I'm not anti-Amazon, I just refuse to shop there because they don't treat their employees fairly (sorry Jim, I had to translate your comment due to bad faith or very stupid comments above...)
@@jamesrusselleriii8284 Minimum wage workers, or, as you call them, "stupid people", are the backbone of society. Taking good care of them is not only human, but the smartest option as well.
@@jamesrusselleriii8284 Because you want someone to serve you a burger at your nearest fast food venue. Someone to fix your bath after it broke down. Someone to clean your street. Someone to build your new house. Someone to go down in the sewers and keep them working properly. Someone to take your order at a restaurant. Someone to pay at the supermarket. Someone to transport your Amazon package to your house. Those are all menial things anyone can do, yet chaos would ensue if no one were to do it. They are the backbone of society.
I see your point, and that you think you're funny, but that's false. Neutral is an active position, whereas indifferent or undecided is passive. There are therefore 4 or 5 positions, at the very least. They could have been saying they're undecided (though we know they aren't).
@@TheGalantMAN ROFL blasphemeing is worse than saying it's a warning sign to hear people saying "Living Wage"? What a complete moron. God Damn your Jesus Christ to Hell Bitch.
"look for early warning signs such as an associate has started to live out of their car in the parking lot to cut down on commute time, or an associate having an intense emotional situation because they couldn't get time off for their grandmother's funeral"
Always be on the lookout for soiled diapers and bottles of pee from workers that find it easier to make themselves wait to go to the bathroom to meet goals.
The fact that a hyper-optimized company like Amazon would spend employee time on this training module should tell you everything you need to know. This training is an investment by Amazon.
18:32 Wait, funeral leave doesn’t include GRANDCHILDREN?!?! You know what’s even more messed up? The fact that they put it in the video means that enough people have brought it up to be noteworthy. Which means by either interpretation of the phrase, there are definitely people who’ve missed their grandparents’ funerals, or even more messed up, grandparents who’ve missed their grandchildren’s funeral because Amazon would’ve let them go otherwise.
"One warning sign is two people suddenly hanging out who normally didn't hang out prior" Yeah, two people who suddenly hit it off as friends after working for company for a while is certainly suspicious and an issue. They may actually have a mutually shared respect for one another, and that is a big no-no for companies.
I like how this implies that a union is more likely to be formed than friends being able to be created. It shows that others talking and becoming friends is less likely due to the fact that the only reason they would meet would be to talk about the poor conditions.
The section after 15:27 is practically "We totally would condone unions, but anyway warn us when your coworkers are exercising their right to unionize so we can do something about it"
Uh yeah we're all for employee choice, but uh, if a coworker says living wage let us know, because something has to be done about that. We don't want you getting the impression that your benefits could improve.
Nope. They rather look like they came straight from a road construction site, as they all wear these reflective vests, in different colors, like Star Trek's starfleet. and the color distinguishes the position. But the red one's don't die.
"We are not anti-union, but we are not neutral, either." Spoken by a smiling, South Park-esque cartoon character. This might be the actual most dystopian thing I've ever seen.
This video is actually directed at management people... it says shit like "make sure you know how your associates behave normally, so you can distinguish normal behavior from unnatural, and determine that a union is being formed" and "you can't threaten associates against forming a union". This makes it far more scarier if you ask me. I thought at first this was for the regular workers, and somehow using them to spy on each other and make the management's job easier. They want to impose to possible future management the idea of "divide the workers issues, so that they can't become one and crush you" in a self-defense kinda way. And the entire thing is soo self aware it's uncanny. EDIT: lmao they just said "spend time with workers regularly so that workers dont accuse you of spying on them when you do talk to them"
Whats worse than this is certain states literally give companies the right to fire people with no provided reason which is a bunch of shenanigans that shouldn't happen
@@IncognitoSprax "Workers Rights" laws in most states fucking suck. I worked at a certain grocery chain FROM Florida and let me tell ya! Talk about a Union = "we caught you stealing a napkin, under code 69420FU, you're fired!"
@@Grenkappa459 Noooooooo let's just say they fired an older dude who had been there forever right when I joined. For eating a certain sandwich that had been ordered online and never picked up. Apparantly the manager fired him on the spot! This was less than a month before they hired my 20 year old hands.. What. A. Coincidence.
"You're not legally allowed to spy on employees...which is why you should visit the places where they congregate, and you can totally listen in as long as you're doing something else, so they won't suspect you're spying" It's so blatant it's almost funny
God forbid workers hang out with each other and make friends, or want to be paid a living wage, or take interest in their benefits and company policies. Jesus christ, I can't believe this isn't a parody, and worse yet this is TAUGHT to management
It's cheaper to hire a voice actor to talk over a cheesy repetitive HTML animation than it is to pay an onscreen presenter for 30 minutes. That's the Amazon Direct Relationship.
