Inside Amazon's warehouse
The Morning Call has a nine-page feature on working conditions in one of Amazon’s Pennsylvania warehouses. While it isn’t dissimilar from the experience I had working at a warehouse for a year, it is quite a bit worse - and a reminder of the high cost that comes with low prices.
“I never felt like passing out in a warehouse and I never felt treated like a piece of crap in any other warehouse but this one,” Goris said. “They can do that because there aren’t any jobs in the area.”
Goris’ complaints are not unique.
Over the past two months, The Morning Call interviewed 20 current and former warehouse workers who showed pay stubs, tax forms or other proof of employment. They offered a behind-the-scenes glimpse of what it’s like to work in the Amazon warehouse, where temperatures soar on hot summer days, production rates are difficult to achieve and the permanent jobs sought by many temporary workers hired by an outside agency are tough to get.
Only one of the employees interviewed described it as a good place to work.
But, hey, at least you get a discount on your books!
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