Amazon's Union-Busting Training Video
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- Опубліковано 17 гру 2018
- Actual clips from Amazon's union-busting training video that was sent to Whole Foods management in 2018. It was then leaked by Whole Worker to the media. #WholeWorker
/ wholeworkerwfm
"We don't believe unions are in the best interest of our shareholders" yeah duh that's the point
😂 so true
Unions are interested in themselves. Ban all unions
Personally I don't understand what the problem is. Does amazon owe you a job?
No, they merely owe you the conditions of the work contract you signed. Don't like the conditions? Find another job
@@KnownNiche1999 what’s amazon gonna do, replace 1000 workers in a day? The workers have leverage
@@KnownNiche1999 The problem is that there is no fair exchange under capitalism. Every single job you take is exploitative and alienating. You are forced to agree to these conditions because you don't own the means of production. If you don't agree, you will live on the street and literally starve or get to enjoy prison
"Warning phrases include living wage"
Holy shit.
When I saw “living wage” I literally said holy shit out loud. Fucking crazy
@@jimmy22334that is fucking dark
How can one be so disingenuous or really dense to refuse to realize this is an actual union buzzword
@@LOKSTEDI think most people, unions included, are on the same page on what "living wage" means. It's hardly a buzzword
@@LOKSTED💬🤖🤖🤖🤖🤖🤖🤖
Massive respect to the employee who recorded this.
Why??
@@littlemoth4956 probobly was not allowed to record it and risked employment.
In most cases, employee training tapes are restricted and not allowed to be recorded and distributed.
@@saamjaza1742 Now the next step is to "package it" and sell it on... Amazon! For a token amount of course.
fr this is like if a stormtrooper leaked the death star plans
They’re so desperate to call them “associates”, “technicians”, or even “employees”.
Anything other than “WORKERS”, a word which directly addresses the fact that they do the work rather than those that keep them in line
The use of the term associate is to remind the worker that the company is happy to let them go at any time and the company sees the work as without rights
"We're not anti-union, but we're not neutral either"
What a quote!
So Amazon is pro-union! Right?
Right?
Riiiiiiiight?
classic double-speak
"I'm gay, I'm a homosexual!"
"I'm not a person, I'm an individual"
'Seperate, but equal'
if you hear a worker say "I don't earn enough to feed my children, I'm going to ask my boss for a raise" notify management immediately so they can make him disappear
If there were slightly less laws in America that would actually happen knowing how these corporations are.
They photoshop you out of the pictures and everything
in to the metaverse or vr chat?
@@foppypoof5195
Before all those pesky laws came to be they got around to bombing West Virginian coal miners with mustard gas.
@@foppypoof5195
In fact, those laws exist because that’s exactly what the corporations used to do
Literally means "we value everybody but our workers."
It means they value their money. Do you seriously think Amazon gives a piss about their customers or shareholders? Their end game is always about maximizing profit and that is true of any billion dollar corporation.
@@BroMaxIII that means they care about their shareholders, because shareholders own the company.
@@solar3013it also means that they care about the customer because the customer gives them the money
No it doesn’t. Fuck unions.
@@DieselTreleaver99 Jeff, stop using alt accs
i love how even in a video adressed to their employees, the employees are always the last priority
This shit isn't for their "simple employees" (they'll get a "Look how nice we are, we planted a tree back in 99' once and since we are around, poverty has been decreased by 12*%!" - Video!
This is for the middle-managment, who strife that, one day, their ass feels the way their mouth does right now.
*Measured by non adjusted gdp and only counting India and china or some other misleading bs
Well... Yeah the costumer and shareholders are first since they're the reason the employees have a damn job.
@@Kai...999 t. Jeff Bezos cousin.
@@Kai...999i didn't know boat captains in the 18th century built their boat by hand!
@@Dr.Priorityno, they bought it. Other people built it. You're not very smart are you?
“Employees have a right to organize.”
“You must snitch on employees you see organizing.”
Fantastic dichotomy.
i have a right to remain silen
Tbf this is a video for management, so selling people down the river is a part of the job duties.
What's next? Implementing the system Russian spies use to ensure everything is reported?
doublethink
This is a gross misinterpretation of the content.
> notices another worker says "grievance"
> i was trained for this
> i run to the hrm
> i twist my ankle jumping over my piss bottles
> i struggle to limp through the warehouse as the other workers have to push me over so the make their times.
> i fall over from heat exhaustion because the hvac has never worked
> finally at the hrm
> i get fired before i can report the red scourge
this is gold
Amazing
Why were you wasting time twisting your ankle? SLACKER
I spit out water from laughing and ruined my phone. Won’t buy from amazon.