Roman Junkie my job told me that too. I knew it was some bullshit as soon as I heard it. It’s all in our best interests just not billion dollar company’s interests. It has nothing to do with costumers or anything like that.
SeXy VeGaN Pretty much and big company does this and it’s disgusting. They present it in a friendly way like this video so they can make you believe they’re acting in your best interest. I had a very similar video as this at my summer job with FedEx
Don't get me wrong, there are many problems with unions. A good mix of union jobs and non union jobs is probably best. But, a big company like Amazon should be unionized.
@@Nathan-zc4dbyou were two minutes late, your numbers went down 1.3%, you took at 32 minute break instead of only 30, you’re not approachable enough, you took too long in the bathroom, etc
@@c.alexander4199 it's kind of gross that you can watch this blatant dehumanization of people, poverty shaming and tutorial on how to legally threaten employees yet think there's nothing wrong with it, but you do you.🤷
@Nubbinz Sure, not gonna deny that. We also live in a society, right now, where rich people can get away with running a pedophilic sex slavery ring with little more than a slap on the wrist. A society where our democracy is a sham rigged in the favor of those same billionaires. A society where people work their asses off on menial unfulfilling labor for not even enough to pay the bills, and a single injury can send a person into massive crippling debt. A society where when the banks make a stupid investment, we are forced to bail them out with our tax dollars, rather than just letting those banks collapse. And a society where a shit ton of corporations not only pay nothing in taxes to keep the country that birthed them alive, but get tens to hundreds of millions of dollars in tax refunds. Fuck capitalism. Robber barons deserve the bullet. Ideally, I wanna switch to anarcho-syndicalism.
@Nubbinz There's communists saying death to america and there's Lenin statues being kept up while American statues are being torn down? That fucking rocks!
“Employees have the right to band together” so guys let’s just pull an EA and call Unions “Surprise teamwork” they won’t know cause it’s called something different.
if you hear an employee say something like "I'm not earning enough to live, my children need medicine, I'm going to ask my manager for a raise", report them to management so they can make the employee disappear.
17:58 this section is wild and leads me to believe the managers job is to spy on employees and determine if any idea is too union-ish. Also they mention the employees have the right to form a union, but their manager is allowed to say "don't do that" every step of the way? No one in their right mind would appose their manager so of course they won't form a union wow
This is very scary. Amazon doesn't give a shit about a "direct working relationship". That's just their way of saying that if you have a complaint, don't talk to your colleagues, only talk to your supervisor (who will then promptly ignore your complaint and remind you how lucky you are to have this job in the first place and imply that there are many other people who would gladly take your place).
@@SixHundredAndSixtySix Neoliberalism or neo-liberalism[1] is the 20th-century resurgence of 19th-century ideas associated with laissez-faire economic liberalism and free market capitalism.[2]:7[3] While it is most often associated with such ideas, the defining features of neoliberalism in both thought and practice have been the subject of substantial scholarly discourse.[4] These ideas include economic liberalization policies such as privatization, austerity, deregulation, free trade[5] and reductions in government spending in order to increase the role of the private sector in the economy and society.[13] These market-based ideas and the policies they inspired constitute a paradigm shift away from the post-war Keynesian consensus which lasted from 1945 to 1980.[14][15
“Excuse me boss, I have to tell you about something I heard” “What’s that Jimmy?” “I heard Michael say that since he works 55 hours a week, he should at least earn a LIVING WAGE” “Thanks for letting us know, I’m sorry you had to hear that, we will take care of him”
I literally can’t even get through the first thirty seconds without my eyes hurting from all the rolling. Christ. Here goes. God bless you for subjecting yourself to this and showing it to the world, OP.
Yea ..big companies brain wash their associates with manipulative words like _"family"_ or _"we are a family"_ .. which gradually grooms an associate into being family level dedicated at work. Employees are taught to feel pressured or guilty about work productivity (as if you were letting down an actual family member). The whole thing is really messed up . All of that manipulation and extra stress we all feel every day at work is just to make the company and share holders the most amount of money possible. That is their #1 priority always.
Manager 1 is the rational humane answer Managers 2 and 4 are what Amazon really thinks Manager 3 is what they have to go on record saying to be more palatable
Ford, GM and FCA are all affiliated with the United Auto Workers International Union (UAW). We’re proud to be union and take a lot of pride in it. And to Amazon’s amazement, we are all these companies’ most loyal customers. Everyone loves the American pickups!
