I used to work there & i must say that Amazon was the one of the worst jobs I ever worked at. Very unprofessional and don't care about the employees nor their health. The 1st 2 days of my employment, they lost & didn't my paperwork in order so they sent me home. On the 3rd day, after the paperwork were done, they literally threw me into the field w/o ANY proper training. When I worked to the best of my abilities until i made some errands. Literally 10 mins later, they called me into their office, sat me down & threatened to write me up. I got into an arguing match with them explaining that i didn't receive any training & it was my 1st day on the floor. They literally had the balls & say, "ok we will get someone to train you but it will only be 30 minutes." I worked that shift but the next morning, i went out to go apply a new job & got it on the spot. Never return back to Amazon again.
I worked at their call center and if we would complain about unrealistic quotas (customers get surveys and 98%+ needed to be positive to qualify for a bonus, and 2 weeks below 90% would get you put on "disciplinary action") they would tell us to not complain because the warehouse workers have it worse. This was a stock response from all levels of management at the richest company in history. This job was slightly better than some of the factory farms I worked at when I was younger but it's still pretty far down there on my list of best to worst jobs.
Jose Peterson social Darwinism my friend, only the strong willed will survive and those who can’t take the work flow are thrown out, I really can’t blame them tbh. Before you call me out I work at a Fulfillment center right now and I genuinely believe what I have just stated. If you can’t keep up they have every right to fire you and you can just find a new job.
Were your errands approved, was it during a break, or did you just decide you needed to go do some "errands" and left? If so, then they have the right to discipline you.
you must have been really young to be this delusional because that's exactly how I felt when i was 19 and worked there for like 3 weeks. But it's terrible
My husband worked in the Delaware warehouse. He said it was the worse place he ever worked. He picked the orders walking an estimate of 15 miles a day at a slow running pace. You had to due a certain amount of numbers each day or they wrote you up. Once you did the numbers, they would up the bar and expect more. They were 12 hour days, forced overtime and he was keeping up with the young employees but he could not even move when he got home. He was already past retirement age and we both agreed his health was more important than any job and he left. It is a sweat shop.
@@holdontohope7286 They like to hire temps only so they don't have to pay benfits. They eventually hire you full time when they know you are fast enough, around $10.00 an hour. My husband went out of retirement to go there because I had kidney cancer and a heart and kidney stent put in and was unable to work for awhile. I did not find out why my health got so bad till this year.
The numbers that you have you have to reach are called rates and TAKT times. You may pass the TAKT Time (Time is takes to complete a full process for your assignment for the day) and not make rate. If you don't make rate two days in a row, you are written up for poor productivity REGARDLESS. They could have you on an "indirect path" for months then put you back where you started and will write you up. You could be at 99% productivity and will be written up.
Today i left job at amazon because of they misbehaved with me, they do discrimination, i was controlling myself that i have to tolerate because i need money as i m international student i have to pay fees, they gave me 96 bags plus 8 racks for overflow(we put outside big boxes from overflow racks because 8 racks are not sufficient to put), so imagine how much work they took, after finishing my work they gave me order to do work in another cluster that was full too but i refuse bcz i m not animal, i can't do too much, this was just sorting i done, after that they give staging task too, that is more hard thn sorting,when they ask me to do in another cluster i told them that i m tired nd totally broken bcz i did full one cluster alone thn they said if i will refuse to work more they will take action, they insulted me in front of all, even i cried alot it didn't affect them, my situation was so worst, after too much crying i was not able to breathe, then they sent me home. We have to carry too much big boxes that hurt my back, neck, everyday when i come bck home from night shift i can't sleep for frst 4 to 5 hr bcz of whole body pain. Plz don't go for amazon job it is one of the worst job.
As a former amazon employee who got injured on the job. I had a back injury and they denied me going to get an MRI. So yeah the working conditions at amazon are poor at best. So glad I quite and got something way way better.
Great, then sacrifice your smart phone, major Grocery store, car manufacturer (other than GM). These workers don't have to work their. They could all strike and Amazon would be forced to pay higher wages. Your strike doesn't help anyone mate.
i don't shop through Amazon for years now. . in the end Amazon costs the same as b&m while leaving my neighbors jobless. It's just a decision each person makes for themselves.
@@jime3281Many of these places see you little more than a slave. We just have a nicer word for it now days. If your only other choice is starving I'd argue.its not much of a choice.
I use to work one in the Central Valley and I agree whole heartedly with this video. Amazon builds fullfillment centers in cities of no to low job growth and hires knowing that they can get someone replaced not meeting quota for the job market easily. I worked for almost 11 months and was the hardest job I have ever done...
I worked at amazon fulfilment center in Florida for a year and I have to say that there should be more investigations on the working conditions that amazon provides. They get away with a lot because employees are unable to document anything due to phones being banned on the floor.
People complaining about Amazon must not have worked in many warehouses. I've worked in plenty of them to know, 12+ hour days is common. Almost every job I had, there was a section of the warehouse where people worked 70+hours a week, including my current job. No one forces you to do these jobs, some people enjoy it while others don't.
@@aabsc And items that aren't counterfeit. Unlike Amazon's ridiculous Quality Assurance. Amazon's focus on pushing sketchy third party sellers is going to sink their reputation. But maybe not. Most people aren't wise to the authenticity of the products they buy.
I work at Amazon. The issue, IMO, is not so much an unsafe environment (as far as warehouses go), but rather physically overworked employees. Everyone knows that once you reach a point of physical exhaustion (which is easy to do doing a repetitive task burning a few specific muscles) you are more likely to injure yourself. You lose focus and you are less precise due to exhausted muscles. You physically fall apart at this job and that's why people are more likely to get injured there. If they relaxed their emphasis on rates and have slightly longer breaks (I only get 1 hour out of a 10 hour day total), that'd be huge. People would be able to relax more physically and would thus hurt themselves less. They could also pay us more than $14 an hour, but that's a whole other issue...
@Patrick B exhaustion leads to unsafe working mileu......same thing in nursing field....the reason why it is hard to maintain long standing and loyal employees is because they are literally :"worked to death"; example I was told of 2 employees that died this summer at DFAS one died literally logging on to the computer and one died outside standing up on the wall of the building. The problem is that we as CONSUMERS FEED the BEAST and do not realize the "worker bees" are the ones who make the organization a profit. But he and others will reap what they sow.
I work under a contractor for Amazon. I deliver anywhere from 240-350 packages a day, I don't drive safe, I don't take breaks and I pee in a bottle to make sure I get the job done. I see many people come and go, it's a horrible stressful place to work. I hope Amazon hits the wall soon.
And so do all the other employes and 1/3 workers have to be on food stamps and medicaid which by the way is paid by the middle class in taxes. You don't think a guy who makes 260M$ a day could pay for that instead of the citizens? What kind of dumb are you...
Diogo Tito Amazon covers insurance and the people that work full time make too much to qualify for food stamps. Those people are typically the ones that choose to work for part tome positions
The city of Atlanta is bending over backwards to attract Amazon's 2nd headquarters. Anything called a fulfillment center. Is sketchy to me. Hope they stay away.Slave labor. Disgraceful.
Brevard County, FL invited Bezos, courted him, PAID HIM to open a business here ... not an Amazon center, not sure exactly ... the city, I believe it was the morons of the Palm Bay City Management Team, THOUGHT they could pay him a little bit each year. The city is now facing bankruptcy because he wants his millions NOW. Idiots and greed ... destroying lives.
