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lostnfound

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

Reply to Travis_0004 (Reply #7)

Thu Oct 22, 2015, 01:01 AM

Oct 2015

About human beings, they would screen people for fitness rather than just warn them it would be tough, they would at least offer a part time option for a few weeks, without prejudice.
But since these workers are temps, treated like Kleenex...it is "on your own-astan"

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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