Nice ancap meme :^)
Imagine being the guy doing the voiceover, y'all think he had to stop to smell the money to prevent vomiting
They used AI, cheaper and no need to worry. So cynical, well so Amazon.
@@kontan2504 This was recorded before AI voiceover work became common.
Ironically, the voice actor in this is probably part of the SAG-AFTRA union and was paid a union rate for recording this 😂💀
Nothing would make me think I need a union more than having my employer put out a video like this.
“We are not anti-union”
“Early warning signs of potential organizing”
LMAO
unions are criminals
well no one is anti-cancer either, but you want to know the early warning signs for sure
@@Dre2Dee2 are you stupid
@@Dre2Dee2I'm pretty sure people are, in general, against cancer
@@Dre2Dee2 fed
We are living in the lamest dystopia possible
It’s far from a dystopia… it’s bad but not dystopian.
@@thefatbob3710 You don't know the definition lmao.
@@keanub2338 If we were in a dystopia you would think you were in a utopia
big corp in the next decades: bet
@@thefatbob3710you don’t know the definition of dystopia
the southpark-esque animation is the icing on the cake of absurdity
its like if seth macfarlane animated south park...soulless n stiff
“Unusual interest in policies and benefits”…. What a stunning line
“We’re not Anti-Union” proceeds to display the EXACT definition of Anti-Union
for legal purposes they aren't allowed to say it
they're not anti union. they would greatly prefer that their competitors have to deal with unions. so, they like unions when it's other companies
@@ValDominator LOL right? Unions garuntee no one will ever be able to challenge Amazon, its like a swimming competition with an anvil around your waste, youre finished
@@Dre2Dee2 you really think unions are the foremost reason amazon has a monopoly? Nobody's ever catching up, no matter how little they pay their workers. In this age, nobody has the ability to establish themselves as a name brand
"we're not anti union..." sounds just like "I'm not racist, but.."
“Warning signs of unionization”according to Amazon:
-wanting a living wage
-having any grievance
-when you stop being friends with someone
-when you make new friends
-avoiding the boss before they ask you to work unpaid overtime
-hanging out with coworkers after work
-standing up for your coworkers
-having a bad day
- taking one down
- singing a sad song just to turn it around
- saying you don't know
- telling them don't lie
- working at a smile then going for a ride
@@cdvideodump
Amazon manager: You’re going to have a long blue sky holiday
@@cdvideodumpHoly fuck
--breathing
--talking
--smiling
--not smiling
--using the toilet (EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DO NOT ALLOW THIS)
--wanting enough money to pay the rent
--liking cats instead of dogs
--having a university degree (COULD HAVE TALKED WITH PHILOSOPHY STUDENTS)
--having lived and or worked abroad (THEY KNOW THAT WE LET THEM USE THE TOILETS THERE)
- dancing
- walking
- rearranging furniture
How do you write the script for this and never think "am I the bad guy?"
They know they just think that nobody will ever force them to pay for what they’ve done.
By being a Right Winger. Like - it's literally that simple.
@@kamalalsb7292 you ehh... you do realise thats not what right and left means right?
I know you americans think this, but please get some education on the topic.
@@AnonyMous-ql9nj 1: I'm not American.
2: Unionised Labour is explicitly a Left Wing policy that is exclusively opposed by Right Wing/Center Right politicians. The idea of Unionisation is very closely linked to Communism/Socialism and gained traction in the early 19th century but following WW2 when the Americans began opposing the Soviets, Conservative politicians attacked the idea of unionisation as a whole as part of their witch hunts for "Communist Sympathisers." Literally every one of them was proudly Right Wing - and accused anyone they disagreed with of being a Pinko, a Leftie, or a Commie. So not only is it demonstrable who was on what side by just looking at the history but the Nomenclature that one side used for the other literally illustrates my point. IE: Right Wingers are anti-union. Someone who would write something like this and not think they're the bad guy - is a Right Winger. They just are. It's not an opinion it's a very easy to prove fact.
But it's very cute that you think *I* Need to get some education on this topic.
money, the motivation behind most evil acts in the workd
imagine thinking that asking for livable wages and hours is ''a warning sign''
Tldr: "Were not anti-union, were VERY anti-union"
R Ramsay in the way that the SS isn’t anti Jewish
TLDR: We like to make money and pay people and acceptable wage instead of being forced to fire everyone and move due to making no profit. Then everyone makes $0.00 an hour.
@@2K-Tan bazos makes about $80bill an hour, no one is being forced to pay them so little, its just the most profitable . They get regulations or a union then that will impact the shareholders, not the workers.