“Unions sever the direct connection between employees and a management we so highly value at Amazon. “without that direct connection, it would be so much more difficult to find out who wants terrible things like a decent wage and benefits so we can fire them on the spot.”
Tbh, I’m against big, powerful Unions who have grown corrupt, which many have, but I still prefer them to no Unions. Working for a company like Amazon without Unions I imagine is terrible.
It's kinda true, in my country there are like 2 big unions everyone is into and they are basically owned by two political parties that basically use them for promotion. Conclusion: unionize but don't let all unions consolidate into one, have different unions collaborating and don't let political parties make unions (although I don't think that's a problem in the US given that there are only two parties and they are both liberal)
I’m anti government union because teachers, cops, firemen etc should be held accountable more than anyone. For the private sector I have no problem with them, especially for evil corporations like Amazon or Walmart.
22:30 If we lose customers, the building MIGHT close and you MIGHT get stabbed repeatedly about the neck and face when you step outside. That might hurt our working relationship.
Love the Scientology levels of corporate jargon, TDR, barrier, Tech 3, VTO, HRM, Site Leaders, ER Managers, ER Principle, The Grapevine, VOA Board, Change in Passion, PA, UPT, Celebrate Safety, Site Roster, T.I.P.S., F.O.R.E., Customer Obsession. Don't say we'll close the building, just a union could make us less competitive and innovative so we may have to close the building. Pure Class.
Amazon is based in Seattle, WA. Washington is an employment-at-will state. Which means suspected "unionizing" employees can be fired after they've been spied on.
"Which means suspected "unionizing" employees can be fired after they've been spied on." Right, then Amazon can be sued for wrongful termination, even in an at-will employment state, because organizing is a protected activity under the NLRB.
Saying you don't need a union to represent your interests because there's an open door policy is like saying you can defend yourself in court because you're *really* persuasive.
Long, but legal answer: “We aren’t anti-union, but we aren’t neutral. I will ramble on for 30 minutes on why we don’t like unions.” Short, but illegal answer: “We hate unions and if an employee shows slight signs, get them fired.”
This really puts into perspective the necessity of regulations and labour rights - think of what they might do without them and how obvious it is how they really want to treat their workers but are only prevented
For anyone looking to organize and unionize their workplace. Our secure guide to organizing and unionizing your workplace with proven success by Whole Foods Market employees under the dystopian umbrella of Amazon: medium.com/@wholeworkerunited/whole-worker-privacy-security-best-practices-34dd7fee2343
I'm not anti Amazon, but I'm not neutral either
Hahahaha
Then don't shop there.
Harshit Madan Who said he did
That leaves only pro-Amazon as the last remaining option
I'm not anti-Amazon, I just refuse to shop there because they don't treat their employees fairly (sorry Jim, I had to translate your comment due to bad faith or very stupid comments above...)
please notify your manager if you hear warning signs being said like *L I V I N G W A G E*
@@jamesrusselleriii8284 why should a warehouse job support one person?
@@jamesrusselleriii8284 Minimum wage workers, or, as you call them, "stupid people", are the backbone of society. Taking good care of them is not only human, but the smartest option as well.
@@jamesrusselleriii8284 you came into this conversation with so much baggage
@@jamesrusselleriii8284 Because you want someone to serve you a burger at your nearest fast food venue.
Someone to fix your bath after it broke down.
Someone to clean your street.
Someone to build your new house.
Someone to go down in the sewers and keep them working properly.
Someone to take your order at a restaurant.
Someone to pay at the supermarket.
Someone to transport your Amazon package to your house.
Those are all menial things anyone can do, yet chaos would ensue if no one were to do it. They are the backbone of society.
@@jamesrusselleriii8284 I'm not familiar with American wages. But the fact that someone has to do it is enough.
"were not anti-union, but we're not neutral." The ONLY way that could be a true statement would be to support unions.
"What we do is completely lawful, and therefore not unfair."
Yes because the law is always right, isn't it
I see your point, and that you think you're funny, but that's false. Neutral is an active position, whereas indifferent or undecided is passive. There are therefore 4 or 5 positions, at the very least. They could have been saying they're undecided (though we know they aren't).
@@roadfart5537 no... neutral literally means not taking anybody's side. If you're indifferent/undecided you still count as neutral.
@ A man of culture, I see
well, actually its complicated you see. Because they're not lying to us, but they're also not telling us the truth...
Unions are like condoms. If someone is going out of their way to convince you that you don’t need one, you DEFINITELY need one.
