Tyler Hamilton has worked at the Amazon warehouse in Shakopee, Minnesota for four years. He shares the good and the bad about the fast-paced job. #CNN #News #Business
If you have never worked in a warehouse then you are in for a rude awakening because the majority of these warehouse and not just Amazon will have you wanting to cry.
I work for whole foods which is owned by Amazon but which treats us way better comparatively and have cried! These physical labor jobs are all very demanding we aren't doing light work. The jobs aren't even the problem the COMPANIES are!!!! There is a major distinction. Amazon warehouse is so awful and honestly he said he received a promotion and a raise since that is all it takes that is all he will ever get, yes they gave me a higher raise at my job too and I can relate to him wholeheartedly and we deserve better with that said, anything connected to Amazon is contaminated and Amazon is the most stubborn employer Amazon would nearly have to collapse in order to completely reform!
I used to work JUST as he is describing at Nike when I was in my 30's. I lost 60 lbs easily in 6 months and was strong, energetic and happy. 12 hr shifts. I have done this all my life. Began at age 14. I am now disabled at 40, at 58, ready for back surgery, legs swelling from ruined veins, I am crippled.. TAKE CARE OF yourselves. This work , especially standing 12 hrs, will destroy your body!!!
I had a job like this for three years. Lost a lot weight, fit and became a fuck machine. The downside is the pain will come no matter how healthy you are. And sex ain’t fun anymore.
Bbboink,huh?🤣So, you became a human piston??( Boy, my comment makes me look way more pathetic than I really am!) In reading your comment, good times, right? haha And it all starts when we "stop". Have a great day!!@@Bbboink
When he said he had to constantly eat to maintain his normal weight, when he said he wanted to cry, when he said you got 8 minutes to find the bathroom, use it and get back, when he said machines monitor his work output...it really is Disturbing.
Yes eat constantly. Before work, after work, and twice during a twelve hour shift. Office workers eat more than that lol. Everyone complains about the bathroom. 8 minutes is plenty. I worked at a place where I’d go in there and take a nap for 30 minutes.
@@mlo527 Wilbert, that you? I worked in a welding shop where the floor sweeper (Wilbert) would take his boots off and nap on the shitter. One day one of the welding leadhands heard him snoring on the pot and reached under the door and stole his work boots. I just remember him walking through the shop with no boots on..... That was his last day sadly. Really nice guy
@@sassouusasoo3607 some people have no choice in that area they live amazon builds warehouses where there is no other choice but to work for them and where amazon goes they put other buisnesses out of buisness
The future is managed, and your freedom's a joke You don't know the difference as you put on the yoke The less that you know, more you fall into place A cog in the wheel, there is no soul in your face
As a Amazon driver, our job isn’t as half as bad compared to the warehouse workers. No one is constantly micro-managing you, you have 10 hours to finish your route and you get help. The only thing that sucks is loading your truck. I hope things improve for the warehouse workers
Try working for fed ex express 120 delivery 24 pick ups and no help and you better be done by 5 and at the warehouse. I was traveling 120 miles a day average
It’s not even the physical demands that are the worst, it’s the mental battle. You have to force yourself to do the same monotonous task over and over again for 10hrs. It’s just torture and pain man, you can see it in his eyes.
It's only torture if you never been tortured much worse. For me. Amazon is heaven. It has no mental effect on me probably because I went a lot horrible inhumane experiences before.
@@SigurdThePink molestation abuse self low worth abused neglected by everyone not a single good person even existed entire growing up period since being a toddler lot people in similiar situation end up dead neglected misunderstood by your own family not protected no safety people see you hurt they hurt you for it even more going through horrible job places highly disrespected inhuman treatment isolation suicide attempts thoughts since no good people existed at the time terrified everyday being around people hiding wishing never was born so on damn if only had to work at amazon make some money people don't bother damn what a dream would it been. Now by this time I done lot of inner work. I been working out specifically to do these jobs been therapy and so on and came out very strong mentally due my experiences. As op said. Doing tasks you hate. You looking the wrong way doing something you hate makes you stronger. Improves your cortex. Doing something you like makes you weaker. Pretty much resisting discipline makes you super human. I might didn't have a life early on but because of it I can build most amazing life now how experiences made me stronger now it makes me happy being pushed powers improving and stuff and getting stronger better and better its like an addiction. Like at amazon now job I do. Recently my manager and some big guy from determined came congratulate and give me nothing but compliments saying I'm one of the best in whole FC I get lot of respect and so on this boost me confidence and definenty carry over other industries and interviews getting other jobs it was hard but it getting easier and easier now I have million of goals I want to achieve I said isolated hiding from people before now I hang out lot of loving amazing people. Then I look at amazon I say its easy money
I hated working for Amazon. I quit after a month. when you’re body hurts just walking into the shower, you know something’s wrong. I couldn’t take a normal dump cuz I literally didn’t have enough time during that stupid 15 min break…using the restroom was considered your break. Screw Amazon.