@@legomanrob bezos is an asshole but he's good at what he does
He earns the company more money than he gets paid, so of course it is worth it to keep him
@@SiisKolkytEuroo my point is that decent pay for workers is more important than giving the shareholders billions. Bazos is a greedy bastard who shouldn't take so much.
But also, and this isnt my main point but since you brought it up, lets assume that he does earn the company more than the $80000 hes payed.
1. Does he bring in more than the billions of dollars in shares that im guessing you forgot to account for.
2. Why do you need him specifically, surely someone else would be able to do just as good at a lower price.
Living Wage is a union word?? What the hell?
Didn't expect you here.
Bro, asking to escape poverty is just rude. Don't you know that Jeff Bezos has got giant space dicks to build?
It is! Thats why unions are an important organ of the working class.
Not very professional from Amazon isn’t it?
Now we can destroy Amazon.
“We’re not anti-union”
(Less than a minute later)
“If you see warning signs of employee organisation please report it immediately”
"Living wage" what a scary term
This video got dramatically dark when "living wage" was labeled as a warning phrase that a union is getting organized.
/Grievance/.
You aren't supposed to ever have any problem with them at all.
All that's allowed is functional worship.
Not a GRIEVANCE!? Them’s COMMI words!
amazon: oh you want to feed your self and your family THATS COMMUNISM YOUR FIRED
CONTRACT.
Sad
Amazon: "We're not Anti-Union."
Also Amazon: "UNIONS ARE BAD FOR EVERYONE!!! REPORT YOUR FELLOW EMPLOYEES FOR EVEN THE VAGUEST SIGNS OF ORGANISATION!!!"
Bad for everyone at the top? I think I'll stick to The Auto Industry. Hello, UAW?
They aren't employees, those things have rights. They are "associates".
I know right? They describe every aspect of unions like they're terrorist organizations.
You work at Amazon because you are useless and replaceable. Union has no place in a place like that. If you think you deserve higher standards go somewhere else, if you can't, stop complaining.
Yes. "We are not badmouthing Unions in general"...
Only every single one specifically, I guess.
I would join a union the second they showed me this video if I worked there
“If you hear workers using words like ‘Living Wage,’ ‘Unable To Pay Rent,’ ‘Please Stop Whipping Me’ or ‘They Held My Kids At Gunpoint,’ report them to your manager.”
The fact that "living wage" is legitimately one of the things they mentioned is scary.
Whoa-whoa-whoa, you want a wage? AND you want it to be enough to survive too????
friendly reminder that amazon patented a design where they put workers in a cage
That would be a good onion video
Please stop whipping me 😭😭
"We aren't anti-union"
five seconds later: "Watch out for these signs of workers organizing to improve their quality of life at work"
Basically , Amazon wants to return to the era of Slaves ......yaay ?
@Lamune Baba what kind of grass is your favorite to eat, sheep?
@Lamune Baba didn't you hear? We're not supposed to hate Jews "just cause" it makes us look bad
@darklordster that's essentially a false statement lmao.
Learn English you dumb knuckle-dragger.
@Lamune Baba Whaaaa Whaaaa, if your against my opinion it's because your a jew not because my opinion is retarded, whaaaa. Your pathetic
I'm not pro guillotines, but I'm not neutral either.
If you see warning signs of potential aristocracy warn your local mob.
I always find it funny how often I see a company getting concerned when people want to know their rights
"we are not anti union"
"we do not believe unions are in the best interest of our shareholders, customers, or associates"
who is this supposed to convince?
Probably the same people who were convinced Biden was a good candidate or that Trump is racist
the same people who fall for the bible, because it says so
Well I don't think they are lying about the union(s) not being in the best interest of the ownership and shareholders. The customers will pay the price if the cost rise. Associates can only get gains so well all this suggest a conflict of interest.
Its not supposed to convince, its supposed to intimidate
@@donaldlyons17 amazon is extremely, extremely obviously anti-union and actively union busts regularly. Not only can this be seen from their actions, but if you review their internal documentation it indicates amazon is anti-union in every way short of stating as much explicitly
I don't even work for this company and I already want to organize a union.
Bozo doesn't want to give any of HIS POWER away to workers making him rich!!!
You can always join the company with intent of unionizing!
@Seljak Magnum his workers didn't payed for it, he paid for the workers. If you don't like the job leave it, stay at home, stop crying.
Bussiness have full right to operate.
Workers have full right to leave.
@@AntiFurryNatio paying less taxes, busting unions and funding politicans that are puppets of the bourgeoisie isn’t a right for business, it is pure evil and greed.