It is no surprise that Amazon is considering Atlanta's bid. Workers here willingly accept low wages, right to work (interpreted by Georgia as work at will), and no worker rights.
Of course Amazon will flock to the non Union right to work states ..don't know why workers in the south are ready to bend over and work for less..red States for ya.
I worked for Amazon for 6 years. All I can say is.. it was a great experience! All the way from the management, the wages, the benefits such as healthcare, vacation, ect was all state of the art! They made sure we had plenty of breaks, time for lunch, I almost felt like I was at home most of the time :) everyone was happy, we felt it was a true honor to have the blessing of working for Jeff Bezos. Said no one ever.
I've cut down on my purchases and pay more just to support my local retailers. I hate when I hear that people will try on shoes or whatever at a real brick and mortar store, then go back to amazon to purchase. It's killing our retailers that pay property taxes, and rent and insurance. It also means that people can no longer work locally, they are taking jobs out of our community. AND we are concentrating the wealth of Jeff Bezos. ONE person vs thousands of businesses. Now they are moving into groceries, knocking out all the local grocers...
It won't happen. After all, they can go automated for much of the work. The tech is not cheap, but Amazon can definitely afford it - one warehouse at a time. I've seen the robots. They can pick items out from a shelf and tote it to the correct spot. Then load in onto a mailing console. It's here. Coca Cola has at least one fully automated plant. Google it.
Shame on you Amazon! Today is my very last day of making purchases on Amazon. I will no longer support a company that treats there sellers and employees so terrible.
@Chip, potato chip yep, I totally agree with you. The Federal government needs to get involved and create a union for all the Amazon warehouses. I also feel sorry for them but I cannot do anything about it.
I have worked at the DMU 2 fulfillment center in Munich. . I was fired because i leaned at the conveyor (not sitting as they lied) and the work conditions and the treatment are very worse. They constantly violate the law the supervisors and team leaders.
everyone is saying this, I have a fulfillment center near me and people quit left and right. Its unfortunate but this is the world we live in and they know it and big corporations take advantage.
Geoffrey Kidder You can imagine if a first world country is going though such harshness (from worker’s perspective) then what is the condition in third world countries AKA developing countries? Terrible if not hellish!
I just quit on Sept 31, worked for 11 months at MDW7 in Illinois. I SCREAMED SLAVERY WORK to every visitor that came to visit or do there interm. I needed to pay down credit cards I learned my lesson I'm living debt free. I was a stower it's the hardest job in the plant I had to pick something up every 8 seconds and stow it in the bin. Every week the bottom 25% is written up they take the top 75% and put them in safety and the bottom 25 is written up until they are fired. People don't quit your jobs to go to work at AMAZON you will regret it. It's a stepping stone not a career unless your working in the office but they have a large turnover too. The job is for young thin people fat people who have swollen ankles STAY AWAY...BC they up the rate on you. And most people can't keep up. I was accustomed to fast pace work.....its 10 or 12 hour a day work you spend your off days soaking your hands and feet.
I worked at STL4, I loaded the truck that went to you guys sometimes. The corporate and office jobs have a higher turnover rate than the warehouse gigs.
as someone who worked in one of the fulfillment centers in Springfield, VA I 100% agree! their management treated employees very rudely! I'm happy I left them as soon as possible 😌😌
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i live around springfield va, i was thinking about working at amazon around here thinking nothing was wrong with the warehouses but never mind i saw this…
Have worked there for 3 years and it was the hardest job ever work. I mean the good thing was I was able to move forward and get a decent place to stay. It is a very physical difficult job. A lot of us older people were doing the same job that the younger ones. We were doing more work, just to prove that we can keep up. Fast pace, 10 to 12 hours, not that long of a breaks. At our particular warehouse we would have five people die a year. Mainly because of exhaustion driving home. Also But a few people would have die from a accidents at the warehouse. Emotionally just working with certain people that harassment and play games... If you said a thing it got worse. The good things our insurance, pay in the fall. Some training to do something else and move forward. They understand you can't do that work forever. People really honestly try to do the best job that they can do. Others get taken advantage of. Situation overseas is even worse.
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I’ve noticed this isn’t just one company. Now the fast fashion industry pays and treats their workers horrible, people who pick fruit or vegetables are sometimes not paid enough or given enough breaks, teachers aren’t paid enough, people who work for certain companies like target or Walmart aren’t given full time pay but work in a way that makes it seem like they should have a full time. Every Industry has flaws, now the question is are we as consumers going to do something. Because this isn’t only a one company thing, this is a industry problem also.
I worked at Amazon for 10 years & it's every bit as disgusting like other people say it is. Do yourself a favor and don't even consider working for those jerks.
I NO LONGER “TRUST AMAZON”! I worked for them doing deliveries mid to late 2017 and as a new delivery driver the process for me was a new experience. However, when I would go to their location to pick up my deliveries and the warehouse workers would either give me my deliveries up to an half hour late or would give me the wrong cart all together. Anyway, about a month in a half into working I got axed for being a little late and when I tried to let explain as to why I was late they weren’t listening neither did they reprimand the employee in which had me late rather they just let me go. I tried to reach out to them on numerous occasions about the matter and they constantly turned me down. While they had other employees stealing blocks for work, they had me a honest, pleasant and on time type of worker. They didn’t axe those employees that sold blocks which made it harder for us to get work because they would use an outside system to snatch all the work and you would be lucky if you got work for the day. I’ve really thought about suing Amazon for wrongful termination and anything else in between.
I work at the Walmart corporate office and I can tell you that these two big retailers Walmart and Amazon are all the same when it comes to treatment of their employees... Treating lower level employees with zero respect or dignity while paying senior executives millions every year. I used to be very much against having unions, having thought it has become irrelevant due to all the labor laws we have now. But with corporations essentially owning most of the government these days I think unions are once again necessary to protect the average worker. It is we, the average worker, who makes it possible for the few that makes millions a day.
I can't believe I actually applied to work at Amazon once, I was rejected because of my criminal record, and I'm glad I did. Now I make way more money that would have ever made at Amazon and I work alot less
BOYCOTT AMAZON BUY LOCAL If Jeff doesn't give 2 shites about his employees Then you take up the gauntlet and care for them and do the right thing for them and for American worker rights
I stopped being a slave 2 years ago I had 8 years of working experience working different jobs and then i decided im not going to have it anymore I rather be poor and/or homeless then a slave I decided i will work on my self improvement and changing the world to making it a MUCH better place to live
and where will you shop? LOL like there are better alternatives. Furthermore you still have to think deeper than the merchant. What about the vendors/suppliers? Even if you find the perfect place there will be problems somewhere down the line.
@@milanomartin5417 There's plenty of good alternatives. Stop going to the big popular brands, and you'll see there's all kinds of interesting shops out there. I don't shop on Amazon at all.
