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appalachiablue

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26. I never order either except for a few films & documentaries that can't be bought or

Reply to marym625 (Reply #25)

Fri May 22, 2015, 01:27 PM

May 2015

rented anywhere else now, in the physical world. Did you read the full article in 'The Nation' posted here, what the young woman went through at the Amazon Warehouse- the boot camp like abuse and warnings Before she even started the job. Unbelievable.

Billionaire Bezos' brand of libertarian worker brutality disturbs me, is becoming common in the US and more the standard than not now, due to a very loose labor market, fewer real jobs, automation, the dysfunctional political system, rule by elites and contempt for the non Investor Class- blehhh!

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AMAZON WAREHOUSE JOBS PUSH WORKERS TO PHYSICAL LIMIT, The Seattle Times, April 11, 2012 [View all] appalachiablue May 2015 OP

That's what I heard from a guy who worked in one. NaturalHigh May 2015 #1

Exhausted for sure, a real workout for the very fit. The temps in the warehouses, aka appalachiablue May 2015 #4

K&R! marym625 May 2015 #2

It appears pretty bad from the Seattle article, one from Mother Jones & the NPR *RADIO appalachiablue May 2015 #11

I have never once ordered from them marym625 May 2015 #25

I never order either except for a few films & documentaries that can't be bought or appalachiablue May 2015 #26

yes marym625 May 2015 #31

They're on timers all day long, point a to b with a countdown clock. And dildos.... NYC_SKP May 2015 #3

How big are we talking? Quackers May 2015 #6

"Jolly Good Dong Giant" is impressive. NYC_SKP May 2015 #8

.... Quackers May 2015 #16

Great info. thanks. 'Mother Jones' article & *all should listen to the 20 min. NPR *RADIO appalachiablue May 2015 #7

Hopefully Amazon isn't yet a Geo. Orwell type 'Animal Farm' (1945) dystopian workplace appalachiablue May 2015 #5

Sounds like the job I had one time with UPS imnew May 2015 #9

Glad you had better pay & made it through a similar UPS job, I can believe it. Unreal! USA- appalachiablue May 2015 #14

Yeah imnew May 2015 #17

Those conditions are insane. romanic May 2015 #10

all they care about is profit Skittles May 2015 #13

+10. So true- 'it's good for the workers!' & the reality is out of sight & out of mind to appalachiablue May 2015 #15

+1 imnew May 2015 #18

Insane and inhuman true. And so very global. Unions not necessary, no govt. or appalachiablue May 2015 #20

Do they have Phillip Glass music playing in the background? Art_from_Ark May 2015 #12

Probably! Watch & Listen to this Video. appalachiablue May 2015 #19

Oh that movie made me sick... Dont call me Shirley May 2015 #28

Sounds like one of the jobs I put myself thru college on... MaggieD May 2015 #21

SEE HOW YOUR ONLINE SHOPPING ORDER REALLY WORKS appalachiablue May 2015 #22

I'm 50 and walk about 8 miles a day at work bhikkhu May 2015 #23

and these people DonCoquixote May 2015 #24

The spice grinder I just purchased today, not from Amazon! Dont call me Shirley May 2015 #27

Good for you, bravo! It CAN be done- STARVE THE AMAZON BEAST! or at least until appalachiablue May 2015 #29

Thank you, appalachiablue. Dont call me Shirley May 2015 #30

You should cross post in the labor group marym625 May 2015 #32