@@AntiFurryNatio ok kafir
Some "Notify your Democracy Officer immediately" Helldivers 2 energy
Sony must pay for limiting our numbers, hell diver
"We're not anti-union, we're just directly opposed to the idea of them at large."
Amazon Employee: "Alexa, call my union representative."
Alexa: "I'm afraid I can't do that Dave."
Nice space odyssey reference 😂
alexa be turning into hal 9000
Fine, I’ll do it myself. **unplugs alexa**
@@alastor--radiodemon7556that’s the bad guy in walle right
@@ninjirealyou're thinking of Auto
Hal 9000 is from "2001: A Space Odyssey"
Them asking you to report the term “living wage” is one of the most dystopian corporate things I’ve ever heard IRL.
you wanna know whats dystopian, idiots like you who have never worked a day in their fucking life taking union buzz words at face value, terms like "living wage" is something unions use to trick workers into joining them, where they then make workers do what the union wants or charge them thousands of dollars, they literally make workers go on strike without pay for months and if they try and go back to work they get charged by the union, unions are evil
Because that's a ridiculous term. Nobody is forced to work there
@@Hawokkiif you are working a full 40 hours a week anywhere while a company substantially profits off your labor it should be enough to cover your essential living expenses.
Why is that ridiculous?
Because they aren't forced to work there? Maybe in a perfect world yes. But there are plenty of circumstances where a person may have no choice due to the consequences being too dire to pay should they leave.
Their job prospects may not be as lucrative as others and when you apply to an entry level position there is usually 100+ other candidates applying for the same position.
Even if you set all of that aside, Amazon has more than enough money to give hundreds of thousands of its employees a wage increase rather than spending over a billion on a shitty tv series.
@@bloop1980 If you are uneducated on how a business works, then what you say might make sense. However, that's not how it works. You don't simply dig into your profits as a multibillion dollar company and give it to your employees for no reason. You have to go through countless amounts of shareholders and the board in order to make that decision and you need to justify the loss of billions of dollars to give more money to people who are easily replaceable and have 0 skills or knowledge. If it was THAT BAD, people wouldn't be lining up to work for amazon, in which case Amazon may have a genuine reason to increase pay if people stopped working for them.
"Living expenses" is an incredibly vague term. Realistically, all that is is food, shelter and clothes. It's not your phone or internet. It's not weekends out with your friends. In today's world, if you end up in a situation where you are FORCED due to your circumstances to work for amazon, you 100% brought that on yourself with your bad choices and now you face the consequences.
The consequences of increasing pay of Amazon workers will be faced by the people, not the company.
Firstly, working for Amazon will become more lucrative and therefore more competitive. People who are unable to get a different job due to not being educated enough or having any skills, may be forced out of their job by more skilled and educated people who otherwise wouldn't work for Amazon by getting better pay elsewhere. Secondly, the price of goods and services through Amazon will be increased due to the increased cost of logistics. You will pay for that, not the company. This will open the door for competitors who may undercut Amazon and steal all the customers, tanking their profits and causing layoffs.
This is not to say that Amazon isn't providing an increase in wage every year. They are catching up with inflation rates, but overall the value of money is going down and the cost of living is going up and there's nothing Amazon can do to stop this. This issue is caused by the government. Two things can happen to curb this. Either you lower your living standards, or Amazon increases your pay. How about instead of expecting someone to fix your problems for you, you start taking care of your own problems. Welcome to the real world.
@@bloop1980 The fact that your life sucks is YOUR problem, not mine
The rest of us are doing fine and don't expect our bosses to be our new mommys lmao
As a fourth generation union member, anyone who tells you that "living wage" is a bad word is not your friend.
I agree, it's just that when people say "living wage" they never actually give a number and they forget that it depends.
"BuT wHaT AbOUt the ShAREHOlDerS?!?!?!??!" this unironically pisses me off
Evil union words like "LIVING WAGE"
They couldn't be more cartoonishly evil if they tried 😂
This looks like something a serial killer would show their victims before murdering them.
Or the horrifying... REPRESENTATION!!!!
haha, that'll make Mr. Krabs blush.
@@johnnycoleman17 If someone showed me this video I'd want to be murdered not going to lie
Living wage is a myth. Because people are making $15 an hour now (living wage) and now everything is more expensive.
2:35 "groups of employees scatter when approached by management." That's just every employee in the history of employment.
evan black I read that comment exactly as he said it, haha.
Meanwhile my employees won't fukin leave me alone.
Lulz. Wtf?
HahaHAHahahaHaHA!! 😋😋
@@Monkofpo That's cuz they love you. Kind of like a handicapped pet.
We did it boys, we have reached Corporate Dystopia
Reminder, folks, unions are the peaceful route. If your workplace is anti-union, they don't want peace.