Too fucking true
Terrible comparison lmao
@@yol_n Not a big fan of condoms eh?
@@Sketch-Motion nice ad hominen
@@yol_n That's not going to get you anywhere if you were in a court of law.
Amazon: were not anti-union
Also Amazon: no talking about a living wage
Timestamp: 16:27
Well, you see we’re not anti-giving you a lollipop, but we’re not neutral either 😡
Watch out for warning words like "living wage". Jesus christ, do they not realize how ridiculous that sounds?
To blaspheme sounds worse, but you're doing it.
@@TheGalantMAN Jesus Christ is pro-union.
@@TheGalantMAN ROFL blasphemeing is worse than saying it's a warning sign to hear people saying "Living Wage"? What a complete moron. God Damn your Jesus Christ to Hell Bitch.
@@TheGalantMAN What would Jesus Christ's favorite gun be?
A nail gun.
Well, according to the UK a warning words for far right radicals are "being patriot". Are they in some kind of competition with Amazon? :D
"look for early warning signs such as an associate has started to live out of their car in the parking lot to cut down on commute time, or an associate having an intense emotional situation because they couldn't get time off for their grandmother's funeral"
"also look out for workers working less than 12 hours"
But but those aren't problems, unions that's the real problem here
Always be on the lookout for soiled diapers and bottles of pee from workers that find it easier to make themselves wait to go to the bathroom to meet goals.
Or showing discontent for being required to piss in bottles
Or an associate living in a van down by the river
"Unions sever the relationship between associates and managed " translation unions change the fact that managers have complete author over associates
"Associates" - Exactly like a worker, but without any rights!
Yes? That is what a MANAGER does??
Props to the person holding the phone for 30 minutes
Hel be a good, haw-working, Amazon slave with them hands. 🙌
Fun fact I wasn’t anti-Amazon until this video.
Unlike Amazon, I’m not legally obligated to say that I’m not anti-the thing I don’t like.
Might have been in shirt pocket
they should of just done screen recordings lol
“We’re not anti-union.” We just don’t want our employees forming a union.
"Amazon and modern slavery" is a book that should be written tbh
And sold on Amazon and Kindle
This Random Socialist nice profile picture
Yeah no kidding.
At least they keep their slave labor in the states
So write it
The fact that a hyper-optimized company like Amazon would spend employee time on this training module should tell you everything you need to know. This training is an investment by Amazon.
Wuh
I mean
Yeah?
What else would it be
this is for managers
I've worked for them for 2 years. They are far from Hyper-organized.
@GlennsFastReviews Nah they are hyper optimized, they would not be able to exist as a company with their business model if they weren't.
New Employee: "Are you Anti-Union?"
Amazon: "The law requires that I answer no."
We’re suppose to help people.
@@JHEntertainment98 we’re supposed to help our people!!
@@gustasborusas6355 Starting with our stockholders, Bob! Who's helping them out, huh?
...y'know Bob... a company...
@@LeBonkJordanIs like an enormous clock…
@@stevenlenz599 Is like an enourmous Clo... YES, Precisely! It only works if all the little cogs mesh together!
18:32 Wait, funeral leave doesn’t include GRANDCHILDREN?!?! You know what’s even more messed up? The fact that they put it in the video means that enough people have brought it up to be noteworthy. Which means by either interpretation of the phrase, there are definitely people who’ve missed their grandparents’ funerals, or even more messed up, grandparents who’ve missed their grandchildren’s funeral because Amazon would’ve let them go otherwise.
That’s messed up
That’s when you just walk out flip em the bird go pay respects to your family member and find a job that treats you with human dignity and respect
I was refused FMLA leave during covid because it was a grandparent and not a parent. Both my parents abandoned me as a child to my grandparent :(
"One warning sign is two people suddenly hanging out who normally didn't hang out prior"
Yeah, two people who suddenly hit it off as friends after working for company for a while is certainly suspicious and an issue. They may actually have a mutually shared respect for one another, and that is a big no-no for companies.
amazon: rather safe then "sorry"
I like how this implies that a union is more likely to be formed than friends being able to be created. It shows that others talking and becoming friends is less likely due to the fact that the only reason they would meet would be to talk about the poor conditions.
Somebody save this before it disapears.
Done
Doing it now.
Filth Reporting now
*before the people who leaked it “disappear”.
Still up 4 years later :)
The section after 15:27 is practically "We totally would condone unions, but anyway warn us when your coworkers are exercising their right to unionize so we can do something about it"
Uh yeah we're all for employee choice, but uh, if a coworker says living wage let us know, because something has to be done about that. We don't want you getting the impression that your benefits could improve.