So sad . I’m glad this stuff is finally get out there and people are standing up speaking on this conditions . I currently work at amazon fulfillment center in Virginia. Been here a while but I’m about to move on to better career . I will point out amazon is a strict controlling place to work at it . U stand 11-12 hr a day walking , bending est. It really takes a toll on your feet and back . Your ordered to make a rate everyday all day and can’t get any tot (time off task ) , they also have this crazy attendance system evolving around UPT , pt, vacation which is not fair or enough time because things emergency happen in people lives. Amazon will demand you still come to work and perform your duty no matter the case. They only see you as a number ! When you call in for an emergency or event it’s always a rep on phone who is so rude and Cold hearted as well. After being at amazon for while I’ve realized THIS IS NOT A CAREER NOR JOB YOU CANT DO FOR YEARS N YEARS. The pay isn’t worth it everyone and I know it hard out here n 90% of employees are scared to leave but don’t be . There are better jobs out there I promise you . I feel for people who work for amazon we work so hard day n day out . Other than that I’ve made some great friends at amazon and will use this experience as a lesson 🙏
Ive only worked at amazon for 2 days and im already stressed out they got me as a stower idk if im going to make it to a year because I do like that they pay fot schooling after that but most ppl dont last long probably because of write ups and rate
The government needs to do the same thing what they did to AT&T. The government need to break it up because the company is getting bigger and the government are too stupid not to break it up.
@@vilecrocodile9171 you do realize that everyone has different experiences and won't be the same. Just because you had a good experience doesn't mean someone else did or will. Besides correct me if I'm wrong but each amazon warehouse has different bosses and the working conditions may be different. Everyone has different experiences, you should consider that.
I knew Amazon was running a heartless and greedy buisness. I just didn't feel right with them. The orders came do fast. I thought dang they must be slaving their workers and what do you know. It's all true. Shame on them. The bigger they are yhe harder they will fall. I quit shopping with them a few months ago. I used to get packages daily. I soon researched and they start of cheap and then they hike the prices slowly. They are not the cheapest. Do your research. There is good buisnesses out there that are honest.
I was let go from Amazon just recently due to "low productivity." They expect their employees to pack 300 packages an hour. I simply couldn't keep that pace. The job was easy, I just didn't have the speed they wanted. I quickly developed shoulder pains which I still have. Even had to go to the onsite clinic called AMVET. They were nothing short of slave drivers in my book.
David Arango You were lucky David this lady was packing 600 items per hour so they expected her to do twice as much work as you.Someones gotta be lying here. Why can’t people just tell the truth for god’s sake.
You want to keep jobs in America. The conditions of Apple's assembly lines are much worse than that. Workers there actually committed suicide one after another.
No job should be this terrible for such a low wage. I feel like working for Amazon and working for Apple are both bad, and we shouldn’t have to say well at least youre not working in ___ company.
I came here because my tenant is always complaining about working conditions at Amazon. He says many people quit because they can't take it and he might be quitting soon too.
Amazon don't pay their employees well. I worked on Mturk and Amazon themselves pay a cent yes 1¢ per hit. Thank goodness for great requesters out there that pay well. I believe the workers.
Walmart is paying higher wages on their own and offering insurance and pensions. I saw an ad for starting pay of $13-15/hr in Alabama which is a $7.25 hr state. The warehouse workers and package stockers may be more stressed, but the store workers are not worked to excess. Very out of shape and older workers seem to be functioning fine. I see similar happening at McDonalds. Typically small town protests against WalMart are backed by the small town shopowners that pay 7.25 no Ben, no full time for decades. They know town wages will rise and their best employees will leave them if WalMart comes to town.
I find it it funny that the people paid to defend Amazon online can't keep up with the workers speaking out about these terrible conditions. Good for you guys for speaking out and exposing this terrible company 👍
Every warehouse is similar to this. Very few care about their workers. I've worked for about 10-12 different companies and I'd say maybe two of those treated us like humans.
Good News is that Amazon just raised their National Minimum Wage to $15/hr starting November 1st! ...Advertising in my area claims employees can start earning as much as $17/hr. I assume that is for the graveyard shift. ...Better pay now than many of the other job openings available in the area. Al though it sounds like a crappy job even with the higher pay.
I work with a handful of people that used to drive about an hour to work at an Amazon fulfillment center and all of them said it was the worst job they'd ever had. Ever.
My wife worked at that exact same facility and she was pregnant and she has a miscarriage. She knew something was wrong when she was bleeding and in pain. Amazon wouldn’t let her leave till it was her time to go. For 4 hours she was forced to work in pain! She went straight to the emergency room to find out she had an atopic pregnancy. And it could’ve been prevented if she had gone to the hospital in time. So I as her husband blame amazon.
You can't prevent an ectopic pregnancy by going to the hospital. Ectopic pregnancies cannot be completed to term. I'm sorry about your loss, and the fact that Amazon had your wife work while in pain, but there's no way they are to blame for an ectopic pregnancy.
While I was working at Amazon 3yrs back I was working at sort center in Las Vegas I really didn’t know what the job was until I started working my first shift .. I honestly didn’t like the fact that they put you a maximum of items you have to scan on your 4-6 hour shift .. my first week I got talked by supervisors to hurry up and scan faster and work faster . I consider myself a really hard worker , while working my 3rd shift . I remember I was putting a plastic envelope on the pallet where it belonged. And all the pallet collapsed, it wasn’t my fault ( all the other workers were stocking the packets like stairs and supervisors and lead wouldn’t tell them nothing ) so when it collapsed on me everyone just stared and didn’t help me at all and it was overwhelming because I had a supervisors telling me that the number of scans I was doing was low compared to other “ well yeah . How you want me to hurry up when An entire pallet collapsed on me and it’s barely my first days working .. I would’ve liked while I worked at Amazon that they would take the best of you , like where you could work your 💯 and give you an option to where you could fully develop your work skills to tribute and serve the company to its standards. Now with the situation here in Vegas and all the strip shut down I’m trying to reapply but for driver delivery and it’s really hard . And it’s also true about the break time and stuff only giving you 5 min break
Amazon made a sweet heart deal with USPS and the contract carriers got screwed, I was a carrier for years then the POdumped a lot packages on the carriers and there not getting paid for it . Any thing that weighs 2# or less is considered a flat (magazine) and you don't get paid for it or when the USPS does a package count that would benefit the carrier that's what screwed me I went from 20 get outs a day to 50 a day more work no more money and they expected you to finish at you usual time .
I got a delivery job at Amazon. I showed up for my first day a supervisor said follow me and took me to where drivers pick up there delivery scanner. He said you will driver truck # and your packages are behind your truck. 250 packages ...No training whats so ever no ride along training . I was a nightmare cause they put all the packages in huge zip up bags all the packages have bar codes but there are multi address packages the are not in the same bag so you open the bag looking for 2 packages that go to the same address then you have so many pages all over from you trying to locate the package I was so stressed out that I returned to the warehouse and quit. They should have trained me for at least a week . I got a job 2 days later making the same amount and am still there.
It's not like amazon is saying hey this is a fairly well paying super easy job. Do these people not realize they will be doing hard labor there? We've had a few people like this in the warehouse I work at, older and whining about basically having to do their job. If you don't want to, or just physically can't do the hard work why are you applying for the job?
Honestly Amazon has gone downhill recently. Shipping times are longer, mistakes are happening more frequently. Even prime is slower than they claim. Ive moved a good portion of my shopping back to ebay. At least the shipping is fast over there.