If you're not anti-union, and not neutral, you're either pro-union or you're lying
Indeed, this is some of the most amazing doublespeak i've seen lately.
It's kind of like a kid was made to give a 3 minute anti union speech as a punishment but then ran out of things to say after 20 seconds
@@tehKap0w I was just thinking that. "Vulnerability" to organizing, wtF?
@@koobazaur organizing is like a disease don't you know? People who like to think and prefer not be taken advantage of are super vulnerable.
@@jimmyc42x This sounds like a high school essay and it feels like it loops with minor wording changes.
"We're not anit-union, but we're not neutral, either." Wow, they're pro-union! That's awesome!
Sure, if Walmart wants a union, then Amazon is all for that. They believe unions are bad for business, which they love for their competition.
@sandekv bingo!
Probably not in Wal-Mart's specific case. What Wal-Mart does has a lot more effect on what Amazon does than random companies like...Panera Bread or Michael Kors. The Wal-Marts of the world are who Amazon tries to stay 1 step ahead of so improvements there will actually push Amazon to try to stay in front of them becuase that's who they're competing with for employees and business. @@sandekv
Unions don't work
@@sandekvthank you Mr bezos
this gotta be the most ass version of cyberpunk 2099 were living in
This is actually so full of new speak double think nonsense that you'd think it was a parody. Like they're just so UPFRONT, not even hiding it.
"Remember kids, report anyone who might wanna form a union to the secret police immediately! We will not tolerate employees wanting a living wage!"
I saw someone say it was like $13 an hour, that’s a pretty livable wage here, although based on what a lot of people said their working conditions are pretty terrible
well said!
@@walkermorales337 it’s 15 now
@@adrianjuarez1162 lol try living in any major US or Canadian city on 15$ an hr and you’ll end up below the poverty line within a year
@@dfig2569 funny enough amazon is barely at the STARTING pay of the post office for clerk work. if you carry mail for a union you will make nearly 70k a year (after 13 years + 2 for ccas if they still have them) You're only working for amazon because either A. you dont know what you're looking for in a job, or B. you have no other good choices.
I'm glad that Amazon is continuing the fight against living wages, working conditions, and associates being friends with each other.
Pretty wild right?
@@andy_182 holy shit you're so brainwashed I bet you're one of those people that wonder why no one wants to work anymore
@@andy_182No one said you couldn't do both if you have the opportunity.
@@andy_182 Then just hire fucking robots if you're so adamant about not letting your workers have any social interaction whatsoever.
@@andy_182 So what, getting into a friendly conversation with someone on the job is "fooling around". Just because you can't multitask doesn't others also can't.
You’d think they could afford better animation. But then maybe the animators are all unionised.
Unions are like condoms. If you're with someone who tells you you don't need one... You definitely need one.
This is actually insane. The longer this video goes on, the crazier it gets. Suspicious activity literally includes hanging out in the break room after work and talking about living wage. Holy moly...
I literally spit out my drink when they said the term "living wage" was a red flag lmao this almost feels like a parody
@@righteyeblind23666 It must be... right? A real campaign would include how this is actually good for the workers
@@therealpeter2267i think the training video is some kind of brainwash video to make employees work harder wtf
literally 1984
I mean there's blatant self contradiction and doublespeak in two parts of the video
The aren't against Unions. They just think Unions are double-plus un-good.
No, no, the state - I mean Amazon - says that Unions don't exist. Gotta work on that doublethink.
They aren't Anti-Union they just aren't Neutral. Maybe its just a mild dislike?
soon we won’t even need those words in the newest edition of newspeak
Nice 1984 reference. Shit. Amazon is turning into Big Brother
huge doublethink in this video
I work for a company that works under amazon. Ive been harrased by 2 amazon managers..and the result of me reporting them? I got kicked out of their buildings. Fuck amazon.
True story, in 2021 I had just gotten fired and I was unsure if I’d be able to eat next week or cover my rent. Amazon offered me a job, I responded by sending the recruiter a dick pick. I would’ve rather starved than worked for them.
Anyone else notice when he said "customer obsession"? Like, they're straight up admitting customers with an Amazon addiction are the root of their business model 💀
“We aren’t anti-Union, just if you see anyone who dares to think about a Union, report it to the managers immediately”
Literally 1984
@@norikofu509Love how this is my first time seeing this unironicaly make sense
@@norikofu509 Yeah, the "we're not against unions, but we're not neutral either" line is literally doublespeak.