Protip: Always unionize. Even if employeer tells you not to.
ESPECIALLY if your employer *suggests not to
@@scrambledmandible YES. *ESPECIALLY* if your employer tells you not to.
Especially if they tell you not to
@@scrambledmandible that's exactly what I thought!
@Iván Moreno Legally, they cannot, yet this video exists, so apparently they are.
I like to imagine this being commissioned by a room of people who all look like the penguin
Myeh!
Nope. They rather look like they came straight from a road construction site, as they all wear these reflective vests, in different colors, like Star Trek's starfleet. and the color distinguishes the position. But the red one's don't die.
at least penguin was just after a gf
Or maybe the Pointy-Haired Boss from Dilbert.
The lesson here is:
If nothing ain't stopping you, unionize
If something is stopping you, unionize
"We are not anti-union, but we are not neutral, either." Spoken by a smiling, South Park-esque cartoon character. This might be the actual most dystopian thing I've ever seen.
Welcome to late stage Capitalism
props to the guy who held the camera up for 30 minutes to leak this
Haha is that what happened lol
@@waitandhopeYou can see the camera move every once in a while.
This video is actually directed at management people... it says shit like "make sure you know how your associates behave normally, so you can distinguish normal behavior from unnatural, and determine that a union is being formed" and "you can't threaten associates against forming a union". This makes it far more scarier if you ask me. I thought at first this was for the regular workers, and somehow using them to spy on each other and make the management's job easier. They want to impose to possible future management the idea of "divide the workers issues, so that they can't become one and crush you" in a self-defense kinda way. And the entire thing is soo self aware it's uncanny.
EDIT: lmao they just said "spend time with workers regularly so that workers dont accuse you of spying on them when you do talk to them"
Whats worse than this is certain states literally give companies the right to fire people with no provided reason which is a bunch of shenanigans that shouldn't happen
@@alexisleftist778 At-will employment. That's most states.
@@IncognitoSprax "Workers Rights" laws in most states fucking suck. I worked at a certain grocery chain FROM Florida and let me tell ya!
Talk about a Union = "we caught you stealing a napkin, under code 69420FU, you're fired!"
@@789french5 Publix?
@@Grenkappa459 Noooooooo let's just say they fired an older dude who had been there forever right when I joined.
For eating a certain sandwich that had been ordered online and never picked up.
Apparantly the manager fired him on the spot! This was less than a month before they hired my 20 year old hands..
What. A. Coincidence.
The "how to avoid" section is actually "how to get away with doing this"
"You're not legally allowed to spy on employees...which is why you should visit the places where they congregate, and you can totally listen in as long as you're doing something else, so they won't suspect you're spying"
It's so blatant it's almost funny
@@salvadorelastname9095 not only that, they're saying if you are a "manager,", this is pretty much what it's expected of you.
"We are not "anti-union" , we are not neutral"... And Nike is not "anti-child labor" it's also not neutral.
No they said they aren't neutral either
The Amazon Employee chatting app flags worlds like "unions", "bathroom", "living wage", and "hellhole". Keep that in mind.
Too bad a number over a letter could easily bypass that
@@ERRORDownBadMost filter algorithms account for that FYI. Very simple to code
@@ERRORDownBad Time to un10n1z3
So like chinas “social media” spy ware equivalent?
@@ERRORDownBadthe developers didn't get paid enough for that lol
God forbid workers hang out with each other and make friends, or want to be paid a living wage, or take interest in their benefits and company policies.
Jesus christ, I can't believe this isn't a parody, and worse yet this is TAUGHT to management
How dare you ask for a list of other wagies in their cagies.
It's cheaper to hire a voice actor to talk over a cheesy repetitive HTML animation than it is to pay an onscreen presenter for 30 minutes. That's the Amazon Direct Relationship.
Every job has a union busting thing. One thing I remember was working at walmart they tell you that Unions are not for your best interests
Roman Junkie my job told me that too. I knew it was some bullshit as soon as I heard it. It’s all in our best interests just not billion dollar company’s interests. It has nothing to do with costumers or anything like that.
SeXy VeGaN Pretty much and big company does this and it’s disgusting. They present it in a friendly way like this video so they can make you believe they’re acting in your best interest. I had a very similar video as this at my summer job with FedEx
Don't get me wrong, there are many problems with unions. A good mix of union jobs and non union jobs is probably best. But, a big company like Amazon should be unionized.
Roman Junkie when I was working at 7-11 we had to watch similar anti unions videos.
Walmart is so anti union they closed a store
19:58 Amazon admits their jobs cannot support a family.
