something else from them.
Money... Too much money invloved. Noone aint doin shit....
That’s the point Saagar is trying to make. They’ve dominated most other retailers some people are forced to by from them, but mainly it’s out of convenience.
Imagine when they denominate the rest of what is left, and they become one of the only places hiring that people can apply for, especially in places like small town USA where the options are slim pickens already.
I don't buy shit from them.
Krystal starts the segment off with it. Americans worship money and will trade in all their values for it.
@@undeadpresident Good for you - I stay away from most of these scumbag stores as much as I can too!
Shout out to Brenda schaub for not being on this podcast
He probably got knocked out on the way to the studio.
@@aye_its_karate6169 knocked up*
@@aye_its_karate6169 bruh😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
He's richer then you thought
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My wife worked in a FedEx warehouse and you couldn’t be more than three minutes early or more than 1 minute late. Big line to clock in and only one station. They set you up to get write ups and fired before the 90 days when you get benefits.
I worked in an Amazon fulfillment, they expect too much with such low pay. I rmr when myy friends came to work with me everyone was cheering at the new employees but I told them on our first break " IF YOU NEVER HAD DEPRESSION, NOW YOU WILL"
Amazon isn't the only warehouse that treats their employees like that, it's alot of warehouses
Heb grocery warehouses are also horrible to work for
but the other warehouses dont pretend they are improving the world
My fellow Mexicans are used to this . Got years of warehouse experience and if you ever worked through a agency you know exactly what I mean . 6am-3 plus overtime and 5 days a week
@@LiquidSnipess 6 to 3 is like a dream working week, pretty hard to find 40 hour working weeks here, I've done like 70 hour weeks & know other that do 90 hours +
Facts
The fact that you get a 30 minute break and it takes 10 minutes to walk to the break room always depressed me when I worked at Amazon over the summer
In any decent country the time you need top get to that breakdown is not counter as actual breaktime.
if this depresses you, then you have no backbone. consider getting yourself a wheelchair.
@@32lara32 🤣 it was discouraging when working 6pm-630am and walking 34 miles a shift
@@32lara32 IMAGINE DEFENDING THE ELITE DEVILS WHO COULD CARE LESS ABOUT YOU AND YOUR USELESS LIFE..
@@josephhill3743 Swear bro, I walk about 28-30 miles a day when I'm running work at Amazon and the breaks is one of the worst parts. If you don't cheat the breaks, you really only get about 8-10 minutes of actual break time and if you're late getting back to your station more than once you get wrote up.
I've been at amazon for 5 years in 2 weeks..the job is not hard just boring..benefits are good..only gripes I have are 1...there should definitely be an incentive for people who have been there longer than 1 week and 2...the earphone thing..even if it's just one..most of us wear one anywayz and I think the reason why they don't say anything is because it's alot easier to get through the day when your listening to your favorite jam or listening to a documentary..after all these years I've learned just to keep my head down and work at my own pace..just a couple of weeks ago I was among the top 20 pickers out of like 900 not even trying..I take plenty of restroom breaks because I drink alot of water throughout the day ..but I use the restroom and come back ..most of the time people are in there playing games..talking on the phone. They have never said anything to me in the 5 years so idk..the only thing you can do is make the day as smooth for yourself as possible. Work smarter not harder..period...if not find something better..amazon definitely can improve in a lot of areas that's for sure but one has to also look at the lack of work ethic as well..do something that's best for you
It’s not just the wear house though, drivers are treated just as stressful. They have a dash cam with 4 cameras in it to see literally everything, if you even look to the side/down for a split second while driving Down the road the camera sends an alert to management and they’ll call you to see why you did that. It’s crazy how strict they are.
Omg
Can’t even take a 10 min sh!t
@@Statefacts4000 nope
This isn't just amazon, its all major warehouses, at least in the UK...
Well, not true in the warehouse/production facility I work at in Canada. We produce pipe for plumbing and distribute plumbing fittings, and we have a lot of Asian people in management, and despite being busy as hell during this pandemic, things are pretty chill, as long as you show up for your shift and not goof off.
It happens at Meat Processing plants as well. I have watched video of meat packers staying on the line and pissing in a bottle, then going back to work on the line. Obviously no handwashing. That's the least of my concerns though. It's the treatment that is inhumane.
@@TangoNevada That would never happen in Canada. The CFIA and WorkSafe would shut them down so fast. At Maple Leaf Foods, I worked a job making hams, and if you're working on the line you make sure you have someone cover for you if you have to leave, but isn't coffee and lunch breaks time to use the bathroom??
