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Amazon accused of using algorithms to push warehouse workers to breaking point. (www.theregister.com)
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Amazon has used tricks, algorithms, and surveillance to discourage warehouse employees from unionizing, according to a paper published in the journal Socius.

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[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 82 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

Me 8 years ago:

I'm absolutely not getting a job at amazon, or ups, or usps. I'm not taking a job where you don't have permission to pee. I'm a human being. I don't care if I'm the president of the united states giving a state of the union address live on tv. If I have to pee, I'd tell the camera "Hey America, go grab a snack or something. I'll be right back in like 2 minutes." Fuck it, if I gotta pee, that's just what I'm going to do. Fuck your profits for 3 minutes. I'M expelling waste.

And then my sister is like "it's not that bad."

Then me reading news 6 years ago that an amazon worker died of a heart attack and his coworkers didn't even stop to call 911.

My sister thinks I made that up.

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

As someone who worked there for a year, the nice thing about Amazon is that managers don't harass you—even if you come in late every single day—and the 40 hours of personal time granted every week is great too. It's the kind of job where you can just put on your headphones and zone out, and never have to come in on days when you don't feel like it. Just call off in the app.

Still wouldn't recommend that anyone works there. Everything else about the job sucks.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

As someone who worked there for a year

In the warehouse?

[–] FRYD@sh.itjust.works 41 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

USPS is unionized. No cameras, Way less micro-management, and you can pee when you want to.

[–] OhVenus_Baby@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

USPS isn't all sunshine and rainbows. I know multiple regional managers and local district managers as well as post masters. It's a very tough demanding and long job.

A single delivery driver can deliver 630am till 1030pm and still not have all the mail out. While head quarters will deny adding drivers to routes or changing anything to ease the loads.

Don't get me started on mentioning package theft, insurance claims, and other related issues.

[–] dan@upvote.au 8 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Aren't some Amazon warehouses unionized too?