Exposed: Undercover Reporter at Amazon Warehouse Found Abusive Conditions & No Bathroom Breaks
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- Опубліковано 4 вер 2018
- democracynow.org - Independent Senator Bernie Sanders has targeted Amazon for its role in widening the wage gap in the United States, and this week he is expected to unveil legislation requiring large employers like Amazon to cover the cost of federal assistance received by their employees. We speak with journalist James Bloodworth, who spent a month working undercover as a “picker” in an Amazon order fulfillment center and found workers were urinating in bottles because they were discouraged from taking bathroom breaks. His new book is “Hired: Six Months Undercover in Low-Wage Britain.”
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No wonder why Jeff's wife left him
Jeff wife walking away . Has nothing to do with the way he runs amazon .. jeff wife was ready to cash out .. $$$$$
@@6688ya No he probably didn't want to give her her fair share either, like he doesn't want to adequately compensate the workers who MAKE HIS BUSINESS SUCCESSFUL FOR HIM.
Wasnt cause He betrayed her?
@@mariacabal147 Rich people are greedy
They value money more than people. He is just like Mr. Krabs.
@@christiansnaturestudio6599 😭😭😭😭😭💀
Everyone I know that worked for Amazon did not like it.
I worked there once. It’s emotionally, mentally and physically abusive.
Cap. Weak asf and you’ll never be successful. Work is work.
Only one thing will stop this kind of abuse: the employees need to rise up.
@Michael P if only the unions weren't bought and paid for by the Companies....
It is a complete joke isn't it? It is 2021 and these companies are still acting like it is in the Victorian times. What happened to the marvellous future we were all promised, how working conditions were going to be transformed and we were going to have more leisure? We were definitely promised a pig in a poke!
Have tried and have 62 right up because of my manger because every time i speak to then then i get a right up
I make 19 an hour starting wage at Amazon and no one urinates in bottles. That's a lie. As a picker, I think the job is decent for what it is. It's a retail job, where people work while going to college, or work in the meantime to pay off bills or eventually move up, its a lower end job, what do you expect you're not working for frickin Microsoft. People love to complain and when they screw up and get fired, they talk down on the company instead of being grateful for what they have. We are never discouraged to not take bathroom breaks. The rate that is expected at our facility isn't beyond the average person, I can take 10 bathroom breaks and still meet the required times.
@@Noct343 can’t even take a 10 min sh!t without getting flagged
Yeah I worked here and this report is on the money. No matter how hard you work they have someone come find you and tell you how you're going to slow or making too many mistakes. You're literally running around this huge warehouse with up to three floors. I have done about four different positions from picking to boxing outgoing packages and all the goals are near impossible. Took forever to get to the bathroom and break rooms, so that cut into break and lunch time. Ten hour minimum shifts as well. Need I say more.
THEKINGOFBAKERSFIELD really because I’ve worked for Amazon going on four year and I’ve never had that anyone tell me that. There isn’t a department I don’t know and I’ve never had anything bad said about my performance.
@@daviddubois5217 is outbound picking easy ? I start this tomorrow?
Authentic Venom it’s not in the beginning because your still learning your way around and getting Familiar with the products. But never be afraid to ask questions and always call a problem solver when needed. You should be great. Good luck
THEKINGOFBAKERSFIELD n
Amen
Dude. As a previous worker I. An say that everything he is saying it’s true.
The worst place to work.
THE WORST PLACE TO SHOP. PEOPLE ARE SUPPORTING SLAVERY, and it won't be limited to Amazon.
clearly you have not experienced worse warehouses out there amazon is way better than other places to work
@Joel, Clearly you never experienced GREAT community stores in the U.S., where we had family businesses who we could trust, everything was made in this country, people had good incomes, and the businesses didn't use totally FAKE ratings of their cheap and toxic made in china CRAP, like Amazon has been caught doing. I read Nomadland, the book that exposes Amazon. It's one of the devils. I boycott Amazon for all the evil it's done to this country. You may be ignorant because you didn't live before Amazon destroyed communities by destroying good businesses and good jobs.
hategreed1 some warehouses are bad, others aren’t as bad
Well since it’s way worse to work in prison I see flawed logic in that comment already.
I used to clean shit off of walls as a janitor, worked in fast food, worked sorting garbage, and Amazon is still the worst place I’ve ever worked. Smh 🤦♀️
After working at Amazon I made a promise to myself that I will never work at another warehouse ever again, lmao
I was a Guest Room Attendant(fancy name for housekeeper) and I plan to be back in that soon because Amazon is way too much work per pay for the industry.
Joseph Parker I like that “ 🤔 “guest room attendant “ and yea the work itself isn’t bad if u go at ur own pace it’s just the management and the need to make quota and not have real breaks and freedom to use the bathroom, drink water, grab food for blood sugar etc...an there is no ac but that’s most warehouses. If ppl just did the work and went home it would be fine......
Wow, you nailed.it.😮
@@sandraersin It's called work for a reason.
Why is everyone putting up with this? Boycott them...until change is made.
Everyone wants the hot new item
Because the average person either doesn't know, or considers the one-day free shipping to be worth the suffering. And there will always be right-wingers defending sweatshop conditions.
Because of convenience
That 16/hour for unskilled labor is too good to be true that's why.
@@cake8211 You can always get a new job??? Brain dead dem.
Currently working at one now. Worst decision I’ve EVER made in my life. Everything he’s saying is VERY TRUE!!!
Are you still at Amazon? If so, why haven't you quit! Go work at McDonald's if you have to! Just get out of there first and get anything else you can get!