But he still works there. And he got promoted. So overall, he's happy there. Anyone who doesn't enjoy it there (I wouldn't) should simply find another job. There are lots of employers in my area, complaining that they don't have enough help and also don't have enough applicants for available jobs.
@@bowtoyoursensei554 But are they going to pay $15/hr and provide benefits. Word just out is that Amazon's turn over is in excess of 10 million people a year by design. They literally don't want you working there for a long time and they, by design, don't allow for upward mobility. So someone there likes this kid.
Learning about how Amazon treated its most valuable asset, its workers, has actually impacted my consumerism. I started buying far less from anywhere and much less from Amazon when a pregnant friend of mine had to work and was actually losing a terrible amount of weight working there. They make no exceptions and really don't care if their workers suffer. I have saved a lot of money and my home is cleaner now.
i make $2 hour less than i did in 2018. im seasonal but still considering mr Fuck face has profited more than anyone else on the planet due to the pandamic
They hire old people in the warehouses. One lady is 70 just started and despite them giving you a month long learning curve the manager already asked her why her rate was low
jocee ky Most Jobs give you a few days to figure it out before you're canned. Amazon is what soft people think hard work is. I've done a hell of a lot worse for a lot less than $20 a damn hour haha.
High turnover rate is good indicator of how horrible a company is performing. Either people didn't like the job, stayed for a temporary amount of time or the employer/boss treated them horribly.
@@Comeback180 so true. I once went thru a month of training at a company and 4 some reason the day b4 we started actual work they let it slip that there turnover rate was ungodly. I should have quit that day. It was a call center and the worst job I ever had.
Most people get terminated for over using UPT. My first year we lost around 800 I want to say. Not hard to not get fired though, just show up on time and don't leave early.
This is what it looks like when a billionaire never thinks he has enough and ithinks that he is so important that he can make the lives of other people miserable. Dehumanize them use them as interchangeable disposable bots. NEVER IN A BILLION YEARS WOULD HE STAND FOR THIS TREATMENT FOR HIMSELF OR HIS FAMILY.
No, this is what it looks like when you are all grown up and need to take care of yourself. From what time of day you eat, to how responsible you are at work so you can keep your job!
@@GulDukat479 they are, but good luck with Amazon's bureaucracy. Lots of people try to get different types of legally required exemptions, it takes too long, and something causes it to fail.
Amazon policy is no more than 11hrs per day or 55hrs per week. At least at my site. And if you work more than 10 hours you get 2 lunches (or opt out of it). Blame state laws not Amazon...
What? I worked at a job that had you work 3/ 12 hour shifts and paid 40. I loved it 6am to 6pm - stop crying and always work harder than the other people
@@AFR383 This is the worst advice ever, working harder than everyone else is a sure way to get yourself used more especially when those doing the bare minimum get promoted faster.
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@@peterpain6625 the greatest news ever! ⬇️ In the very beginning of time God created all & it was good, His plan was to have Him & His creation live in utopia. the satan deceived God’s creation so that wouldn’t happen, we choose evil. Evil has its consequences, death & hell separation from God for eternity is the consequence for disobeying an everlasting God. God doesn’t want that for any of His creation so He sent His Son Jesus(God in the flesh) & Jesus lived the perfect life. Died the death as a criminal, & resurrected, all so that we could have eternal life if we have faith in His beautiful sacrifice. This is God’s plan!!!!
@@littledudefromacrossthestr5755 the greatest news ever! ⬇️ In the very beginning of time God created all & it was good, His plan was to have Him & His creation live in utopia. the satan deceived God’s creation so that wouldn’t happen, we choose evil. Evil has its consequences, death & hell separation from God for eternity is the consequence for disobeying an everlasting God. God doesn’t want that for any of His creation so He sent His Son Jesus(God in the flesh) & Jesus lived the perfect life. Died the death as a criminal, & resurrected, all so that we could have eternal life if we have faith in His beautiful sacrifice. This is God’s plan!!!!