@@Elurin You would think that would be the case, as it should be. But: ruclips.net/video/svspAYG6VeE/видео.html
same australia as well
Quitting amazon and going back to slinging dope was the best decision ever ....
The best days of my life was before a weed store on every corner and 1000$ a day selling pot. Man do I ever miss those days haha
@Serafsvn to get arrested
Until the FEDS get your ass you wish you would do any job . ✌🏼
Big money the wealthiest people in my city sell dope ..think about it ..they get all this money go to jail come out and still have all the stuff they acquired depends who you are if u have kids no ..But a single male at 30 with a paid house and a paid new car u won in the game of life in the United States of England lol
As a former Amazon employee, I believe you. I'm sure you make more money. The only difference between Amazon and prison is 14 dollars an hour.
I worked at amazon for 2 years and the bottom line is none cares , the management, the team leaders the staff , this is true story I worked on my department one night and was asked to go to another department because we had no work, went over and the team leader said we have no work either go back to your department so I did to find none there , so for a 10 hour shift and just sat in the canteen for 2 hours then moved on to another canteen because the big warehouse have about 6 different canteens , did this then went home none ever question me or asked what I was doing , basically I got paid for 10 hours and did nothing because like I said bottom line none cares about you or anything else in amazon , this massive company that makes billions and they can’t even give there staff a Xmas bonus ! ! If you are thinking about joining amazon please don’t do it be the worst choice you ever make in your life and lastly the phrase “ it’s not what u know , it’s who u know “ that is 100% true when working for amazon ! !
I worked there 6 months. I was the best worker in decant. Wasn't hard at all just mentally rough. Went back to trucking which I love.
I quit Amazon on my first shift during lunch 😂
lmao well done...fvck warehouse jobs. I did something similar at HBC 5 years ago
@@chasenicholas6724 nah these people dont settle for less, quit being stupid
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@@chasenicholas6724 You do realize that you're just a number to Amazon and that they don't give a fuck if they ever have to replace you right?
@@chasenicholas6724 No those are shitty jobs. There are levels of job security. You as a stower are on the bottom of the ladder, making less, and doing more than those above you. You sound like you're unaware or don't have any other better opportunities.
I’m a film technician that has worked on Amazon shows. We couldn’t get hotel rooms for a shooting location 2 hours away. We were expected to drive 2 hours to set, work for 14+ hours, and drive home. The fact that no one (that I know of) fell asleep at the wheel is pure luck.
How much are you getting paid for this?
@@ashleyc506 is that high or low? idk. i am 14 sorry.
I had a job at an engineering company that did that to me. I fell asleep at the wheel several times. I’m amazed that I wasn’t in an accident
@@didyoustealmyfood8729 it’s the union rate so it is kinda low but it’s liveable. What’s not fair is expecting employees to drive 2 hours to and from work. It’s a huge liability, and not how you should treat people that make you plenty of money.
What’s worse is that your production was most likely filled with left wing propaganda.
Watching this while I’m at Amazon right now 😝
I worked in a FC for a year (in my 60s). It was hellish mentally and physically.
Sounds like Bezos is a modern day plantation owner.
Technically no. Practically - yes.
Because employing people who can quit any time is the same as a slave owner who can torture and rape his slaves. . .
@@joevartanian4246 yes yes ofc because people with debts and bills to pay living pay check to pay check in uncertain times where one bad week can leave you homelesss for the next few years can quit at anytime.... zzzz listen im not saying slavery wasnt worse but this is definitely no way to treat human beings. But then again im not doing anything about it either just sitting on the internet lamenting about how sht the world is becoming lol
Dude global corps are quite literally treating labor as slaves
He's just Lex Luthor, we need SUPERMAN!!!
When Jeff Bezos sees a bunch of new workers come in his warehouse he be like” Strong and fine looking cattle we got here wouldnt you say?”
no different to the slave markets in America 100 years ago.
No he has far bigger things to think about than cattle
@@asmosisyup2557 slaves didn’t get paid 14 dollars and hour with benefits you dolt
@@asmosisyup2557 don't do that
he be like you be?
Most factory/warehouse workers are treated like crap, and most blue collar workers in general. Main reason I got out of that life and started my own lawn care business.
Lawn care is also blue collar work.
@@misterb1132he just said MOST. Plus he's the boss in his business. Lawn care is easy too; not like landscaping.
Great comments from her, "You don't want to live in a country where the only value is money", great point.
Can we all just appreciate how real her point is about a whole country who’s purpose is money.