That's abuse. And if someone dies on that floor, it should be considered Homicide. A job is supposed to be a place to earn your money. There's no point if somebody higher up in leadership is deliberately putting them in harm's way. There's no excuse for this, and she should be given compensation and disability pay on the spot. That's why these laws were written in the first place
I also worked in Amazon and it's the worse job you can get...First, the work hours are terrible. They would give you mandatory overtime, which you had no choice but to work them and you won't know until the middle of your shift. If you do not do it, they duct the time from your weekly excused hours. If you go over than you get let go. Second, It's so unsafe I'm shocked they haven't closed down because they only give you 1 hour of safety training which is not enough when there's different departments in the warehouse. Third, They take every second they can from you and what I mean about that is that they give you 2-15 minute breaks and 1-30 minute lunch. Seems ok right? What if I told you that it's actually less then 15 minutes on those breaks. There's very little lunch areas so if the closest one is on the other side of the warehouse then your walk includes into the break. You have 15 minutes from the moment you leave the station and the moment you get back. It could takes you 5 minutes to walk to the lunch area then 5 minutes to get back, so technically you just have 5 minutes and I'm not exaggerating. And there is no way you can stay in the station just to have more time for your break. So there was this one time the light over my station was holding like a thread, one side loose and the other barely holding on and I reported it and they told me to keep working like that because there was no other station available. Trust me, what they pay you is not worth the hassle.
she's probably a professional worker comp claimer. holler my back, collect the settlement dough and go again.soc sec disability weeds people like her out, therefore not filed for.
3500 was for not talking about it. workers comp settlement is something different. something is fishy about her story, amazon isnt entitled to providing her housing either, they allow her to sleep in their parking lot which is bad enough
Today is supposed to be my third day at amazon....I’m not going in. I hate it there. I thought I was cut for the job, but I’m not!!!! Today I’m working from home filling out applications and going door to door. Wish me luck.
I’m planning on quitting Amazon soon. Just need to find a new job. They are unprofessional, unorganized. I’ve worked in a warehouse before and Amazon is the worse. And they keep hiring new people each day. No wonder people are quitting.
This doesn't even mention all the bullying and targeting you receive by the other employees. And when you go to the proper authorities to correct it they do nothing and it gets worse. HR tries to gaslight you and then tells you if you respond to the bully at all you will be the one that is terminated. It's absolutely INSANE. So if a female is sexually assaulted in the building she better have an eye witness or she will be the one that is threatened by management. She is now a problem child to them because she is demanding that they correct the situation. It sounds unbelievable unless you've actually worked for them. They don't care about your feelings or mental health. If it's that bad for you then you should just quit your job.
I used to work warehouse jobs all the time but not anymore. They don't treat you like an employee but just a number. The working conditions are bad, it's either too cold or too hot in the facility and make you work such long hours for barely any pay
I used to work there & i must say that Amazon was the one of the worst jobs I ever worked at. Very unprofessional and don't care about the employees nor their health. The 1st 2 days of my employment, they lost & didn't my paperwork in order so they sent me home. On the 3rd day, after the paperwork were done, they literally threw me into the field w/o ANY proper training. When I worked to the best of my abilities until i made some errands. Literally 10 mins later, they called me into their office, sat me down & threatened to write me up. I got into an arguing match with them explaining that i didn't receive any training & it was my 1st day on the floor. They literally had the balls & say, "ok we will get someone to train you but it will only be 30 minutes." I worked that shift but the next morning, i went out to go apply a new job & got it on the spot. Never return back to Amazon again.
I worked at their call center and if we would complain about unrealistic quotas (customers get surveys and 98%+ needed to be positive to qualify for a bonus, and 2 weeks below 90% would get you put on "disciplinary action") they would tell us to not complain because the warehouse workers have it worse. This was a stock response from all levels of management at the richest company in history. This job was slightly better than some of the factory farms I worked at when I was younger but it's still pretty far down there on my list of best to worst jobs.
Sad. Just ridiculous
Jose Peterson social Darwinism my friend, only the strong willed will survive and those who can’t take the work flow are thrown out, I really can’t blame them tbh. Before you call me out I work at a Fulfillment center right now and I genuinely believe what I have just stated. If you can’t keep up they have every right to fire you and you can just find a new job.
Were your errands approved, was it during a break, or did you just decide you needed to go do some "errands" and left? If so, then they have the right to discipline you.
Jeff Bezos says thank you!
DONT ASK THE KING HOW THE PEOPLE ARE DOING, ASK THE PEOPLE
yeah and people of america is reckless and lazy
corporate media product
They're gonna be unionized before you know ut and they can totally avoid it by just listening to their people.
I see a lot of people showing up and only a few complaining
@@mmoarchives2542 That's just what Bezos would say.
Fun Fact: Nothing has changed.
This!!!
Yep
I think it is hilarious :)
$$$ is the only motivator. Boycott Amazon.
I’m applying to work there cus I really need the money
As a former employee, I must say, they need a union. The employee is not properly represented in that company.
thomas brunn work not be used and abused...people are getting hurt
@thomas brunn get back back to work
Dont like it, dont work there
@thomas brunn You would not last a day in Amazon.
@thomas brunn you sound stupid, kiddo. But sure. You're a paragon of rugged, built-to-last cowboy toughness and personal accountability. 👍🙄
Amazon is like a sweatshop.
Hahahaha no i used to work there.
It was fun and stupid.
Some parts are boringly easy.
you know that when you sign up. STFU boo hooing
you must have been really young to be this delusional because that's exactly how I felt when i was 19 and worked there for like 3 weeks.
But it's terrible
bayo 106 who is "you" in your comment ?
that explains why amazon sells nike shoes
A Friend of mine has worked a lot of odd jobs. He works for Amazon now and says it's the worse job he's ever had.
My husband worked in the Delaware warehouse. He said it was the worse place he ever worked. He picked the orders walking an estimate of 15 miles a day at a slow running pace. You had to due a certain amount of numbers each day or they wrote you up. Once you did the numbers, they would up the bar and expect more. They were 12 hour days, forced overtime and he was keeping up with the young employees but he could not even move when he got home. He was already past retirement age and we both agreed his health was more important than any job and he left. It is a sweat shop.
I'm sorry:( were there any benefits was the pay decent? I guess working that hard is not worth it but I was just curious. Thanks!
@@holdontohope7286 They like to hire temps only so they don't have to pay benfits. They eventually hire you full time when they know you are fast enough, around $10.00 an hour. My husband went out of retirement to go there because I had kidney cancer and a heart and kidney stent put in and was unable to work for awhile. I did not find out why my health got so bad till this year.
@@sharonrosiakhurst7855 gosh :( I'm sorry I wish both of you well
I worked there as a temp for a 6 months they never gave me the opportunity to become amazon employees they hire most slaves
The numbers that you have you have to reach are called rates and TAKT times. You may pass the TAKT Time (Time is takes to complete a full process for your assignment for the day) and not make rate. If you don't make rate two days in a row, you are written up for poor productivity REGARDLESS. They could have you on an "indirect path" for months then put you back where you started and will write you up. You could be at 99% productivity and will be written up.
She's telling the truth, customers don't know what we go through
Today i left job at amazon because of they misbehaved with me, they do discrimination, i was controlling myself that i have to tolerate because i need money as i m international student i have to pay fees, they gave me 96 bags plus 8 racks for overflow(we put outside big boxes from overflow racks because 8 racks are not sufficient to put), so imagine how much work they took, after finishing my work they gave me order to do work in another cluster that was full too but i refuse bcz i m not animal, i can't do too much, this was just sorting i done, after that they give staging task too, that is more hard thn sorting,when they ask me to do in another cluster i told them that i m tired nd totally broken bcz i did full one cluster alone thn they said if i will refuse to work more they will take action, they insulted me in front of all, even i cried alot it didn't affect them, my situation was so worst, after too much crying i was not able to breathe, then they sent me home. We have to carry too much big boxes that hurt my back, neck, everyday when i come bck home from night shift i can't sleep for frst 4 to 5 hr bcz of whole body pain. Plz don't go for amazon job it is one of the worst job.