W O W
My god, that whole section is vile.
Everyone download a copy for when this is inevitably copyright struck
already done
Done
Got it down, ready to spread it across the interwebs
The fact that they are willing to do this much to discourage unions tells you how terrified they are of workers uniting
They should be scared
obviously these workers need to unionize now
Problem is many people are too stupid to vote for their best interests
ALL workers should. Fuck this shit.
Employees who attempt to Unionize have a bad habit of being fired for TOTALLY unrelated reasons.
@@Nathan-zc4dbyou were two minutes late, your numbers went down 1.3%, you took at 32 minute break instead of only 30, you’re not approachable enough, you took too long in the bathroom, etc
"Unfair labor practices can be committed by either an employee or a union"
Or, you know, maybe an employer? Did you think of that? Did you?!?
They did. They mention examples of employer abuse in the video. 21:29
@@katobytes are you really trying to defend Amazon?
Trish Doyle There’s enough wrong with the video as is. Becoming indignant when someone points out that you’re wrong is just childish.
@@c.alexander4199 it's kind of gross that you can watch this blatant dehumanization of people, poverty shaming and tutorial on how to legally threaten employees yet think there's nothing wrong with it, but you do you.🤷
@@DaniDoyle It's not that there isn't anything wrong with it; the video sucks. But you're just wrong.
When your enemies tell you what their weaknesses are, you should listen.
"Warning sign" lol. This is some nasty propaganda and reminds me of the Red Scare.
Giradox oops, you're a fucking idiot
Brain-washed in what way? I think they’re making perfect sense. You either don’t understand, or you work for Amazon.
@Nubbinz ok no-one that communism wasn't bad, but witch hunting is. Look up the Salem Witch trials sometime buddy
@Nubbinz Sure, not gonna deny that. We also live in a society, right now, where rich people can get away with running a pedophilic sex slavery ring with little more than a slap on the wrist. A society where our democracy is a sham rigged in the favor of those same billionaires. A society where people work their asses off on menial unfulfilling labor for not even enough to pay the bills, and a single injury can send a person into massive crippling debt. A society where when the banks make a stupid investment, we are forced to bail them out with our tax dollars, rather than just letting those banks collapse. And a society where a shit ton of corporations not only pay nothing in taxes to keep the country that birthed them alive, but get tens to hundreds of millions of dollars in tax refunds.
Fuck capitalism. Robber barons deserve the bullet. Ideally, I wanna switch to anarcho-syndicalism.
@Nubbinz There's communists saying death to america and there's Lenin statues being kept up while American statues are being torn down? That fucking rocks!
"Don't threaten interrogate or spy on your employees"
10 seconds later "here's how to threaten, interrogate and spy on your employees"
“Employees have the right to band together” so guys let’s just pull an EA and call Unions “Surprise teamwork” they won’t know cause it’s called something different.
Honestly that'd be hilarious.
if you hear an employee say something like "I'm not earning enough to live, my children need medicine, I'm going to ask my manager for a raise", report them to management so they can make the employee disappear.
watch the video closely, they said that that is a fine thing to say
17:58 this section is wild and leads me to believe the managers job is to spy on employees and determine if any idea is too union-ish. Also they mention the employees have the right to form a union, but their manager is allowed to say "don't do that" every step of the way? No one in their right mind would appose their manager so of course they won't form a union wow
Well in the T.I.P.S. section they essentially list loopholes you can go through to legally spy on employees, so make of that what you will.
"Work directly with our associates" sure is a strange way to say "Have all the power over our wage slaves.".
This is very scary. Amazon doesn't give a shit about a "direct working relationship". That's just their way of saying that if you have a complaint, don't talk to your colleagues, only talk to your supervisor (who will then promptly ignore your complaint and remind you how lucky you are to have this job in the first place and imply that there are many other people who would gladly take your place).
"direct working relationship" = total control over powerless individuals
The amount of times that they threw out “direct working relationship” is terrifying.
Organise ASAP people 🐛
caterpillar
@@lairabiewer5946🎤🐛
yo bro kickass Indian Summer pfp
What’s with the caterpillar lol
Wow, that is both sinister and hugely revealing. The fact that Amazon thinks it's ok to put this into a video is incredible.
they teach you how to get away with threatening people without legal repercussions lol
I'm not anti setting the bourgeoisie on fire, but I'm not neutral either
Please understand not all rich people should burn hell. Thank you.
Only Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos should.
@@tvremote9394 Fuck you. Under the pretense of destroying the bourgeoisie my ancestors were destroyed. Rich does not equal evil.