He died
@@malcolmb3869 😂😂 sudden comment
Did he died
I told you.....this place sucks....lol....McDonald's is better...lol
I'm an Amazon delivery driver, I get $160 a day, but the amount of stress and work I do doesn't make it worthwhile. Amazon is going to hit the wall soon, and I hope they do. I take no breaks and have to urinate in a bottle so I can get all 300 packages delivered before it gets dark, horrible Company. I'm simply sticking around until I find a better job. I will never buy from Amazon
a10warthog61 look at this tough guy
I just got fired after 7 months lol worse place ive ever worked I hate amazon now smh
truthseeker89 for life why u get fired
@@ulissesvillegas8395 i quit couldn't take it anymore felt like a slave there if you ever worked there you would know
Rustic_ MetalArt stop bitching and get a real job
Low security prison is the best description of Amazon fulfillment center I've ever heard. Hopefully change can come for the people stuck working there.
Lol I never worked for Amazon but you're right, it looks like working in the jailhouse kitchen has better conditions
Change. Lol
Amazon needs to Unionize.
Why do so many business's seem to want to stress its workers out every day
The mulaaaa obviously
I agree. If workers are treated badly, productivity suffers. It doesn't make sense. It cost the company money everytime they hire new employees. Also, more accidents will occur when employees are overworked and the overall result will be a lawsuit.
So they get there money’s worth of employees evil people
Probably cause they like being assholes.
Yea it’s really strange
Slave labor. Plain and simple.
The man could give a starting pay at $25 and add more employees and still be a billionaire.
_"Slavery is likely to be abolished...and chattel slavery destroyed. This I and my European friends are in favor of, for slavery is but the owning of labor and carries with it the care of the laborer, while the European plan...is capital control of labor by controlling wages."_
- Hazard Circular, 1862
_"Physical slavery requires people to be housed and fed. Economic slavery requires people to feed and house themselves."_
- Zeitgeist: Addendum
exactly
He could, but capitalist are sick, the more they have the more wealth they amass the more they want. These are our modern day Feudal lords.
@@fordcobraboss427 yup and the stupid thing on their part is they don't realize that if we don't have money we can't buy their crap!
You do not have to work for Amazon. You could make your own business and compete with Amazon if you wanted to!
Well, not allowed to take bathroom breaks and pissing in a cup then going back and touching the merchandise being sent out. Now that is nasty in so many ways and I'm surprised a class lawsuit have not been filed against Amazon!.
there are lawsuits, but they are so rich that it gets covered up instantly.
So glad I have a job as a dock worker in trucking. We are busy and we take bathroom breaks whenever we want to .
Middle management must be a real pleasure to deal with !
Most people don't wash their hands anyway
It's a lie. You are allowed to take bathroom breaks, sick days are allowed there is an automated time system for that
@@greasycheese8095 depends on the location not every location allows it
They literally only have 2 bathroom locations and they are located in areas that take forever to get to for those who are counted on production.i think they did that on purpose so people wouldn’t go since it takes time and it would affect your production
Diabolical by design.
I have 4hr shifts broken up. I simply use the bathroom before going into work. Work 4 hr. Then use the bathroom after. Being in customer service its not that hard to go a couple of hours without using the bathroom. I like my schedule. 4 hr at a time is nice. Even my double.. I get 1.5hr break in between the 4 hours. Guess I worked at the right one and got lucky
@@The1707regina Yeeup. Lol
@@The1707regina If you don't drink water to hydrate your body, you really don't need to go to the bathroom. But dehydration will cause serious health problems in the future
No wonder why Amazon has never been on Undercover Boss!
Would love to go undercovers.
when you're a trillion dollar company...you pay off people to keep a low profile...use your noodle if you ever wonder why they have not been exposed.
That show is fake
Jeff Bezos would faint working in a warehouse
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“Move for 10 hours straight as hard as you can and dont stop 🙃🙃” the NFL is a safer job than this
They actually describe us as industrial athletes.
Gnome Chompsky so true!! I feel that they like that label to make us feel better about ourselves. Oh btw during peak it’s either 5 days/12 hour shifts or 6 day/ 10hr shifts
That's sad
leesly B 2morro is my last day of peak I’ve been sick pray for me and that 12 hrs
643 178 I got past the common first few weeks of body pain and YES!!! peak is the worst 🙄 my eyes burned so bad from the lack of sleep and yes those 12 hrs are brutal. I say even on my brokest day I would never go back to Amazon. I swear it gave me PTSD, no joke. Smh, so bad. Everything in this video is pretty accurate. The only good thing working there is you meet all kids of people from all different backgrounds. Everyone has a story.
I was so desperate for a job that I accepted some seasonal work at an Amazon fulfilment centre. I knew how bad the conditions were, but I accepted it anyway. Then later that week before I was due to start, I got a call from another recruitment agency offering me a much better job where I don’t have to work nights, I’m local, I can alternate between sitting and standing, I’m working a maximum of 8 hours in a single shift, and the work is ongoing. I really dodged a bullet there! And everyone is nice where I work!
I’m a picker at amazon and our expected hourly rate is 450 an hour. It’s literally impossible to keep up with that all day. I can do it for small amounts at a time but not all day
Bro it’s raised to 850 bro
With all due respect you seem to be elderly....that's a high number
It's bullshit. I did 3 weeks and cashed out all my days off.
I am working at stow and I am pregnant. Recently transferred from outbound packing. I felt regret since the first day. Inbound is terrible, worst job I’ve every worked in my life. They keep complaining me about quality errors. And I got 3 writes up after 3 months of working there. Almost get fire.
Horrible place is inbound
They have robots that will do the job faster and cheaper they are using you until they can implement them into the work force
The worst part is this people have all the loopholes in the world to not pay taxes and shift the burden on to the rest of the population.
But people don't turn out to vote and so the right wing billionaire loving Tories keep getting elected so what do you expect??
Still trying to find where in the constitution, that you have a right to force stuff, like wages and welfare upon other people... like businesses!
@@jacobw446 in the damn preamble. Go read it. The gov is to PROTECT the citizens against corporations raiding the ppls' right to quality of life.