No you got it wrong. It's to help the employees join the union. /s
@@norikofu509
This might be the first time in the history of the Internet where someone correctly identified something as “Literally 1984”
Perhaps the species is not quite doomed…
I like how „living-wage” is an instant red flag and a reason to notify your employer immediately
This almost feels like it belongs in a Fallout game
This world is becoming fallout
@Commissar Kitchen "If someone you know is thinking of Unionising, they may be a communist. Report them to your local law enforcement immediately for reconditioning."
I love you guys
@Billy B the irony is how extremely and completely wrong that statement is
It's always been like this and will always be this way, Americans are cushioned to the real world, everything is done in the dark so they don't realize it.... Videos like these are nothing new. Fallout made it a joke but in actuality it is reality.
They're talking about it like it's some SCP type phenomena
This is some 1984 big brother shit "suspect everyone, if someone acts funny, drag them to the ministry of love!"
*Remember:*
When a business is anti union and calls their employees "associates" they are evil, and they do not care about you.
and that'd be a good sign to head out
Just quit and get a new job. Most amazon employees dont have specialized training.
Remember: When a business
They are evil, and they do not care about you.
@@sofaking1611have you ever like. Hunted for a job?
Can't exactly walk into wallyworld and make enough to survive
@@Morly.The only exception is mom and pop shops.
Oh wait Walmart destroyed most of those.
I love how a multi billion dollar company cant spend more than 12 dollars on their animation budget😂
It's ironically bad so it's cool and engaging.
@Mario Petrov they spent too much trying to break up unions already
Drew142 it doesn’t even look like original animation, it looks like stock puppets you can buy online for $20
It's because animators unionized XD
For the same reason they refuse to pay better wages. Spending more in things that don't help you grow won't make you a multi billion dollar company.
Amazon's definition of a "direct working relationship" is an app that tells you not to come in because you got sacked ten minutes before your shift starts.
I love that they’re encouraging co-surveillance instead of also just investing money into union busting. What a cherry on top
You WILL dance
You WILL obey the manager
You WILL not unionize
You WILL be happy
You will own nothing
And you WILL be happy..
you WILL NOT be happy wagie.
If you don't like it, quit. It's not that hard
@@boodasias563Bezos isn’t going to fuck you so stop dickriding him
@@boodasias563 quit and work at the other corporation that doesn't care about it's workers?
As a union organizer who helped contract workers at Amazon win their union seeing these comments on here warms my heart.
Literal hero, keep it up
Chad
Contract workers? That's awesome. Is it difficult to organize contract workers in comparison to employees generally?
Chad mate
I think each has it's challenge. Contract workers the major challenge is the client. They can switch to a non union contractor, however when they do that we get very annoying 😉😉
This is sickening. They're not even trying to pretend they're the good guys. They just jump straight to teaching you how to snitch on your coworkers.
amazon should start a pharmacy so we can finally call it umbrella corporation
I can’t believe a multi-billion dollar company makes “training” videos in the same software as those kids who make those grounded videos with children TV show characters.
Surely you don't expect a company like Amazon to waste money on employees or anyone other than shareholders do you?
“Caillou gets grounded for 1,000 years GoAnimate”
"Caillou, how dare you mention living wages in an Amazon warehouse. You are grounded for 19747722380328341484 years. Go to your room right now."
-Jeff Pezos I think
literally looks like south park lol
pbs kids animation
They forgot about other union words they frown upon: "bathroom breaks"
Or phrases like "Dying Relatives"
Or excuses such as "maternity leave"
Living wage being a red flag was crazy
and piss bottle quotas
Boss makes a dollar, I make a dime,
That's why I shit in company time
This looks like something you would see playing on screens in a distopic movie.
I once worked for a company that had computer training that literally didn't teach me how to do my job. I got to the floor and was like, "what do I do?" Who thought this garbage was more important than the actual training part?
The poor animation, generic taking, and royalty free music makes this video extremely unnerving. It's like creepy propaganda
It's not LIKE creepy propaganda. It IS creepy propaganda. Talking to people you don't normally talk to is suspicious? So being amicable and having the ability to make friends is a warning sign? Truly evil minds came up with this.
@@travisvanzant2498 In what job have you had where talking to people you don't normally interact with in the course of your work was cause for reporting such activity to management? Such dehumanizing work environments clearly exist. Do you think this is okay?
@@brainmind4070 Hi. I think Mr. Van Zant was sarcastically opining that this kind of corporate mentality is widespread, entrenched and insidious such that, if one has had most any (though not all) jobs, you've likely seen this sort of thing in the workplace in some shape or form already. So, we shouldn't act surprised.
@@stephenjones8928 I'm well aware of how widespread it is. That it is so widespread should make you more outraged. If it were just one company, you could just laugh it off.