Worker: I think we should get paid more
Jeff Bezos: DO I SMELL WORKERS RIGHTS?!
Hey this guys been here for over an hour! He's starting a union!
but he was taking a shit...or was he organizing for a union in the bathrooms?
N E O L I B E R A L H E L L S C A P E
How is this liberal? This is capitalism at its worst
@@SixHundredAndSixtySix i do belive the term neolibral refers to people who support unregulated capitalism.
@@SixHundredAndSixtySix Neoliberalism or neo-liberalism[1] is the 20th-century resurgence of 19th-century ideas associated with laissez-faire economic liberalism and free market capitalism.[2]:7[3] While it is most often associated with such ideas, the defining features of neoliberalism in both thought and practice have been the subject of substantial scholarly discourse.[4] These ideas include economic liberalization policies such as privatization, austerity, deregulation, free trade[5] and reductions in government spending in order to increase the role of the private sector in the economy and society.[13] These market-based ideas and the policies they inspired constitute a paradigm shift away from the post-war Keynesian consensus which lasted from 1945 to 1980.[14][15
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@@SixHundredAndSixtySix If it were true capitalism, these people would at least be paid a fair wage
This is so fucked up I thought it was a South Park episode for a second.
Haha
“Excuse me boss, I have to tell you about something I heard”
“What’s that Jimmy?”
“I heard Michael say that since he works 55 hours a week, he should at least earn a LIVING WAGE”
“Thanks for letting us know, I’m sorry you had to hear that, we will take care of him”
I literally can’t even get through the first thirty seconds without my eyes hurting from all the rolling. Christ. Here goes. God bless you for subjecting yourself to this and showing it to the world, OP.
"our culture" jesus wtf
Go0tTa Ke3P teH KuZt0m3rZ h4pPy by working nearly nonstop for 12 hours cuz its muh cultur in amazun
Ah yes, corporate "culture".
Yea ..big companies brain wash their associates with manipulative words like _"family"_ or _"we are a family"_ .. which gradually grooms an associate into being family level dedicated at work. Employees are taught to feel pressured or guilty about work productivity (as if you were letting down an actual family member).
The whole thing is really messed up . All of that manipulation and extra stress we all feel every day at work is just to make the company and share holders the most amount of money possible. That is their #1 priority always.
I love the phrase "customer obsessed". They dont want any thoughts that arent about work
We're not 𝘼𝙉𝙏𝙄-𝙐𝙉𝙄𝙊𝙉
We're **whispers** ᵃⁿᵗⁱ⁻ᵘⁿⁱᵒⁿ
Manager 1 is the rational humane answer
Managers 2 and 4 are what Amazon really thinks
Manager 3 is what they have to go on record saying to be more palatable
true
“Living wage” as a red flag? Oh hell nah let’s eat the rich🍴
Yes a RED flag, comrade
“Eat the rich” also liberals getting their daily Starbucks
24:47
To avoid spying, spy better.
But that still spyi...... *OOOOOHHHH!*
I’m sure the workers deeply care about how Amazon shareholders are doing lmao
Won't someone please think of the shareholders!
"Wagie wagie get in cagie" - this whole video
based.
Ford, GM and FCA are all affiliated with the United Auto Workers International Union (UAW). We’re proud to be union and take a lot of pride in it. And to Amazon’s amazement, we are all these companies’ most loyal customers. Everyone loves the American pickups!
If I had to buy a union-made vehicle it would be the Harley Livewire, Detroit three pickups are too bloated for me.
this feels like an epilogue to a sci fi film with a dystopian setting.
The part starting at 19:57 actually sickens me. How dare you want to support a family with your job??
Pending how society progresses, there is a change we look back at this video in 40 years and watch it in shock and disbelief.
I am already watching it with disbelief. I am guessing this is why my country does not have amazon. Practically everyone is unionized.
This needs to be on the news.
“Unions sever the direct connection between employees and a management we so highly value at Amazon.
“without that direct connection, it would be so much more difficult to find out who wants terrible things like a decent wage and benefits so we can fire them on the spot.”
Exactly
End corporate welfare
Before clicking on play, remember this is the company that doesn't let their workers time to pee
I'm scared for the future.
Ever since 2014 I'm as well.
hi im from the future its fucking abysmal im so sorry
"We're not anti-union, but everything we do conflicts with unions"
Tbh, I’m against big, powerful Unions who have grown corrupt, which many have, but I still prefer them to no Unions. Working for a company like Amazon without Unions I imagine is terrible.
Ngl that sounds like amazon propaganda
But kinda true
Unions can be bad. Good unions exist, bad unions exist.