Thank you for bringing this up Josie! It's such an important point. I agree, the lack of voter turnout in the U.S. (or voter apathy) is the root cause of so many of our country's issues right now. It is estimated that the 2016 election had a 55.5% voter turnout. This works out to an estimated 100-111 million eligible voters who did NOT vote! A government of the people, for the people, by the people only works when we all participate in the entire voting process (including primaries). Thanks again for pointing this out!
Preamble is not law! Liberals may not like it, but the idea of "corporations" goes back nearly 2000 years to Roman times... and are in fact people, gathering together in trade! You can make yourself into a corporation any time you want!
I worked for Amazon in 2017 for 4 months I will never go back again told I wasn't working fast enough I said what the hell think we are robots. So If there's anybody that you dislike and they need a job tell them with a smile Amazon is hiring 😃
How much did you get paid yearly?
@@tashante starts around 16
I been working there for over 4 months now. At a delivery station.
They don't care about you at all. Im still there cause of the workers I met there. Homies are really chill so I ge through it with them
@Antoinette Ward lots of people quit early
"If there is anyone you don't like who needs a job tell them that Amazon is hiring." Wow! Let's just say that that is not the most ringing endorsement that I have ever heard in favor of someone getting a job at Amazon.
Sick Time: _exists_
Employee: *uses sick time*
Manager: So you have chosen death
Our beloved trillionare needs to spend 6 months as a picker in his warehouses as a real worker (and live off the salary).
Jeff Bezos would never be a picker in his own warehouse. Cowards don’t do that.
STOP BUYING FROM THIS PLANTATION!
i watched about an hour of what it's like to work at amazon and deleted my account. never again. ever fucking again. i won't be part of it.
They use to ring cow bells at my location. 🐮 lol 😂 to try to get ppl to work faster
CANCEL YOUR PRIME MEMBERSHIPS PEOPLE GET OFF YOUR ASS AND BUY YOUR ESSENTIALS AT THE STORE LAZY PEOPLE ORDER 24/7
@@STScott-qo4pw video name bro
This is exactly like the industries of the 1800's
this what MAGA is all about
Good observation. The solution is the return of glass-steagall.
I guess you never been in Asia :)
"Industries" lol! 😂
Actually there was way less poverty back then than there is now because of the federal income tax LMAO people are Soo dumb
Theres a problem with Amazon treating workers unfair because of the time it takes to go to the bathroom etc. News reporter you have 10 seconds chop chop!
Lol 😆
My daughter worked for Amazon and she got a ten minute break in ten hours. She couldn’t eat or pee. After three months of torture she quit. Nothing is worth dying over. This place is a sweat shop. Very disappointed on how they treat people but more disgusted on how this low life company treated my daughter. More investigation should continue on this place.
I may be the only person to say and do this but I'm terminating my Amazon prime and going back to regular stores. I cannot knowingly support modern day slavery 🤔
Rudie you are not, I cancelled my Amazon Prime last month once I realized all this was going on at Amazon. I will not be going back.
If people won't rebel against unfair conditions, that's their fault. Not shopping at Amazon because you saw a little video like this means absolutely nothing. Millions of people will. Amazon is the only place I can order Innertubes for my scooter. The service on Amazon has always been damn excellent too. Of course I would never work there.
It's not slavery. The employees lie. The conditions are better than most warehouses. You've been fooled.
It's not slavery, it's consentual. They can leave any time they want, how is it slavery?
Youre an idiot. Go shop at walmart where they treat their employees fairly.
Stay hydrated but don't pee!!🤪
5:10 Don't run, but still hit your targets.
This is where a stadium buddy would come in handy
So that's what Adult Diapers are for... People who work at Amazon.
You gotta learn how to speed walk.
Dallas must have prime NAVY training..
And this is why he's the richest man in the world, treats his employees like robots and squeezes every last penny out of them! What a POS!
still happening today. God forbid you have to go to the bathroom.
Bazos is a modern day plantation boss, the face of corporatism is grotesque as it is inhumane
companies valued at over 1 billion should be forced by law to set aside 40% of their shares for the employees.
Who tf is bazos ?! Errrrrr
@@Choice777 that's fucken stupid..so if you owned a business came up with the idea sacrificing your time money and life to grow this business. You'd want to give 40 percent to the employee. You do that and business will free.be real their employees pick things up and put things down. They are not college or trade school graduates. They get payed a fair wage already . If they don't like it leave make better life choices.
What we are seeing is capitalism as it was meant to be
d neckel ideas dont entitle you to leech off and hold authoritarian control over the collective labor of others. Capitalism is theft of labor, plain and simple
Anyone who work in a warehouse should understand, gain experience then go find something better. No one should make a career out of picking and packing.
ACT1O1 i can carry boxes wuuuuhuuu im smart now
@@abendoktor5278 but you can be manager and tell these Packers to pick up the slack.
@@ACT1O1 wow, what a valuable experience.
@@papagunit a manager make +60k annually vs a packer who makes $15-18 hr
@@ACT1O1 oh damn, 60k 🤣🤣🤣
I'm an older person. I've never purchased anything from Amazon. Then I heard about their Whole Foods takeover so I stopped shopping there. I don't get the Amazon obsession. Life without Amazon is possible...for now...
It must be hell on earth to work for them during the pandemic.
I quit 7 days ago. 1.) meet cool coworkers 2.) 1 by 1 they all quit 3.) once you finish your job - you have been assigned to a new work station. What? No rest, no 1 or 3 minute breather. No wonder they hire new people weekly.