As a former amazon employee who got injured on the job. I had a back injury and they denied me going to get an MRI. So yeah the working conditions at amazon are poor at best. So glad I quite and got something way way better.
Get your own MRI
Did you take care of your back hopefully?
There seems to be so many of these comments I don't even think it's true.
@@blackmantis3130 go work for Amazon and see for yourself then
@@khalidhassan9423 got a pretty great job 😉🤷
This is just awful. I am canceling my Prime account and not ordering from Amazon again until they improve working conditions!
well, that didn't work
It's almost like nobody asked
That's the correct attitude and response
Same
They will go out of business before they ever treat anyone properly, the company is pure evil
People need to stop using amazon, and start supporting local businesses.
The problem is that they are too lazy to go out and buy something that isnt conventional.
@@jairoherrera4040 Nope, we sure will all be boycotting Amazon, believe me it's not hard!
As soon as local prices are competive
Too late
Unfortunately is to late.
I don't purchase any more items from Amazon...its over
Great, then sacrifice your smart phone, major Grocery store, car manufacturer (other than GM). These workers don't have to work their. They could all strike and Amazon would be forced to pay higher wages. Your strike doesn't help anyone mate.
John Zabik Same for me! I refuse to give my business to a company who treats its employees so poorly.
i don't shop through Amazon for years now. . in the end Amazon costs the same as b&m while leaving my neighbors jobless. It's just a decision each person makes for themselves.
I've never purchased anything from them and never will.
@@jime3281Many of these places see you little more than a slave. We just have a nicer word for it now days. If your only other choice is starving I'd argue.its not much of a choice.
I use to work one in the Central Valley and I agree whole heartedly with this video. Amazon builds fullfillment centers in cities of no to low job growth and hires knowing that they can get someone replaced not meeting quota for the job market easily. I worked for almost 11 months and was the hardest job I have ever done...
I worked at amazon fulfilment center in Florida for a year and I have to say that there should be more investigations on the working conditions that amazon provides. They get away with a lot because employees are unable to document anything due to phones being banned on the floor.
1-800-321-6742. Don't tell us tell them. Help out your associates
Tell who? Amazon? I did and they retaliated.
@@chinoseoul6185 the number provided is OSHA
@@monteflores1308 OSHA doesn't help unless your the 1 millionth caller. 😂
People complaining about Amazon must not have worked in many warehouses. I've worked in plenty of them to know, 12+ hour days is common. Almost every job I had, there was a section of the warehouse where people worked 70+hours a week, including my current job. No one forces you to do these jobs, some people enjoy it while others don't.
Amazon is convenient, but I don't want people getting hurt in the process
dumb and stupid comment.
@@angellosmalefakis1321 Amazon PR alert
Then stop supporting them.
Stop buying there, I almost always find drastically lower prices elsewhere anyway
@@aabsc And items that aren't counterfeit. Unlike Amazon's ridiculous Quality Assurance. Amazon's focus on pushing sketchy third party sellers is going to sink their reputation. But maybe not. Most people aren't wise to the authenticity of the products they buy.
I work at Amazon. The issue, IMO, is not so much an unsafe environment (as far as warehouses go), but rather physically overworked employees. Everyone knows that once you reach a point of physical exhaustion (which is easy to do doing a repetitive task burning a few specific muscles) you are more likely to injure yourself. You lose focus and you are less precise due to exhausted muscles. You physically fall apart at this job and that's why people are more likely to get injured there. If they relaxed their emphasis on rates and have slightly longer breaks (I only get 1 hour out of a 10 hour day total), that'd be huge. People would be able to relax more physically and would thus hurt themselves less. They could also pay us more than $14 an hour, but that's a whole other issue...
@Patrick B exhaustion leads to unsafe working mileu......same thing in nursing field....the reason why it is hard to maintain long standing and loyal employees is because they are literally :"worked to death"; example I was told of 2 employees that died this summer at DFAS one died literally logging on to the computer and one died outside standing up on the wall of the building.
The problem is that we as CONSUMERS FEED the BEAST and do not realize the "worker bees" are the ones who make the organization a profit. But he and others will reap what they sow.
It's work labor, don't like it get a different job. We are the G.O.A.T.S
I work under a contractor for Amazon. I deliver anywhere from 240-350 packages a day, I don't drive safe, I don't take breaks and I pee in a bottle to make sure I get the job done. I see many people come and go, it's a horrible stressful place to work. I hope Amazon hits the wall soon.
Does payment wortht at least? How much you gain?
wait...thats your own fault that you dont drive safe....
@@anonoumos sadly he's trying to meet his quotas. I doubt he's trying to run ppl off the road
@@ozgurpeynirci5703 they pay around $15.00 per hour, went on a day of training with another driver.....wasn't empressed
And now your getting a computer to watch every mistake you make daily.
Good luck with that!!
Bezos makes 260 million dolars per day. Let that sink in...
Diogo Tito Wow!
Good for him, he works hard running one of the most successful companies in the world.
And so do all the other employes and 1/3 workers have to be on food stamps and medicaid which by the way is paid by the middle class in taxes. You don't think a guy who makes 260M$ a day could pay for that instead of the citizens? What kind of dumb are you...
Diogo Tito Amazon covers insurance and the people that work full time make too much to qualify for food stamps. Those people are typically the ones that choose to work for part tome positions
AWESOME!
I have heard that people do get mistreated. Amazon makes so much money . Treat your people right !!!!
The city of Atlanta is bending over backwards to attract Amazon's 2nd headquarters. Anything called a fulfillment center. Is sketchy to me. Hope they stay away.Slave labor. Disgraceful.
Brevard County, FL invited Bezos, courted him, PAID HIM to open a business here ... not an Amazon center, not sure exactly ... the city, I believe it was the morons of the Palm Bay City Management Team, THOUGHT they could pay him a little bit each year. The city is now facing bankruptcy because he wants his millions NOW. Idiots and greed ... destroying lives.
It is no surprise that Amazon is considering Atlanta's bid. Workers here willingly accept low wages, right to work (interpreted by Georgia as work at will), and no worker rights.
Of course Amazon will flock to the non Union right to work states ..don't know why workers in the south are ready to bend over and work for less..red States for ya.
I knew someone who was a supplier to Amazon, they even try to cheat out of paying their suppliers.
I think Memphis, TN got the new warehouse.
Any company that calls its warehouses ‘fulfillment centres’ immediately raises suspicions.
IT'S A JOB; IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE JOB, QUITE AND FIND ANOTHER JOB!
I worked for Amazon for 6 years. All I can say is.. it was a great experience! All the way from the management, the wages, the benefits such as healthcare, vacation, ect was all state of the art! They made sure we had plenty of breaks, time for lunch, I almost felt like I was at home most of the time :) everyone was happy, we felt it was a true honor to have the blessing of working for Jeff Bezos.
Said no one ever.
@King K. Rool did you happen to read the last line of my comment dear?
This was a very good comment. Amazon exploits it's employees which is just very sad.
@@evermoreartyou clearly DIDN’T READ the comment to its entirety. RE-READ!!! and stop responding to comments just for the sake of it 🙄
@@evermoreartyou didn’t read the entire comment dude
I haven't shopped Amazon for over 5 years. Boycott in solidarity with workers.