I've worked a 26 hour shift doing retail inventory before and I wasn't half as tired as my first 12 hour shift at Amazon it is brutal I can't believe the labor that they make people do is legal.
@@loddytoddy4451 Try delivering mattresses for mattress firm. Nothing compares to how hard that job was, and i’ve worked construction, at amazon, painting, cleaning offices, and washing travel buses
I've boycotted Amazon for over three years. I actually took the time to answer a survey about some private non-profit service I'd used to get $20. I got to the end of the survey and there is where it stated that the $20 was an Amazon gift card. Took me about ten minutes to fill out the survey, but I didn't complete it and backed out all my answers, cuz I was NOT going to use that gift card.
The fact that he lost weight, and then has to focus more on feeding and fueling, kind of negates a paycheck. Those days off are just to recover and heal. They're workers, not athletes. Their bodies shouldn't be screaming at them as loudly as their mental states.
I've worked in a cotton mill in the summer before and this sounds like a choice was made. I have a professional job that makes easy 6 figures a year now. However, while I was studying to get to this level, I did several of these types of gigs and it was for FAR LESS money and under more strict conditions. I'm watching the houses go up in my neighborhood while I watch this video and think, "how many of those roofers in the NC summer sun would trade with this guy?". We are privileged and also have a choice. It's a hard job, adapt or quit.
The job is physical, but a lot of the physical issues are self-inflicted, and what's really nuts is how determined people are to do so. You're in a concrete-floored warehouse, walking 6-7 miles a day, and people show up wearing Crocs, flip-flops, an so on - despite Amazon offering free safety shoes from Zappos. Twenty-somethings talk about how exhausted they are, then mention they were up all night playing video games before starting a 10-hour shift.
Are you joking most jobs out in the real world work 40 hours a week and there are many that do four on three off with 12 hour shifts. How about we just recognize the newest generation is the laziest
I've worked in 5 or 6 call centers and they all have similar systems set up to measure productivity. You'll get in trouble if you take any bathroom breaks that aren't scheduled, and it will affect your pay. I was the best performing agent on site out of 500 in 2013 and I was denied a yearly raise because I was 1% off margin for taking too many bathroom breaks, I quit the next day
When I worked at Amazon I seriously didn't last long, my back was KILLING ME!! The supervisors knew about my pain but unfortunately there wasn't much they could do. I had no choice but to leave and boy do I not regret it! Its terrible for your body!
More money than I made as a paramedic risking my life for people! I made 14.25 HR! The person responsible for keeping you alive long enough to get to the Doc barely makes minimum wage!!! When I was an EMT I left my job as a gas station cashier, took a 75 cent an hour PAY CUT to work on the Ambulance over a cashier.
Amazon workers aren't the only ones that deal with this type of work enviornment. I've had a number of warehouse jobs where you work on your feet lifting heavy objects for 14 hrs a day with minimal breaks. You have a computer on you that records how fast you are going all day long. I was the fastest, strongest worker (all conference athlete in multiple sports and lift/excersice regularly) and couldn't keep the pace they expected. They would give a "bonus" for working hard and fast.. yet to get the bonus you would have to put yourself at great risk for injury. Fun days, I eventually said my life and health was worth more than the job.
Exactly... In my country the max load to lift is 40 lbs. I worked at a factory for making screws for roys royce or wtf its called and shit. I had to fucking lift over 200 pounds from ground to 1.2 meters high 10x a day minimum as a 15 y/o... Not to mention the small 50-120lb loads in bethween. Lets just say i slept for 3 hours as soon as i came home from work, i rather fucking die than work there again
Is it exploiting to have competitive pay and the best benefits of an entry level job pretty much out there? I work there and as long as your not in a fulfillment center it's actually a great job. If you don't like it exploit the benefits and work somewhere else. They pay for most of your school, CDL liscence, babysitting, get your teeth fixed cheep, use the insurance that's top tier, stuff like that. Use it and further your career elsewhere...
@@josflorida5346 I've been working at a FC for more than a year now, part time (during school year) and full time.I personally find it easy compared to many other jobs, such as harvisting fruits, vegetables, etc, construction, among other jobs. Like you said the pay and benefits are great for a non degree job. It is however easier when you are in somewhat good shape.
