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Amazon accused of using algorithms to push warehouse workers to breaking point. (www.theregister.com)
submitted 17 hours ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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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 130 points 17 hours ago (17 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.

[–] [email protected] 63 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago

Sure makes you wonder why the elected officials want to defund it in favor of Fedex and others /s

[–] [email protected] 15 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] Soup 1 points 1 hour ago

People gotta start working the hours they’re paid for. If I’m working my shift well then it’s not my fault that the company is understaffed and I am not gunna bust my ass to cover for someone’s poor leadership.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Aren't some Amazon warehouses unionized too?

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