The only real advice I have for those in this line of work is GO TO COLLEGE. Go to college, and you'll avoid being scammed into being legalized slave labor for the rest of your life. These brain-dead roles are for those who only have very basic job skills and no greater ambitions in life. Or ex-cons that did time in prison and are attempting to get back into the workforce. I chose to further my education after high school. Got my degree in science, and now I'm a full-time laboratory research specialist that sees more money in one day by preforming phlebotomy and conducting potentially life-saving case studies on animals, compared to what anyone in a warehouse earns in a single week moving boxes around. So, it's pretty obvious what the greater decisions in life are when it comes to a job vs. an actual career. McDonald's isn't a "career" no matter how much they try to trick people into thinking it is, and neither is Amazon (unless you're the franchise owner or CEO of either). If you're a high school dropout that can barely read and write, then companies like this and many others don't have to give a rats ass about valuing you as an employee. And believe me when I say: (they don't).
How much you get out of life depends on how much effort you put into it. So don't be lazy. Don't be a fuck-up. (Stay. In. School).
They should give those who have been in the company two years or more at least $18. Nothing makes me more upset then having someone walk into these facilities having NO EXPERIENCE AT ALL and being paid the same amount as those who have been in this facility the longest. Jeff Bezos needs to focus on his employees more then his wallet.
On the east coast. After two years you hit 18.15 an hour. It's just the weight of the items that make people slow down in their rate. They're lifting more than 30lb between dog food and cat litter alone. They say team lift ,but there is no team lift trying to hit the rate.
Joe Benitez my FC gives us a raise every 6 months
@@joeyh273d4 5 cents.
They start you off at $15/hour. If I last 2 years they'd better be paying me like $40/hour.
I just started and I make 17 an hour.
But aren't other companies like Apple and Nike doing the same thing overseas with their employees but worse? Now its not okay because it's being done on US soil?
Amazon is the biggest example to exploit with what is going on with business's everywhere..
eNaRDe,
So you are saying you are fine with Amazon doing this. I don`t think I like you.
Well I dont like you cause you made up your own assumption from my comment.
Of course, different country/people have different standard.
absolutely facts!
I haven’t found one comment saying they love working for amazon or it’s atleast ok
I walked out of the slave ship Amazon my first day working there! I honestly feel like They do to much especially the security they paying 19 a hour right now and to be honest it’s not worth it because they treat you like your a nothing In orientation they provided us with a suicide hotline number… that right there was a major red flag for me. And it’s sad that workers have to pee in bottles to keep their numbers up smh I pray for all the Amazon workers out there
The only real advice I have for anyone in this line of work is GO TO COLLEGE. Go to college, and you'll avoid being scammed into being legalized slave labor for the rest of your life. These brain-dead roles are for those who only have very basic job skills and no greater ambitions in life. Or ex-cons that did time in prison and are attempting to get back into the workforce. I chose to further my education after high school. Got my degree in science, and now I'm a full-time laboratory research specialist that sees more money in one day by preforming phlebotomy and conducting potentially life-saving case studies on animals, compared to what anyone in a warehouse earns in a single week moving boxes around. So, it's pretty obvious what the greater decisions in life are when it comes to a job vs. an actual career. McDonald's isn't a "career" no matter how much they try to trick people into thinking it is, and neither is Amazon (unless you're the franchise owner or CEO of either). If you're a high school dropout that can barely read and write, then companies like this and many others don't have to give a rats ass about valuing you as an employee. And believe me when I say: (they don't).
How much you get out of life depends on how much effort you put into it. So don't be lazy. Don't be a fuck-up. (Stay. In. School).
Currently a picker at Amazon in Oregon, Its no dream job but for a job that requires no interview and basically hire anyone who can pass a background and drug screening it isn't bad. Start pay is $15/hr work nights additional $1.50/hr. The jobs require zero skill its all super easy as long as you can be on your feet for 10 hrs. They do their best to make it fun with raffles, contest, and games. You're also most certainly able to use the restroom & get water whenever you need. To be blunt if you complain about amazon being like slave labor you need a reality check, most the people who complain that i work with are just lazy people. The job requires no skill or experience it should be a minimum wage job yet they pay us 15< a hour with good benefits.
And yet here I am wondering who paid you to write that comment.
Oh good, my fucking logic unit has made it into my brain. At least it's working.
@@GreggyMcfly nobody. This man wrote his book from his experience in 2016 I cant speak on how it was then however, I can't relate to a thing he said about his experience at amazon.
Jeremiah sweeney
Slave mentality.. centuries ago the slave would live it's master during Roman times, today is no different..
I work at Amazon in Thorton Colorado. Brand new robotics fulfillment center that just opened end of July and yes it's hard work and working 4-10 hour days.. I'm a picker and a counter. The money is awesome. Sorry we do get bathroom breaks lol....we get 2 fifteen breaks and a 30 minute lunch. ..
I worked at amazon in 2017 Christmas season it I was told not to use bathroom and I needed doctor note to use the bathroom
Jeff Bezos looks very evil to me
Garion Bush he's a dorky nerd who thinks he's hot cuz he took steroids
Jes
Jew
@Joseph Mainville Illuminati...
He's honestly a stuck up ass hat who doesn't care about his employees I've met him and had issues with family at his company and all he pretty much could say is tough shit. Kinda why he doesn't get any money from me or any of my family members or friends.
I worked at two Amazons since 2018 these bathroom stories I never heard of or seen at my facilities. This doesn’t even sound legal. I wish someone would tell me I can’t go to the bathroom.
Right?! That's instant quit for me and they might catch a little bit of cussing before I leave. I work at something similar at the home Depot distribution and I do catch myself trying to be as fast as I can but nobody's going to punk me like that can't go to the bathroom.
@@johnsheetz6639 yes I agree I’m not rushing to go to the bathroom. The work will still be there when I come back 😂
....and 4yrs later, nothing has changed for the better...everything here is true
I only have worked there for one day.... Never again
What happened?
What type of work were you doing there that made you not wanna work
3 days 😂😂here!