Rich company’s sure do live poor
The fact that protecting the shareholders was a part of almost every point they made about why their anti union should be all you need to know to be in favor of them
If people own stock they have no interest in unions either. Companies pay dividends and do buy backs in part by skipping unions and other expenses. And a few companies also have stock options too.
@@young-salt Right see the issue!!!! The company can want to do but people don't talk about how the investors don't have an interest in doing!!!
@@young-salt Well the two groups have a conflict on intrest..... Someone is going to loose.
@@young-salt While that makes sense to me the catch is this..... When people buy stocks they are trying to buy a part of a section of the company in exchange for the shares. And the original idea behind stocks was people were buying part of the company broken up into multiple small pieces...... I don't have any opinion on the betting idea but that is the reason why I think the law gives shareholders and owners almost complete control.
@@young-salt Well with private ownership of property the owner is favored. The law could be neutral but it favors one group over another very often.
its so blatant that without context its like a poorly written dystopian short film
“Our business model makes it impossible for us to allow our workers to use the bathroom”
Hmm, sounds like Amazon workers need to form a union.
Don't let Amazon's secret police hear that
Don't be a worker be an entrepreneur.
They aren't workers, they are associates!
Gonna have to report you to management. Not because we're anti-union,it's just we're not neutral either.
I'm gonna have to report you to management.
I wonder if the voice actor for that little bastard ever thought, “Huh, this is insane.”
held at gunpoint probably
Hello, my best friend's work is to dub those things for an agency so I can speak on his behalf and absolutely assure you that everyone of his colleagues jokes HEAVILY about those videos, even his manager is inside the WhatsApp group. He constantly sends me the most absolutely unhinged shit, but still those videos are perfectly legal
@@gianlukeoni1776 what a world we live in where we have to voice act videos like this...
@@_TheDoctor he studied acting for years and graduated at a very good academy, he told me the companies behind these videos have a very high demand for voice actors and basically employ 80% of those how don't make enough money with just regular acting/voice acting because every time a law changes a crapton of those videos need to be updated to conform to the new criteria
not like he could join a union so he could say no
Calling employees associates is a very clever union busting methodology. By referring to employees as associates, a partership is inferred which makes employees more likely to work harder and refrain from forming unions because they are under the false impression that as partners (associates), they are friends of Amazon and will receive benefits in return for their labour.
I have no idea why this video has been on my recommendation for months
Worker: "Living wage "
Amazon: " Them are fighting words!"
Enjoy unemployment
@@peromiestiloesunico I have a high paying career. Plus I dont work for Amazon. Lol hell I used to work outside in construction so I know how hard the struggle is. You probably dont even get off your lazy ass.
@@kingcrimson1916 damn you went straight for the kill LMFAO
@@kingcrimson1916 And you have a living wage? What is the industry yoh actually work? Are you a union member? Is your username a jojo reference?.
@@peromiestiloesunico why would I tell you anything of that? I work for passione and my boss is diavlo we work in the shadows and also I'm about to get fired by G.E.R.
Remember, if you hear an associate using Union associated words like “Rent, Bills, Starvation, Hunger, or Medical Bills” please report them to your manager. When an associate starts talking about their supposed discontent in their weekly generous Amazon Benefit Package, and uses misleading and overly dramatic words like “hunger” you can be sure that they’re a Union Shill. We are NOT Anti Union, we’re pro quiet exploitation!
If the associate seems irritated, offer them a fresh bottle to urinate in, if they have to pee between their approved bathroom breaks.
Eyy we're Pim brothers!
Why are y’all pretending like Amazon workers are starving, it discredits yourself.
Why are y’all pretending like Amazon will go bankrupt if it paid workers a living wage
@@flyingchimp12it's obviously an exaggerated joke you wimp, the point is clear
"Vulnerability to organising" is such a crazy statement. Vulnerable to being defended by your peers.
Corpo dystopia is not some fiction anymore. We live in it.
I worked at Wal-Mart and they had a similar kind of video. I was just looking around like, is anybody buying this crap?
One of their actual arguments was that if you're unionized, you have to pay union fees. Yes, we have to pay union fees out of our hourly pay which has doubled because we're in a union. It's unbelievable the lies they tell.
they really think a 3$ or so weekly union fee is such a tremendous cost to pay for double the wage. like man. it is still more money.
they can't imagine paying you an extra $3 an hour, so of course they can't imagine you spending it on a union. it's so dystopian
I used to work at Dollar General, and they have the exact same argument, almost every single "Big Corp" has something like this sadly
@@ryanwillingham "dystopian" is the best way to describe this, this is brain washing to max, they are trying to tell you that "you are an object that can be replaced but we won't if you decide to summit your life to us" it's actually crazy.
