At Amazon, workers are encouraged to tear apart one another's ideas in meetings.
Folks may not like it, but it's a good way to prevent groupthink. Which can lead to significant problems all it's own.
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At Amazon, workers are encouraged to tear apart one another's ideas in meetings.
Amazon's common goal is making sure I get my $5.99 pack of kitchen sponges in less than 48 hours after I order.
There are always going to be better and worse jobs. What happens at Amazon doesn't sound too inhumane compared to other warehouse jobs. I have some friends that have worked in retail distribution centers, the work isn't glamorous. They don't have AC either, and they need to bust their ass to hit performance goals.
I've worked in a call center that had 100% turnover (average) in just under six months. Anyone there for multiple years was more often than not a team lead or worked in an escalation queue.
Except for you know all those descriptions of it actually being horrible which don't touch on his politics in of themselves which you're ignoring. Maybe you're problem is you have some sort of mental block that allows you to ignore the suffering of others. Sociopaths have that problem. Not saying you are one but maybe you should see a doctor or something since you definitely show a lack of empathy.The horrible dungeon that is suppose to be Amazon, I started to wonder if it is a PR campaign against Amazon's owner, probably because he doesn't have the right politics. Then I start to think that's a little paranoid, then I read posts like this and don't feel paranoid anymore.
Its also a good way to create a hostile work place where everyone hates each other and focuses on tearing each other down rather than accomplishing a goal or doing actual work.Folks may not like it, but it's a good way to prevent groupthink. Which can lead to significant problems all it's own.
You also probably aren't working at their hectic and purposefully unsustainable pace which is designed to wear people down. Strange how you missed that part.Shit like this is SOP in many fields. Amazon attracts attention because it's huge. Working atmosphere described in that article fits many other industries. I think many of you are disillusioned with what many people in blue collar jobs deal with. Working in 100f heat? I do that daily. Somedays 110f in the winter drops to 49-50f.
Amazon's common goal is making sure I get my $5.99 pack of kitchen sponges in less than 48 hours after I order.
There are always going to be better and worse jobs. What happens at Amazon doesn't sound too inhumane compared to other warehouse jobs. I have some friends that have worked in retail distribution centers, the work isn't glamorous. They don't have AC either, and they need to bust their ass to hit performance goals.
Some truth mixed with some click bait. But Jeff Bezos has fixed it all. Good thing too, I gotta place a huge order with the Prime.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/18/technology/amazon-bezos-workplace-management-practices.html
So long as the job market remains trash you'll see such policies continue or even be made worse over time.
The guy who owns Amazon hates even the idea of worker welfare or fair pay and believes competition is supposed to automagically solve all problems so why not create a work environment where you have to competition harder everything will work out and better since its automagic right?
Well, this is certainly and interesting counterpoint. No clue what parts of either article are true now.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/amazonians-response-inside-amazon-wrestling-big-ideas-nick-ciubotariu
Sure it is, as long as the qualified applicants outnumber the jobs available, you can abuse employees indefinitely.
They pay well and expect a lot. Feel free to work elsewhere if you don't like it.
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I'm not sure the 10 or 11 bucks an hour that warehouse workers make qualifies as paying well unless you're a Zimbabwean.
Bezos is a libertarian who has privately expressed view points that make him a borderline anarcho-capitalist. He keeps that part out of the public press and instead pushes social views which make some low info. types think he is a liberal. When it comes to money, taxes, and regulation policy he is the complete opposite though.The "guy who owns Amazon" is a far left liberal who even agreed to buy the Washington Post to ensure it's pro-Democrat editorial policies remained in place.
Except they aren't. They've been caught red handed going out of their way to treat their workers like crap and setting impossible quotas far above industry standards.Their warehouse jobs seem pretty on par with others out there. I've done warehouse work. It's either too hot or too cold every day, and you have to bust your butt (unless your dad owns the company).
If you knew what some people at FedEx go through when they own their own truck and route you wouldn't even want packages brought to your house. I don't know how bad UPS gets, but owning a FedEx truck and router can be an absolute nightmare.
That's just fed ex home, formerly RPS. Fed ex ground (i believe) and express (for certain) are not the same thing, and don't work the same way.
I actually cancelled my Prime and deleted my Amazon apps.
This isn't some "hit piece" from a few disgruntled employees. The authors of the article interviewed 100 Amazon employees, both current and former. They wouldn't make Bezos available for interview, either, so what could they do?
Honestly, this is something people of any political stripe should be able to agree with. Seeking to destroy any kind of decent work environment and turn the majority of employees into slaves, practically, doesn't benefit anyone except for the few at the top who get to play golf instead of deal with...micro-management doesn't even seem to do justice to the practices described. Nano-management?