@@BrendaGarcia-mp6nu how is it
@@gstar9774 dude its pretty bad talk about sweatshop. No proper training. Then asked why im so slow on my second day there😂😂
That 2 day shipping comes at a price lmao
😂😂
Amazon employees better shut up and do the job I want my damn pocket p***y in 12 hours
@@malikkondell2747 😭😭😭😭😭
Honestly at some point I just expect people to spontaneously burn down the warehouses
I remember when I worked for Louie Vuitton, some one told me that the Amazon suicide hotline was always crazy busy. I guess that is why some people wanted to off themselves cause the stress level was so high there.
Totally irrelevant but a lot of workplaces have high suicide rates due to stress and pressure I know because…. a coworker of mine …. Himself on the job shocked us all
It was on the news and everything
I worked for amazon in Colombia South Carolina as a stower. Unless you have worked for amazon you can never understand how horrible the working conditions are in there. Everything this man is telling you is 100% fact! I have horror stories of this place. I ended up fired because I was bitten by something and went into anaphylactic shock on the 3rd floor. And ambulance was called to get me and a sherlock was in the clinic telling me if I left I am fired. Suing isn't an option because I can't afford lawyers to take on their million dollar retained lawyers. Boycott the company!
Uh, mate, call some lawyers, get a free consultation, they usually do the case for a percentage won. Seriously, do it. Quickly before the statute of limitations are up. And don't play nice, take them to the cleaners.
Not legal advice just personal
They probably fired you to avoid liability. They’re notoriously known for insinuating that any injury inflicted is the victim’s fault-at my facility, at the very least.
@@Lightbulb909 just like being harassed and violated via safety/violence issue and they fired my witness
My mentor is a paramedic and his best friend is an amazon employee, he told me a lot of horror stories
I worked at amazon warehouse for 3 weeks in California and he is right. You couldn’t run, they would inspect your number of packages per hour and if you was below 60 they would shame you and they discourage bathroom breaks.
Dont turn this crap into a career in only doing for the short I’m in the process of becoming an engineer
@shiestjoo - you are a freakin fool or simply inexperienced ...Clearly you have not learned anything in life ....if people could just quit and walk away ..we would not have any poor people on earth. Most people can just quick silver spoon boy
That's only 1 package a minute though
@shiestjoo No, unionize everywhere
@shiestjoo so I guess you took 5 min out of your busy day to write how you're such a bad ass worker right? Foh troll
And then it’s like, why you think they are constantly hiring it makes you wonder 💭
warehouse work isn't for everyone. i found the work to be very easy,yes the hours are long. but they make sure to inform you at orientation about standing for 10 hours or more. i think it is a job for people whom have a strong work ethic. you get breaks very 2 hours then a lunch. bathroom breaks are to remain under 10 minutes at a time. they cant do much if its under that time, but people abuse the time easily because they are not recorded. being productive is whats important , you can have the lowest picking rate or stowing rate , all they'll do is mention it. but as long as you are staying on task you will be working for amazon for a long time. they fire people whom are incapable of performing. theirs 60 years women working at my facility. they live up to what they tell you in orientation. at amazon you have to keep your balance. do not work to hard and do not slack. if you work to hard in a department they will keep you there bc they do not want to rid of their top worker in their department.
Some places that process food, like Fresh Market salads in bags, have workers in freezers and behind cages, security barriers, etc. It felt like I was being interviewed to work in a prison for real, great description.
Dallas Taylor You should do your own investigative piece on the working conditions of Fresh Market! The world needs to read about this stuff.
I’m pretty sure every single customer would be happy to pay an extra 5c per item if it meant people weren’t treated like this.
You think soulless mass consumers care?
Carpet Climber right, the buyers and the suppliers are to blame
Ok...WHY should the consumers put up the money when the Big Wigs in corporate are receiving million dollar per year salaries? Bezos and Co. can afford the spare change to its employees.
I would be happy to pay a few pennies more for humane conditions, even though I am unwaged. I need cheap goods but not so cheap they are abusive.
And Jeff would just turn around and pocket all of it and not even thank you for the extra donation. These corporate taskmasters need to hit rock-bottom before the mere THOUGHT crosses their mind to actually be decent human beings and most of them would still prefer being the living embodiment of evil.
if jeff bezos gave employees 40.00 dollars an hour he'd still have billions left that would never occur to him
I know right
You aren't entitled to $40 dollars an hour 🙄
@@smartysise it was an example of his wealth genius
For those who believe slavery was abolished is dead wrong. We are all enslaved and our lives suck. I can't wait for the next life.
I make 18.10 at Amazon but the work conditions are terrible the way the treat employees is disgusting. They don't care about employees at all but i will say they care about their customers. Every speech they give before you work is about customer obsession. I signed on to work 40 hours and been working 60 mandatory for the past few weeks hours was changed without notice. My days was supposed to be 5pm to 4 am sun to weds with my over time day being friday when needed. They changed it to 5pm to 6am plus i find out about the over time day being enforced at the last minute when I was told 48 hour notice would be given. Of course they didn't adjust their joke of a break when they changed the hours
yes people during nov-dec you will be working 60 hour weeks and it sucks. its peak season you are warned in advance. but noone is forcing you to be there and the checks are more than worth it on top of the bonus holiday pay you get. free 8 hours for thanksgiving/christmas and new years. had off christmas and late start for thanksgiving shift. why do people go to amazon and then complain about working in a warehouse what did you think it was gonna be like. it takes zero skill or experience to get a decent paying job with amazing benefits ON THE SPOT. all you gotta do is pass the drug test. ive worked at multiple amazons and multiple other warehouses. amazon isnt the problem.. lazy entitled people are. trust me when i tell you noone will force you to apply or stop you at the door if you wanna quit.
@mrbobbilly Fucking ignorant prick. It's one thing to have a crappy job it's another to have a crappy job and be pushed to your limit and treated like shit.
