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Egnever

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2. Sad but

Reply to onehandle (Original post)

Wed Oct 21, 2015, 10:10 PM

Oct 2015

"He liked it, and it exhausted him"

Quote from his dad.

This was a health problem not an amazon problem.

I don't like Amazon practices but blaming them for his death is a cheap shot in my opinion. The guy liked the job. I would have hated it but different strokes for different folks.

I have no issues with labor standing up and demanding better working conditions I wish there was more of a drive for labor to do so actually.

This guy liked the Job according to his dad. It is sad he had an underlying condition that ended up killing him on the job but blaming amazon for it strikes me as a weak play for sympathy for the article.

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The Life and Death of an Amazon Warehouse Temp - What the future of low-wage work really looks like. [View all] onehandle Oct 2015 OP

Good read. Thanks for posting GP6971 Oct 2015 #1

Sad but Egnever Oct 2015 #2

I worry that most jobs will be like this..."temp" = cheap and no benefits likesmountains 52 Oct 2015 #3

Doubtful. Amazon will probably completely automate fulfillment within 5 years Recursion Oct 2015 #11

I know several people from my town who work at the Amazon Fulfillment Center, which is about Ghost in the Machine Oct 2015 #4

Such a physical job they should have a startup period of four hour days for a month lostnfound Oct 2015 #5

I'm not sure thats possible with the holiday rush Travis_0004 Oct 2015 #7

It seems like running a half-marathon with no training period.. So if employer cares... lostnfound Oct 2015 #10

Amazon is working on robots to bring the shelves to the workers Travis_0004 Oct 2015 #6

And it will cut fulfillment center employment by 75% Recursion Oct 2015 #12

Very sad but there must have been some underlying medical issue Nye Bevan Oct 2015 #8

Amazon will dock him for lost productivity. lpbk2713 Oct 2015 #9