Have you seen the type of people who work at walmart? Give them weed, cigarettes and a dagger and they'll do anything you want.
This video is extremely creepy
super robotic! Almost like a communist state, where they are encouraged to snitch on each other... holy shit
The animation is less quality than the "actually happened" stories on youtube
The fuck is wrong with his head
@@diamandis07 I think you've confused communism with totalitarianism and/or fascism
@@SomniaCE communism is and always has been Soviet fascism and authoritarianism
If you hear you're comgrade say: ,, I hope i can feed my family" report them to the KGB immediately!
this is basically the plot for Hardspace Shipbreaker
"Uhh, we called you guys 'associates' instead of 'box packing pigs', what else do you want from us?!"
"A living wage?"
"You're fired."
I'm sure "associate" has just become a synonym for "company property".
Ashes Mandalay why not just fire them all and replace them with AI instead?
Actually i'm not even sure associate is supposed to be synonymous with worker in amazon corporate-parlance... tried to look it up online and could only find some shit about affiliates programs to get commissions. So it's possible they're genuinely only concerned about their bottom line and shareholders.
They already get a living ware, they're alive aren't they?
@@vlc-cosplayer the fact that you think IQ is genetic tells me a lot about your IQ.
Why should the employees have a living wage when the shareholders can't even afford to buy a second yacht?
Be fair to the shareholders. They only buy one yacht. Per year. If Amazon had to treat their workers like humans instead of robots, the shareholders would only be able to get an 80-foot yearly yacht, rather than their normal 82-footer.
@@Arkinnian And the fact is, the shareholders earned their money fairly, so why should they have to give any of it up to help the rest of society. It's not like they need the rest of society in order to continue to live like they do...
The shareholders are the us government lol
Abba Okoro pretty much, they own it, except the Justice Democrats who wont take their money.
@@Arkinnian Successful shareholders deserve their yachts, workers deserve their living wages. Both can be true when it comes to amazon, these dudes at the top of amazon are closer to stacking 100 yachts per year in their bank account...
Amazon is the closest thing in real life to Arasaka from Cyberpunk lmfao.
Remember it’s their shareholders they care about and not their employees
If you see signs of employees unionizing, notify Sauron immediately
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notify the thumb-lord immediately.
He already knows. His eye is ever watchful.
If you aren't for the union then yes report it. Most of the time, these unions bully others into joining them. It's pathetic tht people can't comprehend this
@@Cherry-pu4mx Joining is optional and they improve labour conditions and wages
Seriously this is unadvertely the best pro union piece of propaganda I’ve seen in my life
Upvote.
It could scare people away from any union-related speech let alone actually starting a union, though. North Korea and USSR controlled very minor and vague speech and minor activities to squash any antigovernmental organizing before it had a chance to involve more people.
@@IARRCSimdiference is that in the USSR and the dprk case, Its not the workers unionizing but the borguesie
@@barbarapitenthusiast7103 " Its not the workers unionizing but the borguesie'
Dude, the USSR and DPRK crushed anything that was a threat to them, EVEN WORKERS tho to be fair that was after lenin died, only people that consirped aginest him was monopoly men.
@@elevatedmeance6807 "even workers" if workers side with the borguesie and act as their puppets they Will be treated the same way as the borguesie. Class traitors do not desetve pitty or mercy.
Thx, I needed this
You can tell they even cut costs in the animation
"we're not anti union" then proceeded to expect that workers should behave like counter intelligence officers 💀💀💀
If people make new friends, union. If they aren't friends anymore, union. If they interact in any way that is not for the main purpose of making money to the company, union.
I mean, change union for communist and you're basically acting like the Gestapo
It's like from a bad fanfic about "1984".
@ImperativeGames literally. This what Nazi Germany or Stalins USSR wished they could be. It's fucked up when you can't even speak your mind without fear of someone listening in and reporting you , and potentially losing your job over an opinion.
@@jmiquelmbIt's literally on par with what the secret police would do.
@@jmiquelmband the CIA too 💀
“how to spot a communist”
"We are not anti union"
"Signs of organizing should be reported and concerns should rise immediately"
haha ok buddy amazon
Pretty much universal to big box retail chains tbh. Had almost identical training at Staples.
@darklordster Nazi degenerate
Palpatine: I'm not anti rebel alliance. (Proceeds to hunt them)
fucking liars
They make it sound like you are reporting a school shooter or something
I cannot imagine anything more pathetic than snitching on your coworkers for planning to unionize
Fr, and you get nothing in return for licking their boot other than a “thank you” and scorn from fellow employees.
If this is not dystopian, I don't know what is.