@mrbobbilly uh it's a bit more than that!!! I get being spoiled
I get being lazy and those should not be tolerated when paid to work . There is a nasty, covert, negative aspect to the work expectations.
@@tksilent I do not feel lazy and entitled people are the ones complaining because they are not able to be lazy and entitled. And agree that for a well paying job with no experience is great. But behind the scenes of that great job are some 🔥. Noone is forced. Not in an obvious way.
@UA-cam Veterinarian it is mindless. Like being a robot. Not too bad. But then your lead by other "robots.". I'm willing to do any work. All work is honorable. But work should feed your heart and soul not eat them.
This is 100% true....I worked for 5 weeks in Reno...horrid....really abusive...depressing...makes people sick...literally.
what happen after 5 weeks, did you quit and get another job elsewhere?
@@ptbot3294 yes I did
I'm not baiting you or trolling you or anything. But a lot of people say there're no other good jobs. So i just want to ask you how did you find another job, why did you go to work at Amazon in the first place, did you know what it would be like before you went there. etc.
Fuck off Heather, you know that's a lie.
I'm very happy at Amazon. What exactly did you find "abusive" or "depressing", other than the fact that you had to sweat a little?
That’s why I’ve been an employee for FedEx for 3 years, they actually care about their employees.
mane fuck fedex
@@jtill683 Wtf bro?
@@jtill683 Fuck you.
I support ups and FedEx
@@jtill683 you are an idiot, enjoy living in your moms basement.
The security setup reminds me of the Walmart Distribution Centers. I used to have to go into them every once in a while to work on their computer systems and I remember thinking that the whole place reminded me of a prison!
Screw Amazon, just use Ebay.
I say NO to Amazon after reading Nomadland. Every person who shops at Amazon should read Nomadland. You're supporting slavery, shoppers. And Amazon has destroyed countless small honest businesses and community retailers. PPPPTOOOOeeeee!!! I spit on Amazon now.
@@hategreed1 no one is forcing people to work in Amazon
@Miguel Dumbass, you are too stupid to explain anything to. Likely too stupid to read. But here's a challenge. Read Nomadland, about WHO are working at Amazon because as Bezos well knows, THERE IS NO OTHER INCOME FOR THESE SENIOR CITIZENS, whose Social Security doesn't pay enough for "market rent" (that keeps soaring while salaries stagnant or decrease so even young people who have decent jobs are living two or four to a 1 bedroom apartment, even in the midwest) anywhere in the U.S. of GREED.
Amazon app...deleted.
Haven't shopped with Amazon in 4 months.
I don't miss it.
I don't give a damn. Amazon is the only place I can order Innertubes for my scooter. The service on Amazon has always been damn excellent too. Of course I would never work there. If people won't rebel against unfair conditions, that's their fault. Not shopping at Amazon because you saw a little video like this means absolutely nothing. Millions of people will.
I'm not telling anyone how to spend their money.
Just remember that every dollar you spend at a business supports the actions of that business.
Bezos chooses to neglect his employees. It's the easiest thing for me to do not to support Bezos with my money.
You believe what you want to believe doesn't mean it's true.
This story from James is old. Why are people still talking about it? I am a picker at Amazon, and I can pick over 3,400 units in a day for 4 days a week. 300 units in a hour is easy to do. There is nobody peeing in bottles.
Andrew H you are a hero!
I’ve been with Amazon’s sort center a year, I’m so sorry you guys went through so much stress. 😞
And till this day ain't shit changed
Don't work for this toxic company if u have the option
Humans no longer want to work this way. Until we can totally automate, the working conditions should be more than excellent. Our culture that demands that we get what we want right away, faster than we can think about it is killing our humanity. We should absolutely abandon this notion that we deserve immediate distribution of goods and services like the spoiled brats that we have become. What all humans need fast, is, clean water, healthy food, shelter and a relavent education. Our modern political and socio-economic systems wants us to believe that extreme consumerism is good for our happiness, even if it's at the cost of humans and ecology. This BS has to go, if humans have no higher aspirations than endless materialism, fun and games, and distractions, our civilization will certainly regress if not perish from a lack of anticipating social and environmental change.
well said...we have become spoiled and I think some may even be addicted at this point....I live in Cali it's all around me and I hate it.
I am in complete agreement with your statement, well put.
Then we also have plenty of countries that are willing to abuse workers with terrible practices and minimal wages. We can't compete with that.
I don't see how getting things quickly is a problem. I'm also wary of the opinions of an ET such as yourself when it comes to Humans. But if your kind were to interact with common humans more instead of working with our evil governments behind the scenes, we'd trust you a lot more. Coming here with your alien face talking about humans in third person is a good start though.
These are really shitty employees.... that part can't be ignored. If you had to work for Amazon management, you'd say fuck this, I can't hit any goals with these trashy people working for us. They piss in bottles and steal. They are not just victims of the corporate world. They are victims of their own shitty cultures.
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I already knew all the bad things about Amazon and now I am working there 4 days in. The 2nd day was when they let us do an entire work day. I feel like a slave. I have to pack around 1000 orders a day
This is so true you get fired for petty things
I respect this man for speaking out.
Angela Gardner I don’t who ever peed in the bottle needs to go to jail that sick fuck
It’s well controlled environment too people just mad cuz they can’t have their phone and shit and theirs a lot of security because people steal
I remember circa 1970, when, although the world of work wasn't perfect, it was a lot better than it is now. Nobody back then would have DREAMT that the world of work in the future would be this bad. This is truly a return to the Dickensian age of the mid-19th century. Disturbingly, the mid-19th century was held up as an aspirational model by Milton Friedman in the late 1970's. Looks like we're achieving it.
Tub 5000 you must have been in mom basement still. Because you don`t know what the fuck you're talking about.