Customers could boycott Amazon for one week of purchasing.
K - Yep. Good idea.
I don't buy from Amazon ever bc I knew about this for years
AND WHOLE FOODS...
I've cut down on my purchases and pay more just to support my local retailers. I hate when I hear that people will try on shoes or whatever at a real brick and mortar store, then go back to amazon to purchase. It's killing our retailers that pay property taxes, and rent and insurance. It also means that people can no longer work locally, they are taking jobs out of our community. AND we are concentrating the wealth of Jeff Bezos. ONE person vs thousands of businesses. Now they are moving into groceries, knocking out all the local grocers...
It won't happen. After all, they can go automated for much of the work. The tech is not cheap, but Amazon can definitely afford it - one warehouse at a time. I've seen the robots. They can pick items out from a shelf and tote it to the correct spot. Then load in onto a mailing console. It's here. Coca Cola has at least one fully automated plant. Google it.
Shame on you Amazon! Today is my very last day of making purchases on Amazon. I will no longer support a company that treats there sellers and employees so terrible.
Thank god for giving me a sign to delete my account with them.
The fact that the warehouses are called "Fullfiiment centers" is really Orwellian sounding.
Thats what you get for being so lazy as to shop online. You wanted an impersonal experience? Here you go, let us fulfill that for you
I'm a construction worker, I've worked in Amazon picking before, it was brutal, should be illegal
I’ve worked in factories and I won’t work at Amazon
Boycotting amazon after hearing too many of these horror stories! My heart goes out to that poor lady... no money can buy or replace your health!
Boycotting won’t work unless the majority boycott with u. Sorry but them losing a few customers won’t matter to them.
@Chip, potato chip yep, I totally agree with you. The Federal government needs to get involved and create a union for all the Amazon warehouses. I also feel sorry for them but I cannot do anything about it.
I have worked at the DMU 2 fulfillment center in Munich. . I was fired because i leaned at the conveyor (not sitting as they lied) and the work conditions and the treatment are very worse. They constantly violate the law the supervisors and team leaders.
everyone is saying this, I have a fulfillment center near me and people quit left and right. Its unfortunate but this is the world we live in and they know it and big corporations take advantage.
Its alright because it will ultimately lead to their demise if things dont change
Geoffrey Kidder
You can imagine if a first world country is going though such harshness (from worker’s perspective) then what is the condition in third world countries AKA developing countries?
Terrible if not hellish!
I just quit on Sept 31, worked for 11 months at MDW7 in Illinois. I SCREAMED SLAVERY WORK to every visitor that came to visit or do there interm. I needed to pay down credit cards I learned my lesson I'm living debt free. I was a stower it's the hardest job in the plant I had to pick something up every 8 seconds and stow it in the bin. Every week the bottom 25% is written up they take the top 75% and put them in safety and the bottom 25 is written up until they are fired. People don't quit your jobs to go to work at AMAZON you will regret it. It's a stepping stone not a career unless your working in the office but they have a large turnover too. The job is for young thin people fat people who have swollen ankles STAY AWAY...BC they up the rate on you. And most people can't keep up. I was accustomed to fast pace work.....its 10 or 12 hour a day work you spend your off days soaking your hands and feet.
I worked at STL4, I loaded the truck that went to you guys sometimes. The corporate and office jobs have a higher turnover rate than the warehouse gigs.
Sept 31?
Swollen feet sounds like diabetes type 2. It can be cured. Look up the End of Diabetes book.
Amazon is always going to make the argument that due to their size and vast scope operations they're some how absolved
Trillions of dollars worth of stuff kept in warehouses staffed by disgruntled employees? How hasn't that been capitalized on yet?
as someone who worked in one of the fulfillment centers in Springfield, VA I 100% agree!
their management treated employees very rudely! I'm happy I left them as soon as possible 😌😌
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i live around springfield va, i was thinking about working at amazon around here thinking nothing was wrong with the warehouses but never mind i saw this…
Have worked there for 3 years and it was the hardest job ever work. I mean the good thing was I was able to move forward and get a decent place to stay.
It is a very physical difficult job. A lot of us older people were doing the same job that the younger ones. We were doing more work, just to prove that we can keep up.
Fast pace, 10 to 12 hours, not that long of a breaks. At our particular warehouse we would have five people die a year. Mainly because of exhaustion driving home. Also But a few people would have die from a accidents at the warehouse.
Emotionally just working with certain people that harassment and play games...
If you said a thing it got worse.
The good things our insurance, pay in the fall. Some training to do something else and move forward. They understand you can't do that work forever.
People really honestly try to do the best job that they can do. Others get taken advantage of. Situation overseas is even worse.
Hello, We are students from the Faculty of Business and Administration and we are doing an analytical study on Amazon and its treatment with its employees, can we communicate with you to help us and tell us your personal experience, thank you
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hello. I work there now. you can contact me at tengotodo@aol.com
Do they make you pick up the wooden pallet Jack's or does forklift move them all the time?? Please answer
@@gstar9774 no the robots does all of that. I actually worked a job at a warehouse that is far worse
5 people die a year? thats gotta be a joke/lie or news would be all over that
I’ve noticed this isn’t just one company. Now the fast fashion industry pays and treats their workers horrible, people who pick fruit or vegetables are sometimes not paid enough or given enough breaks, teachers aren’t paid enough, people who work for certain companies like target or Walmart aren’t given full time pay but work in a way that makes it seem like they should have a full time. Every Industry has flaws, now the question is are we as consumers going to do something. Because this isn’t only a one company thing, this is a industry problem also.
I worked at Amazon for 10 years & it's every bit as disgusting like other people say it is. Do yourself a favor and don't even consider working for those jerks.
I NO LONGER “TRUST AMAZON”! I worked for them doing deliveries mid to late 2017 and as a new delivery driver the process for me was a new experience. However, when I would go to their location to pick up my deliveries and the warehouse workers would either give me my deliveries up to an half hour late or would give me the wrong cart all together.
Anyway, about a month in a half into working I got axed for being a little late and when I tried to let explain as to why I was late they weren’t listening neither did they reprimand the employee in which had me late rather they just let me go. I tried to reach out to them on numerous occasions about the matter and they constantly turned me down. While they had other employees stealing blocks for work, they had me a honest, pleasant and on time type of worker. They didn’t axe those employees that sold blocks which made it harder for us to get work because they
would use an outside system to snatch all the work and you would be lucky if you got work for the day.
I’ve really thought about suing Amazon for wrongful termination and anything else in between.
Until you've been in a situation like this...dont judge.
I work at the Walmart corporate office and I can tell you that these two big retailers Walmart and Amazon are all the same when it comes to treatment of their employees... Treating lower level employees with zero respect or dignity while paying senior executives millions every year. I used to be very much against having unions, having thought it has become irrelevant due to all the labor laws we have now. But with corporations essentially owning most of the government these days I think unions are once again necessary to protect the average worker. It is we, the average worker, who makes it possible for the few that makes millions a day.
560,000 workers is a lot . If they all called in sick on the same day i think they would get managements attention .
Most warehouses are like this. Brutal. ☹️
oh my god I can’t believe one of the richest person on earth treats his workers so crappy
I can't believe I actually applied to work at Amazon once, I was rejected because of my criminal record, and I'm glad I did. Now I make way more money that would have ever made at Amazon and I work alot less
Satan Really? I can't believe they don't accept people with criminal records! What about Now that nobody wants to work there?