Isn't that what they've always been about? Just money and power. Not saying it's right just SSDA
If there is no money there’s no work. Eliminate money and people will sit on their ass all day. Human nature.
@@firstlast9916 there was a point in human history when money wasn't a thing and people didn't sit around, they created amazing things. Like in any past or present society, if you sit around you die. "Laziness" is not the problem, not even money. Its greed and the system that rewards the most greedy people
there are many kinds of money tho. listen to lil wayne
@@360shutter5 no such thing as a person that’s not greedy. If you don’t want your own money then you can’t function and might need a psychiatrist.
I worked at Amazon in customer returns a few years ago. I don't have any horror stories about my time there, but I can tell you it was depressing as hell. Every opportunity they gave us for voluntary time off, I took it. In fact, the only thing that kept me coming to work was that my supervisor was super hot. The craziest thing I remember about working there was that if you were literally one minute late, they would mark you down as being an hour late. They only give you like twenty hours or something that can be used for that before you're fired. I always thought that was insane... anyway. I was eventually fired by that same hot supervisor for _only_ meeting 99.3% of our processing rate.
Bruh
she got a snapchat?
If she was that hard to please then it's probably a good thing she never slept with you
Damm they that strict
99.3% 😂 tbh this story sounds too good to be true.
Pee bottles everywhere. 🤣👍 I remember my boss caught me and he said it’s okay we all do it, get back to work.😂😂😂
I’m an Amazon employ and I can voyage for everything they said the work environment is ridiculous if I didn’t need money right away I wouldn’t be there right now and even though I’m there I’m still apply to work somewhere else just because I don’t want to work there
Worked there for a month... worst month of my life. Legit made me suicidal. I quit and lost my house i was renting due to not being able to pay my rent while trying to find a new job. I do not regret quitting for a second. It literally saved my life.
Glad you're still here much love
i had a similar experience
@@repent4christ541 Ty my friend. I am in a much better place now... Career wise, financially, and most importantly Mentally.
@@JETHOZAN The place is operated like an Actual prison.. Yea, im glad you aren't there anymore either.
The moment when she realizes Joe comes with a Jamie and you don’t need to bring you’re laptop
Yhe funny thing is, they've been on the show before. Multiple times 🤣
They're so used to having to dig for this stuff.
Jamie is irreplaceable. He’s done so much for this show it’s ridiculous. I hope he’s getting paid handsomely
Jamie gets paid $19 an hour but he makes more from his onlyfans
@@user-pz5ur7kg5l I heard it was $22, but Joe makes him shit in a bag.
Super Boss Move
Usps is the same thing. I made 36 dollars an hour but I only had 2 days off a month. When I started working there I weighed 186 pounds and in great health. I walked off the job after 7 years and I weighed 141 pounds and had stress you wouldn't believe. It was the best decision of my life to leaving. Took a full year off and found a great parts manager job making 26 an hour and weekends off..
I worked for USPS for a year and new carriers were pissing and shitting in the back of the trucks. The pressure to perform was outrageous.
She hit it.. "community"
A lack of that leads to all problems in society.
@u wot? Chicken egg argument. Are people inherently shitty which leads to a shit community or is community shit which leads to shitty people? I would contend people are a product of their environment 95% of the time. Good people can come from bad environments and bad people can come from good environments, but I would be willing to wager 90% of murderers have come from an upbringing that was subpar. Chicago has a shitty community that leads to a lot people being violently injured/killed. Austin has a great community and a much lower violent crime rate. Your odds of being the victim of a violent crime in Chicago are 1 in 100...it's 1 in 250 in Austin. Saying people are shitty doesn't explain why places like Chicago, Baltimore and various other cities with no discernable community have crime rates so much higher than small towns with real communities. If people are shitty then all people are shitty and crime rates should be pretty much the same across the entire country.
@@wadesnyder9368 I would contend that the actual loss of the true middle class and opportunities for them (a la manufacturing) has removed the meaning behind work and led to a me first mentality (which I can't fault them for given the short-term thinking of corporate America). The me first (and "I'm OK You're OK") attitude has led to fragmentation that leads to lack of community intertwinement which leads to lack of accountability and behavior that benefits the common good over the individual (see school performance/discipline)
@u wot? They are not. They project that on social media. Not the same thing.
Yep. Destruction of the family through the welfare state. Splintering of neighborhoods with constant media racial incitement, divide and conquer, disappearing of the front porches. All orchestrated to destroy this country.
