I do think the Amazon Center here was one of the major covid infection places in the valley, along with several chicken processing plants. Those places had horrendous records.
Having a bunch of cocks at your company is a common factor for COVID spread at the workplace.
Here in Canada, Amazonās Bramptin warehouse got shut down for a while due to a COVID-19 outbreak.
This doesnāt match the reports that Iāve read, but perhaps the difference is subtle.
In the description Iāve seen, itās been suggested that if you fail to meet those very high production levels, you arenāt fired. Rather, if you DO meet those levels, you are rewarded with more orders and work.
Now, some of this may get worse in some cases, such as the example here:
https://twitter.com/kenbensinger/status/1374969429386092551
That isnāt something from Amazon itself (I had first seen these images elsewhere, and questioned their veracity because it doesnāt look like something Amazon would produce as materials). Itās from a subcontractor that Amazon hires to make deliveries. Now, Amazon shares responsibility for this as they hired the contractor, but itās also not the same as Amazon having those policies.
In places like Amazonās warehouses, if Amazon is actually giving people so much work that they literally cannot accomplish it without peeing in bottles, and they are fired otherwise, then I would agree thatās an immoral practice on the part of Amazonā¦ but I am skeptical of such a thing, even if some people have suggested it is the case.
The Postal Service can be the same way on new hires, especially when they want to get rid of folks.
Itās not unique to Amazon. It is morally wrong everywhere.
Canāt read about workplace āurine bottlesā without thinking of this:
I thought of as āthe people that voted Sanders into federal office donāt believe enough in that particular policy to implement it in their home stateā.
Not that it makes it better, but delivery drivers peeing in bottles and warehouse workers peeing in bottles are different things. I think itās more common on delivery since there often just isnāt a restroom available along the route. I seem to recall UPS got some bad press a while back for the same kind of thing.
Warehouse workers should absolutely have access to proper bathroom facilities at all times, so thereās less of an excuse.
I have heard people who drove for UPS complain about the same things as Amazon drivers. The guys I knew memorized places they could stop and take a quick bathroom break.
I had a friend try the postal service last year. He hated it, 12 hour days and 6 days a week were standard for new hires and he would get yelled at when he took to long on a route.
surprised they let new folks get that much overtime.
It was required, not āletā. He had no choice.
Amazon apologizes for their stupid and incorrect response about pee bottles.
How to solve it? Routes and schedules that let drivers āreturn to baseā to pee. Also, if you acknowledge that it is a long-standing problem, donāt add on an aside blaming covid for it.
- Work out a deal with 7-11 that allows drivers to stop and use employee restrooms in exchange for some service.
- Give the program a catchy name, like SlurPee-osis or something.
- ???
- Relief
Kohlās allows for Amazon returns, drivers could pee there if its an option.
The thing is, Iām pretty sure most people donāt want to pee in a bottle, and they wouldnāt be doing it if they had any alternative. Itās not being caused by Covid ā even Amazon now admits it is a longstanding problem in delivery industries ā so it canāt be the case that it only happens because there are no restrooms available due to lockdown. It happens because the schedules donāt permit side trips to places with bathrooms.
Also, too, I wonder how this impacts applications and hiring of females for delivery positions? Cuz I canāt imagine most women looking forward to trying to pee in a bottle.
I know about those products! From multiple safaris with my wife.
Hereās a thought - they could order their 100k fancy new electric sprinter vans with a loo installed- #vanlife folks have been doing it for years. But that would eat into package space.
2-1 seems pretty decisive.