BOYCOTT AMAZON BUY LOCAL If Jeff doesn't give 2 shites about his employees Then you take up the gauntlet and care for them and do the right thing for them and for American worker rights
No thanks, i like buying from Amazon
oh please. anywhere you buy the conditions are going to be worse.
No way
Don't listen to these corporate shills (probably Amazon ceos) who responded to you. I Never have bought Amazon and now seeing this, I never want to.
I try my best to avoid buying things on Amazon.
Smart move.
I stopped being a slave 2 years ago
I had 8 years of working experience working different jobs and then i decided im not going to have it anymore
I rather be poor and/or homeless then a slave
I decided i will work on my self improvement and changing the world to making it a MUCH better place to live
My friend worked for Amazon she quit said it was horrible
The people have the power. STOP using amazon and yes they will go away. I have stopped.
I wont, i love buying from Amazon
and where will you shop? LOL like there are better alternatives. Furthermore you still have to think deeper than the merchant. What about the vendors/suppliers? Even if you find the perfect place there will be problems somewhere down the line.
I think i might be the only person in the USA that have never shopped at Amazon. Im a woman btw lol
@@dogethedog6347 ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhahahhahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahaha
@@milanomartin5417 There's plenty of good alternatives. Stop going to the big popular brands, and you'll see there's all kinds of interesting shops out there. I don't shop on Amazon at all.
Haven't bought from them since 2013, plan to keep it that way.
wow youre so brave
That's Awesome
So sad . I’m glad this stuff is finally get out there and people are standing up speaking on this conditions . I currently work at amazon fulfillment center in Virginia. Been here a while but I’m about to move on to better career . I will point out amazon is a strict controlling place to work at it . U stand 11-12 hr a day walking , bending est. It really takes a toll on your feet and back . Your ordered to make a rate everyday all day and can’t get any tot (time off task ) , they also have this crazy attendance system evolving around UPT , pt, vacation which is not fair or enough time because things emergency happen in people lives. Amazon will demand you still come to work and perform your duty no matter the case. They only see you as a number ! When you call in for an emergency or event it’s always a rep on phone who is so rude and Cold hearted as well. After being at amazon for while I’ve realized THIS IS NOT A CAREER NOR JOB YOU CANT DO FOR YEARS N YEARS. The pay isn’t worth it everyone and I know it hard out here n 90% of employees are scared to leave but don’t be . There are better jobs out there I promise you . I feel for people who work for amazon we work so hard day n day out . Other than that I’ve made some great friends at amazon and will use this experience as a lesson 🙏
Ive only worked at amazon for 2 days and im already stressed out they got me as a stower idk if im going to make it to a year because I do like that they pay fot schooling after that but most ppl dont last long probably because of write ups and rate
Thank you for your service too. Yes people there other jobs out here. I work chick-fil-a getting paid very good.
That's why I told them to shove it. They care more about customer care than the people who provide it.
The government needs to do the same thing what they did to AT&T. The government need to break it up because the company is getting bigger and the government are too stupid not to break it up.
I have never ordered from amazon and never will.
Same here
I used to work there, it was fine.
This lady is a liar and a scammer.
cheryl gould try it, it’s very helpful
@@vilecrocodile9171 you do realize that everyone has different experiences and won't be the same. Just because you had a good experience doesn't mean someone else did or will. Besides correct me if I'm wrong but each amazon warehouse has different bosses and the working conditions may be different. Everyone has different experiences, you should consider that.
@@marcusmelton2295
True but from what I was told we had the worst site in the region. It was really easy and safe.
AMAZON probably spends more on damage control than on the associates
I knew Amazon was running a heartless and greedy buisness. I just didn't feel right with them. The orders came do fast. I thought dang they must be slaving their workers and what do you know. It's all true. Shame on them. The bigger they are yhe harder they will fall. I quit shopping with them a few months ago. I used to get packages daily. I soon researched and they start of cheap and then they hike the prices slowly. They are not the cheapest. Do your research. There is good buisnesses out there that are honest.
I've never worked there but I know people who have and they've said it was the worst job they ever had.
I was let go from Amazon just recently due to "low productivity." They expect their employees to pack 300 packages an hour. I simply couldn't keep that pace. The job was easy, I just didn't have the speed they wanted. I quickly developed shoulder pains which I still have. Even had to go to the onsite clinic called AMVET. They were nothing short of slave drivers in my book.
David Arango 300 items ?
How long were you working there 😞?
David Arango You were lucky David this lady was packing 600 items per hour so they expected her to do twice as much work as you.Someones gotta be lying here. Why can’t people just tell the truth for god’s sake.
@@william8108 There's a difference between items and packages.
Wait until I tell you how many boxes they want you to scan per hour
Have never given a cent to Amazon, and never will at this rate
You want to keep jobs in America. The conditions of Apple's assembly lines are much worse than that. Workers there actually committed suicide one after another.
Sacramento's FC that hasn't even been open a year has already lost three to suicide from working there.
Wow that's crazy
No job should be this terrible for such a low wage. I feel like working for Amazon and working for Apple are both bad, and we shouldn’t have to say well at least youre not working in ___ company.
I came here because my tenant is always complaining about working conditions at Amazon. He says many people quit because they can't take it and he might be quitting soon too.
Amazon don't pay their employees well. I worked on Mturk and Amazon themselves pay a cent yes 1¢ per hit. Thank goodness for great requesters out there that pay well. I believe the workers.
profit over safety and wellbeing
Amazon treats its employees just like Walmart. Why isn't Walmart in the news about their abuses.
Walmart is paying higher wages on their own and offering insurance and pensions. I saw an ad for starting pay of $13-15/hr in Alabama which is a $7.25 hr state. The warehouse workers and package stockers may be more stressed, but the store workers are not worked to excess. Very out of shape and older workers seem to be functioning fine. I see similar happening at McDonalds.
Typically small town protests against WalMart are backed by the small town shopowners that pay 7.25 no Ben, no full time for decades. They know town wages will rise and their best employees will leave them if WalMart comes to town.
Because Wal-Mart and Microsoft are trying to bring Amazon down
Amazon, Walmart, Disney, etc. Large companies don't give a flying fk about their employees. It's all about the shareholders.
Actually, I would argue that Amazon is worse than Wal-Mart, which is saying A LOT.
Walmart will pay much more for warehouse working if you work over a year
I find it it funny that the people paid to defend Amazon online can't keep up with the workers speaking out about these terrible conditions. Good for you guys for speaking out and exposing this terrible company 👍
No wonder he’s made over $100 Billion.. These might as well be sweat shops
That's the way it is to WORK. That's why they call it WORK. Cause It's WORK. Geez.
Everybody is expecting a good working condition, fair pay. Unfortunately, for many companies, it is not gonna happen
Truth. They don't Care...
Yeah, this looks bad, but I've seen worse.
Every warehouse is similar to this. Very few care about their workers. I've worked for about 10-12 different companies and I'd say maybe two of those treated us like humans.
@@dustinhiggins710 I agree. So much physical labor for very little pay
Good News is that Amazon just raised their National Minimum Wage to $15/hr starting November 1st! ...Advertising in my area claims employees can start earning as much as $17/hr. I assume that is for the graveyard shift. ...Better pay now than many of the other job openings available in the area. Al though it sounds like a crappy job even with the higher pay.
You get better treatment in a maximum security prison!