@@geoffreylane5606 It's double the national minimum wage. We can have a separate discussion about inflation, but $15 starting, with no education beyond a HS diploma required, is very good for the US.
Spent last 30 years breaking my body working like an animal in NYC construction. But I was paid a fair wage for a dys work with great benefits and a pension UNIONIZE !!! Don’t let the company store take advantage of the working class !
Problem is they dont let us. I saw a guy giving out panphlet in front of the warehouse, private police came and took him away. Plus the turnover is crazy, just a few last more than 6 months, and after 1-2 year 99% new low tier hire get let off because they dont want them to form a union or to pay raises or for them to slow down
Bezos is a greedy S.O.B. At Whole Foods (owned by Amazon), the poor pay extra so the rich can save money; of course, you don't have to shop there -- but I still find it annoying.
I think this video was more about working conditions than pay. You can pay a person a lot, but if their working conditions are unreasonable and unhealthy, it is an untenable situation.
clearly you don't understand how "wealth" is calculated. 1) it's a horrible business decision to pay people more when you are operating on losses. 2) his wealth isn't from some salary, rather it is the total value of his ownership in amazon and would have to sell off all his shares at the theoretical market price without triggering a shit storm to get it.
Just about every production job in my area is terrible and all have mandatory overtime. All are fast paced. When Amazon offered a reduced full time 4 tens schedule I jumped on it. Im already used to getting beat up and I wont be surprised if some places ive worked at are actually worse than Amazon.
So, dude says that Amazon pays well, gives time off in exchange for a little hard, physical work? I busted my ass for 35+ years till I literally broke my body and only earned $10hr.
I make $17/hr as a janitor so I couldn't imagine busting my ass in a warehouse where you are timed while working just to make $15/hr. But I just got a new job that starts at $26/hr so it's about to be irrelevant to me.
@Bobbie C I won't be surprised if Amazon or any warehouse will stay operating like the British Library’s National Newspaper Building where they use robotic cranes to retrieve the newspaper. Pretty soon most jobs will be taken by robots.
imagine people that due hard labor in fields. This is an example of immigrants, machines, etc doing jobs that people don't or won't. Amazon is not alone with these conditions, they just have a lot more technology.
@@Mockduck2020 that is not true at all. Have you actually researched this topic or just spouting talking points that aren’t in reality? You’re aware that many of the rich in this country, company and people pay $0 federal incomes tax right?
@@trebm3 google “does amazon pay federal taxes?” And pick which article you want to read. And maybe research how much cities pay for infrastructure for these warehouses and then get back with me 😝
@@trebm3 by the way, did you have some kind of point in bringing up how so many rich people pay no federal income tax because it doesn’t seem to help your comments 🤪
@@charlesmanewell1891 Who is this Mrs Elizabeth everyone is talking about? With all these compliments, I think she is an expert. Please how can I contact her 🙏🙏
The richest man in the world keeps getting richer off of the hard work of the Amazon worker. He can blast off into outer space and keep going. Then let his company become employee owned.
EVEN IF THAT GREEDY OWNER PAID HIS WORKERS A DECENT WAGE THE PACE WHICH EVERY WORKER HAS IS INSANE. A TOTALLY FIT GUY UP HERE WAS WORN DOWN, CAN ANYONE IMAGINE HOW OLDER WORKERS MUST DO OR GET KICKED OUT...AND ALL FOR BESO'S POCKET !!!
Being fit doesn't mean you have the right muscle and endurance built up to work at amazon. I did a test. Then I started I'm fat lot of pain so I got a coach to train me specifically for my job. Now I'm still fat top employee and now job for me piss easy. It doesn't matter if you In shape or not. Get to the gym and train up the right muscles 💪
I work in a warehouse for a different company. In 2020, we separated people into two groups in response to the pandemic, where each group worked three 12 hour shifts a week. When this started, at first I was assigned to be the cardboard operator. After a few days, they changed my assignment because my lower muscles were starting to give in. I did not request this change. They did it because they noticed I was limping. These two things are most important; water and sleep. And don’t underestimate the influence of your diet; I don’t drink soda beverages anymore because they make my stomach bubble up, which can cause various problems. While it’s a challenge, I can honestly say I’m probably healthier than I was before I took the job.
@Christians Stormed our Capitol everywhere execpt your garden or homestead! Restaurants, the deli, processed food from the store, even starwberries in December. You have those items bc someone else did the work at a low wage with no medical dental vacation sickpay, just enough compensation to be legal.
