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cavan47 t1_ixn65sv wrote

Going to get down voted for this but they are competitive with other warehouses for most states and compared to other places it's not very demanding. Yes you are doing repetitive tasks and standing in one spot all day but they have accomodations if you have medical conditions or pregnant where they will provide you a chair or lower your expected rate even. Before amazon I never had a job where I can just put time in and it auto approves you with no hassle of a manager trying to convince you to come in. If people want to unionize more power to you I just don't understand what there lacking.

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SupahSang t1_ixn86kz wrote

You mean the warehouses that managers forced them to keep working in despite tornado warnings and hurricanes, and snow storms and heat waves? The warehouses that, in Germany, employed 3rd party security that turned out to just be a bunch of neonazis? You mean the warehouses where the employees felt so much pressure they were considering suicide? The warehouses that see double the amount of injuries compared to non-Amazon warehouses?

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cavan47 t1_ixos4j0 wrote

If there is a tornado outside you need to stay indoors they teach you this in elementary school. The facilities have ac and heaters and are temperature controlled usually around 78 degrees most warehouses from other companies don't have ac. I am not familiar of with the Germany incident you may have me on that one. And as for suicide they literally offer free mental health counseling what else do you want them to offer for that? Rates have never been an issue there just there to make sure your actually working for your shift because some people literally hide on the bathroom all day and it takes them weeks to get fired.

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Ganjookie t1_ixn792c wrote

You do sound like a Corpo shill

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cavan47 t1_ixoxxfl wrote

Just a bored l3 that has been treated far worse elsewhere looking for answers.

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cavan47 t1_ixn82md wrote

So what would you want out of a union than?

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745395 t1_ixne5qn wrote

How about being treated like human beings?

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TheCallousBitch t1_ixo7rag wrote

Serious question: what do you do for work that pays more, same or better health benefits, with better conditions, without training/certification/education/years of experience?

Not arguing - genuinely asking.

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ScfAnarchy t1_ixny80r wrote

The fact that shills can’t even use correct grammar 😂

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cavan47 t1_ixoqhz5 wrote

So instead of trying to have a conversation all you can think about is my Grammer stay a tier 1 than act your wage.

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cavan47 t1_ixoxf96 wrote

You can think whatever you want of me but the fact is your avoiding the hard questions and probably don't have any good answers. Everyone acts like amazon is the worst but when asked how it can be fixed you decide to make fun of them how do expect anyone to take you seriously.

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bluefast95 t1_ixn8n87 wrote

The fact that everyone moves a few hundred products around a day ranging from $2-$500 and only get paid bare minimum the drivers get paid less than any other mail or delivery company and warehouse workers same. For the richest company in the world they could add at least a couple dollars an hour on their wages.

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TheCallousBitch t1_ixo7s95 wrote

Serious question: what do you do for work that pays more, same or better health benefits, with better conditions, without training/certification/education/years of experience?

Not arguing - genuinely asking.

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cavan47 t1_ixoujcn wrote

Amazon as a whole makes money but about %90 of the profit is in aws that's where I'm trying to go. Raises could definitely happen but in the current economy where we are closing sites and letting go of people I don't see raises happening for any warehouse workers especially sense they just gave everyone $1 raise at sites in my area early oct. I know not everyone got that much but those site were already above $15

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destraight t1_ixnnsey wrote

Yeah you're not foolin anyone with that. I used to work for Amazon and the company was shit and it will always be shit. I hated being a palletizer, and I especially hated being a water spider. Those packaging carts would always get overfilled and if I wasn't careful enough boxes would fall down and hit my head. Fuck that place. I got out with my head and brain still intact. I can't say the same for you though

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TheCallousBitch t1_ixo7qkm wrote

Serious question: what do you do for work that pays more, same or better health benefits, with better conditions, without training/certification/education/years of experience?

Not arguing - genuinely asking.

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cavan47 t1_ixotv9y wrote

It's not meant to fool anyone. I am genuinely asking and that sounds like a bad experience where safety should have done something about overfilling carts but ops sucks so we have to escalate it ourselves. Water spidering is not for everyone but some ppl love it bc all the do is flirt. I make decent money as a l3 now I'm not planning on leaving.

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TheCallousBitch t1_ixo7ssh wrote

Serious question: what do you do for work that pays more, same or better health benefits, with better conditions, without training/certification/education/years of experience?

Not arguing - genuinely asking.

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cavan47 t1_ixor5l6 wrote

That is the point of me asking please go into detail this is a forum for discussion please enlighten me.

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