@@jeffarnold3229 things like community policing through intelligence lef policing is a major contributor to crime. They use the same models from war to socially engineer our cities. Neighborhood Watch, citizen corps, infragard, vips, all entities from govt agencies. Community assesment teams. All working against us
Worked at an Amazon warehouse 10 years ago during summer when I was in college. The job was so terrible it motivated me to finish school to never work a job like that. It’s a shit show!
see this is the mentality people need. I worked at pepsico merchandising sodas all day, 12 hour days 6 days a week during the summer months. My hands literally bleed on some days. It sucked. That motivated me to start a business and 4 years later here i am, self employed
Kudos to both of you. One thing they didn't talk about in this video is initiative - a quality required to rise above and improve your life.
Whilst I acknowledge the two comments below, aren’t we feeding the problem? If we accepting this we become the system?
@@youngdylan5083 it's not necessarily accepting it but taking ownership of one's life to improve one's wellbeing, which then can improve others. if these people didn't do that they wouldn't be making a better impact on the world such as the people they end up hiring for their own businesses etc.
@@LifestyleTradr Doing what exactly? What is your business?
I work at one of the biggest Amazon warehouses in the country in the Midwest. I guess I'm one of those people who lucked out on the warehouse being lenient and that don't really care if you use earbuds. I listen to podcasts while I work and every now and then a manager will say take them out but you never get written up. They allow 30mins of time each day for bathroom breaks and whatever. We get 2 full 30mins of break time once you enter the break room. If your not feeling well or something hurts you can just go to the medical office called AMCARE and get treated over there. Personally I go there usually after my second break and do some yoga and roll out my hips from being tight from standing a while. Idk... also the facility's got AC. Which says a lot since most of the warehouses I've been in don't have AC. Defiantly not the worst place I've been in my last decade working. Although, since I've been here a year now I'm thinking of finding something with higher pay if they don't increase the wage soon. Everything's gotten more expensive as of late.
This needs more views/coverage
Quitting Amazon and becoming a shoe shiner was my best decision.
I quit and started begging on street corners.
Go home, and get your shine-box!
Good
now….go how and get ya shine box!
Might work at target for a lil bit till i find a cute girl
@@eddycervantea7882 I'm sure she'll love the red shirt
Everything Ted Kyscinski said decades ago is finally starting to unfold.
Which is? I’m interested
My dad saw him naked when he got checked in to ADX Florence. Claim to fame right there.
Same with George Carlin...
What he say
Watch Yuri Bezmenov Ideological Subversion... lol i sure tripped out about how accurate it was with TODAY! And the shit was filmed in 1984.
I work at FedEx the harsh work is the same thing but they won’t fire you for stupid stuff and they are chill with you going to the bathroom whenever. I want a new job cause it’s brutal. I’m about to start my own power washing business so I know it will all be over soon if I just save a little more. I’m never gonna put myself through this again
True. This sounds just like FedEx. I even had to carry my own toilet paper to the bathroom. Over 100 degrees inside and no fan on the lines where I worked. 8 to 10 hour days and no breaks at all.
She’s so spot on!
Walmart treats their employees like shit too. 5 years at a distribution center, best day of my life when I was fired
Not the store workers,half of em stand around doing nothing
When I quit I walked around the warehouse for a few hours saying bye to all the great people I met, then the managers asked me to leave when they noticed what was happening. Terrible company to work for though
Walmart distribution is 10 times better than Amazon. You had it easy.
@@VERYSTINKYBOY 😂
Fuck em and that's why I pray the people of the world goes after the government. War world 3 will be the people vs the government. Mark my words.
Was employed at Amazon and can 85% agree with everything that is stated in this clip.
Then you are a damn liar. Yours sincerely, former Amazonian.
That’s great. You had the choice to leave.
This lady is acting like the “workers” are in prison. They applied and now work and are compensated. If they don’t like it they leave
@@joerogan8723 exactly. They always act like they can’t do anything less. I get Amazon sucks. So stop working there. Oh wait he will then hire illegals or legal immigrants and nothing will change because our government allows it. Why else do you think big companies like huge flows of immigrants into this country.
@@ivermectin1974 yes immigrants are hungry for work because their countries weren’t founded like the US. Now all these liberals are trying to destroy what makes this country great.
And lazy people fall right in place like a bunch of sheep. Blame the big companies for everything while they benefit from the big companies at the same time
Same. 100%. 3 months was longest they let you work at ours.
I am starting next week at sortation center, for the first time at Amazon as a seasonal worker not planning to work too long if found it too hard.
love that he said heb ❤
Imagine 50 years from know when people say Amazon, they will remember the company not the Forrest
50 years from now? That's almost already the case.