@Christians Stormed our Capitol simply, it's an unfairly low paid, high endurance demanding job. For every year, working in a food factory (specially meat processing centers) you'll look about 3 years older. On the 2 year of work, you are highly susceptible to develope permanent minor/major neurological or muscular diseases, and it's not covered by insurance in most countries. Just a heads up, stay away from freezers, try to change your position by any means, after first hour your tear ducts won't work properly any more and the slightest blow, feels like you're eyes are on fire untill you go home and pass out in agony.
As if we didn’t see this micromanagerial use of computers coming! What a terrible place to work! The only good thing about this sort of thing is that unions will come back into vogue real soon!
@@heritagekarma888 Some unions obviously were just as fallible as some companies. But without Unions we’d still have child labor, no OSHA regulations or minimum wage laws. Unions can serve a very positive force for balance. Especially when corporations get too powerful. Unless of course you fall for their BS slave wages or happen to be the company sycophant!
Sounds like cashiering at Walmart. You have a minimum amount of items scanned and if you don't make the cut you will lose your job. I was a good cashier and almost never had a line but I got coached multiple times because I wasn't scanning fast enough. It doesn't take into account the time it takes to get price checks or customers looking for coupons or money. It only shows that your productivity is too low. But people need to eat so they need to work and they're willing to do crappy jobs. My years working at Walmart and FedEx have made me a true believer in the need for unions.
I mean if you've ever worked in the service industry it's not much different. Except I have never been payed 23/hr or had 4 days off a week. I'd try it out. Or is that what Bezos wants me to think.... 🤔
I've worked that 3-12Hrs shift he mentioned. It's not all it's cracked up to be. If they don't want you to work any overtime. After recovering from 3, 12Hr days you end up with more like 3 days off.
Amazon will pay you a little bit more than other places, but you will move a thousand or thousands of pounds every day. If you work 4 days a week the 3 day you have off you will feel tired and sore and you will be sleeping more to recover. I don't think the typical warehouse employee makes $23/hr since you start at $15-$16. You also wear out your clothes, by constantly walking and rubbing up against things. Amazon started providing a pair a shoes one time per year, if that helps.
I made the decision to cancel any affiliation with Amazon. When they treat their employees better, then I'll return. It means nothing to Jeff Bezos and company, but I feel it's the right thing to do.
Why haven't you cancelled all affiliations with your local, state and federal govern_mentals as they were mistreating humans since it's inception in 1787. Right idea yet a lil too late for a 180° turnaround.
@@khalilminorel747 because I live in a society with other people. I realize that government for all its flaws, does provide services that as a lone citizen or small group of citizens wouldn't be able to provide on a large decentralized scale. Next.
@@EyeofRa41081 i hear that yet beg to differ in placing any confidence in the corporation of the u.s. The govern_mental agents have usurped the sovereignty of the individual, the laborer, the worker and made a homogeneous drone like society. They have committed strong arm robbery on us yet we as a country have retaliated against one another instead of against the true perpetrators ( government.) Sister have you ever noticed that damn near everything the u.s. govern_mentals do is contrary to morality and The Word & Commandments of THE MOST HIGH? Rebellion and insubordination before immorality and mental slavery.
@@khalilminorel747 I am no one's mental slave and I realize the unsavory nature of political systems and decisions made from that mindset. However, I am a staunch believer that when I change myself, I change the world. If you focus on being about your business on the micro level, it has a domino effect, that massively changes the macro level of experience.
@@EyeofRa41081 I concur with your staunch belief and methodology to change and I stand on it, and change has several vehicles to reach the destination. I think we have a common enemy yet we will fight individual battles to defeat em. My particular fight is gauged for me and ppl like me, yours for you and so on. As long as I have breath and strength I will never bow down to the world... I'm in it yet not of it. I can lead, I can follow, I can also get the hell out of the way if it ain't the correct way.
Damn… my Amazon warehouse is so chill. They don’t track how much work we do and my managers are really cool. It’s also a part time facility, so the only full time employees there are the managers. But you can pick up a lot of shifts, especially in busier times like this week. So I guess it depends on the warehouse.
I worked at an Amazon warehouse from July 2020-May 2021. My managers were chill for the most part. But the only thing is, you’re not allowed to sit anywhere while working. No phone or music allowed while working (which I do understand). But there are warehouses that were much harder on their workers than mine.
