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Amazon warehouse workers skip bathroom breaks to keep their jobs, says report
Amazon warehouse workers are forced to pee in bottles or forego their bathroom breaks entirely because fulfillment demands are too high, according to journalist James Bloodworth, who went undercover as an Amazon worker for his book, Hired: Six Months Undercover in Low-Wage Britain. Targets have reportedly increased exponentially, workers say in anew survey revealed over the weekend, and as result, they feel pressured and stressed to meet the new goals.
Workers who pick up products for delivery at a warehouse in Staffordshire, UK use bottles instead of the actual toilet, which is located too far away, Bloodworth reported. They are afraid of being disciplined for idling and losing their jobs as a result, he added. Bloodworth told The Sun in an interview that the warehouse resembled a prison or an airport, with high security scanners that check workers for banned items like hoodies, sunglasses, and phones, and other employees who pat down workers to check for stolen goods.
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Bezos makes around 200K an HOUR! Can he not afford to hire more people to keep up with demand, so these people dont piss themselves?
I have also heard their wages arent that great. Probably like Walmart.. I wonder if they have to piss themselves to keep their jobs, too?
Amazon warehouse workers are forced to pee in bottles or forego their bathroom breaks entirely because fulfillment demands are too high, according to journalist James Bloodworth, who went undercover as an Amazon worker for his book, Hired: Six Months Undercover in Low-Wage Britain. Targets have reportedly increased exponentially, workers say in anew survey revealed over the weekend, and as result, they feel pressured and stressed to meet the new goals.
Workers who pick up products for delivery at a warehouse in Staffordshire, UK use bottles instead of the actual toilet, which is located too far away, Bloodworth reported. They are afraid of being disciplined for idling and losing their jobs as a result, he added. Bloodworth told The Sun in an interview that the warehouse resembled a prison or an airport, with high security scanners that check workers for banned items like hoodies, sunglasses, and phones, and other employees who pat down workers to check for stolen goods.
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Bezos makes around 200K an HOUR! Can he not afford to hire more people to keep up with demand, so these people dont piss themselves?
I have also heard their wages arent that great. Probably like Walmart.. I wonder if they have to piss themselves to keep their jobs, too?