Things are bad because our entire economic system is just a fiat debt currency scam in which we swap glorified IOU's, cooked up by a crooked banking cabal. This world doesn't need Jesus, he is a useless fool. I go as far as to build a Religion around Robin Hood and worship him as the True Messiah. This world will be hell until everyone joins the Church of Robin Hood.
During this video, I flashed back to the days before the big oil crunch, when welders helpers were being paid 8-12 dollars per hour.
Fast forward to 1985. I went to work as a
shipfitter's helper and was making $4.50/hr.
What a crock of dung this country became. Still is today.
Pay no mind to the commenters who were stupid to life around them, while they were growing up and being brainwashed to accept the slave wages we all ended working for. Their parents are to blame.
Comparing to others does not justify mistreatment
We are told about swetshops in far east countries, while terrible working conditions and sweatshops are actually at your doorstep
I have to take 2 dumps every morning. How would I survive @ Amazon?
Strap a bucket to your ass buddy :D
Lol😆
@@chewedon 😂😂😂😂
Shit on the floor.
😂😂😂 im fkn dead at these comments.. Best thread right chea
I currently work for amazon and have been for the last month and definitely can tell you that it’s very labor intensive and they do put a lot of emphasis on productivity. They want speed AND accuracy
I had a job like that years ago when I worked in a hospital where we were extremely overworked and horrifically understaffed every night and especially in the winter time when every bed was full and people were camping out in the emergency room hallways and in the waiting rooms, while waiting for a bed. I had nightmares about the stress of that job for 10 years after leaving that entire career. There is no amount of money that you could pay me to work in a hospital ever again! Every night we were assigned more patients than anybody could properly take care of, and all because the hospital was too greedy to hire sufficient staff!
these people do have the right to say no more and quit at the tap of a button
I have just had training day with Amazon and the supervisors shout their heads off at the worker's. 1 shouted at me and I told them they have no right to shout at me. So I left the job even before starting it. Amazon has no human rights or care for the people. Amazon needs boycotting
Is it in US, or UK? I finished my training and going tomorrow. Can you leave work without 1 week notice? Can you keep safety boots and vest they provided u?
@a10warthog61 you spelled "your" wrong.
@Seymour Asses i gotta use that...i'm laughing my ass off over here.
@@yuniki5237 You can leave work at any time. Everything a company provides you with is property of the company.
a10warthog61
Please shut the fuck up, you entitled nimrod.
I entered amazon relatively healthy. I left a year later completely broken. Three years later I’m still wrecked from that job.
Kenjuu ... so true. I’m in the same situation my feet n knees will never be the same
They are making the conditions so bad that they have an excuse to replace people with machines. We need to value people more
I work as a case order selector for Kroger. Basically, the same mentality from management. Mass firings. Mass hirings. Near impossible job expectations. If one is to question these nefarious treatments of the labor force, they are viewed as an enemy by middle management and up (those, who can “make your life a living hell”, through work loads assigned). Personally, I believe those who are clawing their way up the corporate ladder (at the expense of humanity) are brainwashed. I actually feel sorry for them. How joyless one must be to resort to sadism and/or complete apathy, in regards to the workers rights. This is why I see limited upper mobility in my current situation. I understand that jobs require a certain level of productivity standards. But, the lack of humanity experienced is physically and/or emotionally traumatic to the people working for hourly wages in these distribution centers.
My mom got a job with Amazon. I do not support Amazon anymore.
A bill that would require large employers to cover the cost of federal assistance received by their workers.....great idea but corporations will cheat this and use the independent contractor bs loophole, so this better be included in this bill, allow for ZERO loopholes period. Otherwise corporations will cheat this and force each current and future employee to apply or re-apply for work as an independent contractor in an attempt to circumvent the law if this bill passes.
So they will go to automation and fire everyone! The real minimum wage is always ZERO dollars!
I was thinking the same thing...Indepedent contractors dont receive any benefits and are NOT considered employees. They need to be included in this bill 100%
If that is the case, the contractor would be on the hook, since they are the employer.
Ford Cobra Boss 427 Bill needs to include ban against “independent contractor” which allows employers to thoroughly abuse you
Amazon already uses subcontracting that would allow them to circumvent that :[
i fancied doing security there until someone said they'd probably have me doing 16 hr shifts 6 days a week
I don't understand why this company doesn't put in additional break rooms upstairs. They certainly have the money to do so.
I won't buy SHIT from them.
But you will go to Wal Mart.
I never like their prices for the things I need or use....I rarely use Amazon.
Nobody buy shit from anyone else. Unless you're a farmer buying natural fertilizer
Amazons sucks.
Diane, don't. Don't buy a damned thang from them. Imagine if they had a whip and you couldn't leave the workplace ??? Slavery hunh ???
He is telling the truth! People are under so much pressure to work faster,faster,faster and they are taking to longer in the bathroom and not working back fast enough.
SHOUT OUT TO CHRIS SMALLS FOR LEADING THE FIGHT FOR A UNION IN AMAZON NEW YORK!!!!!
Me: coughs and takes a 5 second break
Amazon: oh you are 5 seconds short, write up.