@@kidpoker9408 phones and headphones ban is normal for all warehouse jobs, its for safety, when there's moving forklifts and belts and machinery, if you get distracted, you could get fatally injured easily.
@@freedomordeath89 forklifts are not even near people in these jobs. It’s all foot traffic. They don’t want people using electronic devices because of theft. People can pretend something they brought in is not something they took out of a package. Stop making up reasons for why they don’t allow things.
@@strafer8764 Its clear u never worked in a wharehouse lol no, these jobs are not separated from forklift, you gotta pass in foklift corridors all the time
@@strafer8764 Headphones is NOT for stealing reasons, its done in all companies. Not just amazon. Get a grip...hows headphones helping employes steal stuff? Use brain
That scan system is the very reason i injured my back severely! They dont even allow you the proper time to make sure you carry 50 pound boxes in a way that you dont injure yourself. After I injured myself I was sent to work at a thrift store that I later learned Amazon owned, along with many other businesses where tons of injured workers go work instead of healing at home. It was extremely sad and depressing smh. So they have these injury factories in every city because so many people suffer severe injuries at Amazon.
"Being able to pay bills more easily". It's called a living wage. Can amazon not afford to pay it? Can businesses not afford to pay it (when executive compensation has ballooned over the decades)? Come on people. Let's get real.
Can people not live within their means? It is called budgeting. Not just with one's money, but with one's time. If someone can't handle that, then maybe they don't deserve the job they think they do.
Amazon pays $20-26 an hour for warehouse. What more do you want? If they paid $30 an hour it still wouldn’t be enough. People will always live above their means.
This reminds me of when I was 16 and Started Working at Walmart. But I was making 8.25 CDN an hour for 3 years. I was 150 pounds, skin and bones and literally surviving on one can of soup a day.
Amazon was the worst job I ever had. Amazon need to be investigated for the way they treat there employees. The employment turn around time is ridiculously high.
I lasted 10 weeks as a temp and I lived 14 miles away,same as my previous job. This was at their Chattanooga Tennessee fulfillment center. The guy ahead of me at the employment agency was hired and was moving his family and entire life from Tampa to Chattanooga...and I'm sure he didn't last any longer than I did!
I used to work at a Amazon sortation center( part time), shifts are 4 hours, but it could go up or down 1 hour based on volume. It was not that bad for a warehouse job. I think fulfillment center is where it’s really hard.
There are plenty of college educated ppl working at Amazon and in other similar positions because there isn't work or their degree doesn't have relevance to get a great job. A whole generation was taught to think that any college degree will get you a great paying job.
Yep, totally avoid any job that offers to pay you a living wage for working less days a week than not if they expect you to actually do the job you were hired to do.
Try nursing...most nurses also work 12 hr shifts,a lot of times no bathroom break,no time to eat and your blood sugar drops,stress to the max especially when covid came around and make sure you don’t make a mistake or patients could die.
This is madness. As long as workers are putting in solid efforts, there's no reason to micromanage like this. Everyone has bad and good days at anything. I get that people should be working at work, but this is excessive to put it kindly. I'm not one to rally fully for unions either (I'd need to know everything about a union before I'd support it) but people get hurt, people pee and poop, people need rest breaks, etc. Let them work to the best of their abilities. Example: Jack doesn't have the work speed of Joe but Jack can lift more than Joe. Sally might be slower than Sandra but Sally has more accuracy. Everyone has their own attributes they are good at. Let Jack, Joe, Sally, and Sandra work to the best of their abilities!
It was the same way at Walgreens distributions. I finally got up one morning and just said," I can't do this anymore ". I called in and told them to give my job to someone else. I've never regretted quitting like that.
Amazon must be regulated by OSHA. Their policies must be reviewed by the department of labor. Labor groups unions civil rights activist everybody must help these people. They are being treated like garbage.
@@reason6835 then OSHA has to be reformed or be scrapped and replaced by a better agency. These people are being treated like robots and not like human beings.
@@reason6835 You must be a manager at Amazon which shows why you're so heartless. Being paid to be heartless must be one of your strong points. Hope you show this to your boss and tell them how you defended this modern day slavery maybe you'll get a promotion.
OSHA is not a Union. And the point of OSHA regs are not to make sure you remember to feed yourself, or to give you time off to cry. We also live (for now) in a free country. Earning over $40K a year for a single person who only works 36 hrs a week is actually a good wage. And plenty of people would like to have that job. If he doesn't want it he is free to quit and go elsewhere. Again, it is a free country.