Amazon IS bad.
It's kinda true, in my country there are like 2 big unions everyone is into and they are basically owned by two political parties that basically use them for promotion. Conclusion: unionize but don't let all unions consolidate into one, have different unions collaborating and don't let political parties make unions (although I don't think that's a problem in the US given that there are only two parties and they are both liberal)
IMO a union is like a lawyer. You need to make sure your lawyer is doing their job, but self representation is rarely a good idea.
I’m anti government union because teachers, cops, firemen etc should be held accountable more than anyone. For the private sector I have no problem with them, especially for evil corporations like Amazon or Walmart.
Amazon in UK has been unionised. Went on strike for payrise a few months back.
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We are not anti-union, but we’ll advertise how awful they are everywhere, even when you go to the bathroom.
At least that doesn’t happen often (going to the bathroom, not advertising how bad unions are)
im not for public beheadings of corporate executives, but im not against them either
22:30 If we lose customers, the building MIGHT close and you MIGHT get stabbed repeatedly about the neck and face when you step outside. That might hurt our working relationship.
You WILL dance
You WILL obey the manager
You WILL not unionize
You WILL be happy
Love the Scientology levels of corporate jargon, TDR, barrier, Tech 3, VTO, HRM, Site Leaders, ER Managers, ER Principle, The Grapevine, VOA Board, Change in Passion, PA, UPT, Celebrate Safety, Site Roster, T.I.P.S., F.O.R.E., Customer Obsession. Don't say we'll close the building, just a union could make us less competitive and innovative so we may have to close the building.
Pure Class.
Amazon is based in Seattle, WA. Washington is an employment-at-will state. Which means suspected "unionizing" employees can be fired after they've been spied on.
Federal law supercedes state law.
"Which means suspected "unionizing" employees can be fired after they've been spied on."
Right, then Amazon can be sued for wrongful termination, even in an at-will employment state, because organizing is a protected activity under the NLRB.
there is a name for that: winning the lottery. they will give you the 777 mega millions jackpot if you agree not to sue
@@djdogstar7385 they can’t fire you for union activities, but they can fire you for dozens of other made up reasons!
Just horrifying. The degree of surveillance is comparable to the one in the novel "1984".
Can you imagine using such radical language as "living wage"
7:52 Just because employees complain something isn't fair doesn't mean it's illegal. Always remember: the government is on our side, not yours!
Nah the government is shit too.
Jeff Bezos is a real life villain and no one can convince me otherwise
His laugh, his megayacht... can't wait to hear about how 007 takes him down once he creates a world destroying superweapon.
The guy is Lex luthor irl 💀
He's probably a psychopath I'm sure
Man was probably shot for uploading this
The biggest thing I learned is from the last section about how important laws are that protect unions and the formation of them.
The amount of mental gymnastics required to make unions sound like a bad thing is astonishing.
"living wage is a concept that unions push for: that every job should pay enough to support a family of four"
Customer obsession sounds kinda creepy.
1:17 "We are NOT anti-union BUT we are NOT neutral either..." lmao wut?
Comrade Bezos is pro Union now, it seems
I guess it is supposed to mean "We are neither very negative nor neutral about unions, we don't want them, but they are fine"
Saying you don't need a union to represent your interests because there's an open door policy is like saying you can defend yourself in court because you're *really* persuasive.
the "open door policy" is the wide-open exit door if you don't enjoy being a slave
If this was written as a fictional video it would be criticized for being too absurd, yet here we are
“Living wage is a concept unions push for.”
It’s absolute insanity how they try to control employees personal conversation’s
Oh no a living wage!
4:22 - Death Grips' MC Ride gives his views on unionization at gunpoint
NO! M.C. RIDE WOULD NEVER DO THAT!!!!1!11!! M.c. Ride would rather take the bullet than lie.
Yuh.
Long, but legal answer: “We aren’t anti-union, but we aren’t neutral. I will ramble on for 30 minutes on why we don’t like unions.”
Short, but illegal answer: “We hate unions and if an employee shows slight signs, get them fired.”
This really puts into perspective the necessity of regulations and labour rights - think of what they might do without them and how obvious it is how they really want to treat their workers but are only prevented
"Don't threaten, like earlier in the video when we said joining a Union might jeopardize your job security."
This is so wild! I feel like I'm watching a South Park bit. Did they think this would go over well?
No matter how unsurprising (being an Amazon worker) this is no less horrifying.
Unionize!!
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This is one of the few times I'm glad I live in the EU (Italy) where Amazon and Google get their shit kicked in on the regular.
"Our business model is built on speed ... and customer obsession"
wow