@@gamble777888 i would bet 80% of people under 20 years of age wouldnt know the real Amazon
@@eggspanda2475 nah that's bs, 80% of people under 20 years might think of the company before though.
Nope,
"Amazon" is the company
"The Amazon" is the forest
That's a scary thought!
Employer: The workers have been doing an incredible amount of work and we haven't had a single safety violation in over 2 years. They deserve a pizza party.
Gawd this is so accurate.
I like pizza
And not even the good pizza but the pizza with a lot of bread that fills you up from South Side Chicago!
That’s how it was at Whole Foods too. Revenue was up something like 150% at my store and the biggest thing they did was raffle off Whole Foods t shirts and 25$ gift cards one time out of the entire year. All after taking away profit sharing which would’ve netted us thousands upon thousands. What an actual joke that was. Only the zombified drones stayed there for a long amount of time. Everyone else quickly learned what the business was really about - profits over everything, including employees. You’re just a number at Amazon and Whole Foods.
@@Mord12gp Costco pizza at best
I came from working at McDonald's to go to Amazon and that was the biggest mistake of my life. I didn't understand why I felt so depressed the way that I did. During the winter months you can go as much as 3-4 days without seeing the sun. The pay is good but that's only if you can survive 3 years
The only real advice I have for anyone in this line of work is GO TO COLLEGE. Go to college, and you'll avoid being scammed into being legalized slave labor for the rest of your life. These brain-dead roles are for those who only have very basic job skills and no greater ambitions in life. Or ex-cons that did time in prison and are attempting to get back into the workforce. I chose to further my education after high school. Got my degree in science, and now I'm a full-time laboratory animal researcher that sees more money in one day by preforming phlebotomy and conducting potentially life-saving case studies on animals, compared to what anyone in a warehouse earns in a single week moving boxes around. So, it's pretty obvious what the greater decisions in life are when it comes to a job vs. an actual career. McDonald's isn't a "career" no matter how much they try to trick people into thinking it is, and neither is Amazon (unless you're the franchise owner or CEO of either). If you're a high school dropout that can barely read and write, then companies like this and many others don't have to give a rats ass about valuing you as an employee. And believe me when I say: (they don't).
How much you get out of life depends on how much effort you put into it. So don't be lazy. Don't be a fuck-up. (Stay. In. School).
Working at a FC making 17.50 at 19,I pack boxes all night and will get a 50 cent raise, though not planning on staying longer than a year. Mostly chill management ang policies, loose clocking in and out and breaks, as long as you do your work and do well I see no problem. Go to my car to smoke on breaks, hideout in bathroom still lol. Be safe and find work that suits y'all, every workplace/location can be different❤️
Lol 😆 so many poops 💩 in the bathroom, also yes 42o in my car 🚗
This sounds a lot more like the Warehouse I work at. Like if you're just trying, even if your rate is a little low you're good. You have to be both below rate and in the bottom 5% of the warehouse to get written up for rate and that's only after you've spent a week in the productivity lane. Sometimes I'll extra time on my breaks. I clock in early, if I wanna stay a bit a late and scrape some OT I can do that too. Really just depends on your warehouse I guess.
Wife works in Amazon warehouse. She got COVID (90% sure from work) was out a week then back at it. She started getting dizzy from low oxygen and asked for a reasonable accommodation at work for a few days. Once Amazon managers heard those words they fired up their targeting systems and started launching retaliation warheads at her non-stop. They know how onerous it is to fight it and how low the success rate is.
I been doing the same thing. How is she???
I went and interviewed at Amazon a few years ago for a third party maintenance position. There were alarm bells just pulling into the parking lot. Speed bumps every twenty feet, junk cars all over, security gates, metal detectors, etc. A lot of the employees looked dead on the inside and the feeling I got from my interview was they were treated as such.
@@Nobody-dp8br Someone sounds salty. Getting passed up for all the promotions at his local walmart to those stupid libs and their fancy schoolin lol haha
“We’re fixated on profits” - while picking up her iPhone. Lol.
My wife had to work there 11hour shifts during the lockdowns because government made it illegal to do her regular job and we were in the process of applying for a mortgage - we had to have money coming in. I was working nights and she used to leave house at 6am. Our three children had to stay alone for couple of hours a day.
We've managed to buy that house but my wife damaged her back and feels the pain even two years after she's left. The culture of work in that place was horrible. It's job for physically tough people.