For what it's worth, here's my story of working in a socal fulfillment center for 9 months. My base pay was 11.25/h with a 50 cent bonus for working night shifts. 4 10 hour shifts. You got two 15 minute breaks (kind of only 10 because the break rooms were kinda far from where we worked and took about 2 or 3 minutes to travel to) and a 30 minute lunch. Parking lot was huge, kinda confusingly organized and took quite a bit of time to enter and exit. Break room had vending machines filled with drinks snacks and prepacked meals, fridges to use, and some basic amenities like TVs, basketball hoops, and computers. My work as a picker wasn't hard, it was physically demanding I suppose, walking on concrete all day, up and down stairs, pushing a cart, lifting the occasional heavy object, but it wasn't that bad. Bathroom breaks weren't as stringent as it was here, you were allowed 30 minutes of time off task each day, so you could talk to coworkers, get water, go to the bathroom. Security was a hassle. You could not bring any electronic device into the warehouse, it had to stay in a locker or cubby in the breakroom, and you had to go through metal detectors when leaving the warehouse. Peak season was a different story. You had 6 10 or 12 hours shifts, and since I worked nights, I had work every day of the week, it's mentally and physically exhausting. All the little prizes and events weren't fun, no one was really interested. You were under a kind of constant suspicion because of the rampant thefts in the warehouse. Warehouse associate is the entry level position, and kind of a dead end without a degree and a lot of time at Amazon. If you are ever fired, you can no longer be employed by any Amazon affiliate again. I'll be honest, it wasn't slave labor, but it wasn't worth the 11$ an hour I was paid, it took a huge toll on my mental health. Never talking to anybody because the workers are afraid to slow down, and never getting to see the sun on my work days killed my energy and motivation, and led to me to drinking a lot more just to cope with stress and get sleep. There are many thing that can be done to make the job more enjoyable and to increase morale, but they won't go through because Amazon fires employees asking for a union, it's in the papers we signed when we were hired. It's a starting job, nothing more, it's meant for young or otherwise unemployed people to get their foot in the door. If anyone has questions please be my guest and ask. If you are young and this is your first job, please look into other, smaller local businesses first for employment, you will be treated better and there will be actual chances to move up and network
I am trying to be as unbiased as possible. I'd consider my time there as necessary but overall negative. I've since moved on and started working at a local wholesale warehouse and make 2$ more an hour, in a much better environment. My coworkers are my friends and our boss takes care of us with bonuses and grocery gift cards for the holidays so no family goes hungry. To everybody calling millennials lazy and instead hail corporate, I know that we don't deserve a cushy job and a high wage from the start, but we can hope for better, and you should always hope that the generation proceeding you has it easier. That's the whole point, that is why we work hard, to pass the benefits to our kids.
Anything you can find on Amazon you can find cheaper on eBay. Pick any random product and see for yourself.
Facts 🙏
Can never get anything from. eBay anymore they never arrive and pre covid took 3 weeks, much longer than Amazon
Ebay all day
Not true
I used to buy all my books from Amazon because they were the cheapest. Now I usually check out eBay because Amazon has gotten ridiculous! And speaking of bathroom time, what happens if you have to do number two??
So working at Amazon warehouse is just as bad as working at any other warehouse, but just more organized?
Why the heck does anyone even work at Amazon?
This is why I'm glad I worked at a delivery station during my time with Amazon. The delivery stations were a much more pleasant work environment than the fulfillment centers. So much more relaxed settings, though the work was still fast paced. That's just very sad to see that this kind of stuff is still happening just so that companies can make their millions. We were never told we can't go use the bathroom in the delivery stations. They always allowed us to go to get water also to stay hydrated.
Here's an idea, why not just boycott everything Amazon? Why should Jeff Bezos continue to amass all of that money while his employees can't afford food and rent? I unfortunately understand the predatory nature of these corporate sleaze bags, but people have a right to be treated way better than THIS.
This is human rights violation. Certainly none of this should be permitted in America.
I’m so happy I’ve seen this. I always felt Amazon was a bad place and now I know why.
*Remember, this man makes $275 MILLION dollars a DAY!*
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I work for him and make like $75
He probably doesn´t though, the money gets spread out. The companys worth, even if it does not actually have the money, just the worth, increases his worth.
That's why I stay away from money. It's an illness and perverts your mind. What else is he going to buy a 10th mansion he'll never be at and fill it up with expensive crap he'll never use.
I worked for amazon as a picker and a packer, 10 hour shifts from 6:30 at night to 5 in the morning, got paid $12.75/hr to do nothing but lift heavy shit and have my do-nothing supervisors constantly tell me I wasn’t meeting my rate (that was always increasing) while they walk around flirting with all the females and giving them the “randomly selected” vto.
300 items an hour is not true though, that’s ludicrous, ours was 50 items per hour at the fc I worked at. And the bathroom breaks thing isn’t true either as far as going in bottles. But i will say if you’re working the dock or packing, especially here in Arizona, it gets way too fucking hot in there regardless of how many fans the have, they just push the hot air around. I was fired because hr wasn’t updating my pto and I used too much time off according to them. Point is, Amazon is a terrible place to work.
350 is right if you're a picker try picking 50 items and he you want you'll be on a final after your first week I gurantee it lol
Lmao sounds like UPS. So true how they just flirt with the females and have them doing easy shit, tell you to hurry up when you practically about to get buried in a trailer by a bunch of boxes lol...
@@BUCKETHEADache yep you worked there alright...hahaha and don't let a girl that a male manager like like you you just as good as done..
@@markcleveland5275 LOL Have you had a girl like you that a manager had his eyes on, how'd that go?
@@BUCKETHEADache it was simple he tried his best to ahead make sure we wasnt together with his little computer he could see we stowed in the same area and here he came and then once the Christmas peak was over my rate started plummeting everyday I couldn't make it anymore but she could and I stowed circles around her she was good as well but not as good as me until I was let go for production but I still got her and we was together and as soon as he realized that she was out the door soon after . That place is horrible it's only good to get some extra money in a tight James that's it in my city can't get people to work there anymore most of the people that work there are from nearby cities.. And it use to be a fun place now it's all slave driven no energy my last time I worked there I was like I'm done for good.
Bezos needs to work for three months under those conditions with no bathroom breaks, and having to pick 300 items in a huge warehouse every hour! and then every day that he fails to meet his quota, he should be punished by having to give all the employees a pay raise for every day that he fails to meet his quotas!
Lol, I remember working at amazon I got a write up for insubordination for going to the bathroom..... The next week I was offered to quit for a lump sum of cash. I took the offer and never regretted it.
Do they pay you your accumulated pto after you quit ?