I have worked at a factory when Amazon let the news in they really really slowed the belt speed and made it look decent
I work with a handful of people that used to drive about an hour to work at an Amazon fulfillment center and all of them said it was the worst job they'd ever had. Ever.
I used to work at amazon for a week then I quit.
My wife worked at that exact same facility and she was pregnant and she has a miscarriage. She knew something was wrong when she was bleeding and in pain. Amazon wouldn’t let her leave till it was her time to go. For 4 hours she was forced to work in pain! She went straight to the emergency room to find out she had an atopic pregnancy. And it could’ve been prevented if she had gone to the hospital in time. So I as her husband blame amazon.
Your pregnant wife should not have been working that type of job. Common sense?
You should sue them and ad much money as you can. You both lost a child. That's not right.
You can't prevent an ectopic pregnancy by going to the hospital. Ectopic pregnancies cannot be completed to term. I'm sorry about your loss, and the fact that Amazon had your wife work while in pain, but there's no way they are to blame for an ectopic pregnancy.
Boycott Amazon. I love to shop in stores and see things in person...
While I was working at Amazon 3yrs back
I was working at sort center in Las Vegas
I really didn’t know what the job was until I started working my first shift .. I honestly didn’t like the fact that they put you a maximum of items you have to scan on your 4-6 hour shift .. my first week I got talked by supervisors to hurry up and scan faster and work faster . I consider myself a really hard worker , while working my 3rd shift . I remember I was putting a plastic envelope on the pallet where it belonged. And all the pallet collapsed, it wasn’t my fault ( all the other workers were stocking the packets like stairs and supervisors and lead wouldn’t tell them nothing ) so when it collapsed on me everyone just stared and didn’t help me at all and it was overwhelming because I had a supervisors telling me that the number of scans I was doing was low compared to other “ well yeah . How you want me to hurry up when An entire pallet collapsed on me and it’s barely my first days working .. I would’ve liked while I worked at Amazon that they would take the best of you , like where you could work your 💯 and give you an option to where you could fully develop your work skills to tribute and serve the company to its standards. Now with the situation here in Vegas and all the strip shut down I’m trying to reapply but for driver delivery and it’s really hard . And it’s also true about the break time and stuff only giving you 5 min break
Amazon made a sweet heart deal with USPS and the contract carriers got screwed, I was a carrier for years then the POdumped a lot packages on the carriers and there not getting paid for it . Any thing that weighs 2# or less is considered a flat (magazine) and you don't get paid for it or when the USPS does a package count that would benefit the carrier that's what screwed me I went from 20 get outs a day to 50 a day more work no more money and they expected you to finish at you usual time .
I got a delivery job at Amazon. I showed up for my first day a supervisor said follow me and took me to where drivers pick up there delivery scanner. He said you will driver truck # and your packages are behind your truck. 250 packages ...No training whats so ever no ride along training . I was a nightmare cause they put all the packages in huge zip up bags all the packages have bar codes but there are multi address packages the are not in the same bag so you open the bag looking for 2 packages that go to the same address then you have so many pages all over from you trying to locate the package I was so stressed out that I returned to the warehouse and quit. They should have trained me for at least a week . I got a job 2 days later making the same amount and am still there.
Because of her we got 15 a hour💪
It's not like amazon is saying hey this is a fairly well paying super easy job. Do these people not realize they will be doing hard labor there? We've had a few people like this in the warehouse I work at, older and whining about basically having to do their job. If you don't want to, or just physically can't do the hard work why are you applying for the job?
Honestly Amazon has gone downhill recently. Shipping times are longer, mistakes are happening more frequently. Even prime is slower than they claim. Ive moved a good portion of my shopping back to ebay. At least the shipping is fast over there.
I aint never shopped at amazon and never will
*!SHAME ON AMAZON !!*
The hospital is telling them to stop doing what they are doing let that sink in
This is not okay. Amazon better improve working conditions I'm out.
That's abuse. And if someone dies on that floor, it should be considered Homicide.
A job is supposed to be a place to earn your money. There's no point if somebody higher up in leadership is deliberately putting them in harm's way.
There's no excuse for this, and she should be given compensation and disability pay on the spot.
That's why these laws were written in the first place
Amazon is the modern version of the Industrial era factory
I also worked in Amazon and it's the worse job you can get...First, the work hours are terrible. They would give you mandatory overtime, which you had no choice but to work them and you won't know until the middle of your shift. If you do not do it, they duct the time from your weekly excused hours. If you go over than you get let go. Second, It's so unsafe I'm shocked they haven't closed down because they only give you 1 hour of safety training which is not enough when there's different departments in the warehouse. Third, They take every second they can from you and what I mean about that is that they give you 2-15 minute breaks and 1-30 minute lunch. Seems ok right? What if I told you that it's actually less then 15 minutes on those breaks. There's very little lunch areas so if the closest one is on the other side of the warehouse then your walk includes into the break. You have 15 minutes from the moment you leave the station and the moment you get back. It could takes you 5 minutes to walk to the lunch area then 5 minutes to get back, so technically you just have 5 minutes and I'm not exaggerating. And there is no way you can stay in the station just to have more time for your break. So there was this one time the light over my station was holding like a thread, one side loose and the other barely holding on and I reported it and they told me to keep working like that because there was no other station available. Trust me, what they pay you is not worth the hassle.
Cancelling my Prime :(
Pay for mine!
@@bighoss7437 pay someone for shopping how stupid !!
@Massachusetts Militia More than you atleast.
I stop complaining about my job when I think about my Amazon days. Omgggg. Worst job ever 💯😩
3rd world countries Woking environment
okay that's just silly.
Milano Martin its true, china is pure third world country
I’m switching to eBay
Amazon: 21st century efficiency, 19th century working conditions...
Wow, someone needs to sue them class action case
Wow 3500 only ridiculous. She should claim for disability $$$ from the government.
she's probably a professional worker comp claimer. holler my back, collect the settlement dough and go again.soc sec disability weeds people like her out, therefore not filed for.
3500 was for not talking about it. workers comp settlement is something different. something is fishy about her story, amazon isnt entitled to providing her housing either, they allow her to sleep in their parking lot which is bad enough
It’s sad because as consumers we can put companies like this in the ground but sadly people are more interested in their own convenience.
I only use Amazon one or two times a year but I'm still very grateful for their employees hard work!👍
Today is supposed to be my third day at amazon....I’m not going in. I hate it there. I thought I was cut for the job, but I’m not!!!! Today I’m working from home filling out applications and going door to door. Wish me luck.
I’m planning on quitting Amazon soon. Just need to find a new job. They are unprofessional, unorganized. I’ve worked in a warehouse before and Amazon is the worse. And they keep hiring new people each day. No wonder people are quitting.
This doesn't even mention all the bullying and targeting you receive by the other employees. And when you go to the proper authorities to correct it they do nothing and it gets worse. HR tries to gaslight you and then tells you if you respond to the bully at all you will be the one that is terminated. It's absolutely INSANE. So if a female is sexually assaulted in the building she better have an eye witness or she will be the one that is threatened by management. She is now a problem child to them because she is demanding that they correct the situation. It sounds unbelievable unless you've actually worked for them. They don't care about your feelings or mental health. If it's that bad for you then you should just quit your job.
No wonder Jeff is so rich.... idk why people don’t realize that rich people are rich because they exploited someone else...
I used to work warehouse jobs all the time but not anymore. They don't treat you like an employee but just a number. The working conditions are bad, it's either too cold or too hot in the facility and make you work such long hours for barely any pay