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Travis_0004

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7. I'm not sure thats possible with the holiday rush

Reply to lostnfound (Reply #5)

Wed Oct 21, 2015, 09:44 PM

Oct 2015

They need people November and December. I don't think they have the luxury of 4 hour days (and I would be a lot of people don't want to only work 20 hour weeks for a month if they have bills to pay.

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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