I haven't bought from Amazon in about 4 or 5 years. The company operates a system that crosses Charles Dickens with George Orwell and employees deserve their health and safety to be paramount.
Unless you are buying your food from a local farmer, never shopping in a retail store (Target, etc), or don't have any branded clothes (Nike, etc) you are being a hypocrite. What do you think those labor practices are? Does it only matter if it's not in America? 🤷♂️
Employee theft is a serious issue at retail companies. Gap estimated they lost $2.2million annually to inside theft aka employee and contractor theft. Kinda understand why Amazon does this.
I worked at Amazon Pallet Dock for 5 years, THAT is the hardest part of the warehouse. I had to leave in November due to many Covid cases popping, which Amazon doesn’t tell you who was sick until you got a text message stating somebody was infected. My wife has cancer and I couldn’t risk that. Now, my back and legs feel all wacked. Take care of yourself, your body can only take so much and listen to your body and always visit your own personal doctor, company doctors don’t care and will send you back to work with a dislocated shoulder.
Definitely I think for the younger people, I managed to pick up a job working at a Amazon warehouse where I live. Unfortunately I only lasted a week before I went off injured, my lower back just spasmed and I needed strong painkillers for about two weeks. After discussion with the medical professionals, it was decided not to put me back to work. So back on the unemployment it was for me . At the time I was 50 years old. I was pretty fit and healthy but a little overweight, but also I had always worked in an office prior to this. I am always seeing ads for jobs here, but I am not going back, don’t want to risk another episode.
About the losing weight....everyone at Amazon knows when they get the job they are gonna lose weight. I personally got the job for the exercise as a driver. Not as bad as the warehouses because you work by yourself and aren't micro-managed. Working for Amazon gave me better insight to when I needed to eat to keep up a healthier routine than I had working in an office all day. I eat smaller portions and more often. I used to only eat once a day for the convenience or twice if I ate while I drove somewhere. Working for Amazon fixed my bad eating habits by making it so that I did have to eat before and after shifts and sometimes during with a granola bar or whatever and taking frequent water breaks. I don't have sympathies for young folks who say, "oh it's so hard, oh my knees." Yeah, getting used to an exercise job is rough on the body no matter your age. I got the job right out of physical therapy for ACL replacement surgery to get better faster and push myself not because it's so satisfying delivering boxes. I was 36 when I joined as a driver. My knees hurt and Amazon has nothing to do with it.
Most of the bad stuff you hear from Amazon is in the warehouse and it is specifically about the TOT so this discussion doesn't really pertain to you. You being a driver and not being micro managed all the time.
Bathroom time: 8 mins
Bathroom distance: 8 mins
Well said
well then just shit in the warehause
its not my warehause so problem solved
lol gave me the weirdest visual of a dystopian jog-through bathroom
It's either that or the bottle... or so I've heard.
Lmao
Sorry, but is no way I would ever work for Amazon. If your crying at your place of work it's not a very good job.
I have never had a job where someone never broke down crying.
If you have never worked in a warehouse then you are in for a rude awakening because the majority of these warehouse and not just Amazon will have you wanting to cry.
@@medjdt97 I know the feeling.
I work for whole foods which is owned by Amazon but which treats us way better comparatively and have cried!
These physical labor jobs are all very demanding we aren't doing light work.
The jobs aren't even the problem the COMPANIES are!!!! There is a major distinction.
Amazon warehouse is so awful and honestly he said he received a promotion and a raise since that is all it takes that is all he will ever get, yes they gave me a higher raise at my job too and I can relate to him wholeheartedly and we deserve better with that said, anything connected to Amazon is contaminated and Amazon is the most stubborn employer Amazon would nearly have to collapse in order to completely reform!
I worked in an Amazon warehouse for like 3 months! Worst job I’ve ever had!
Hahahahaha
@@corrosivepyro Yeah, Amazon's motto is that the work isn't for everyone. I think it is should be it isn't for anyone.
Lasted at UPS for ONE DAY
@Adolf Hitler good job, you're a slave.. how does Jeff Bezo taste to you??
Yea 3 days a week
I used to work JUST as he is describing at Nike when I was in my 30's. I lost 60 lbs easily in 6 months and was strong, energetic and happy. 12 hr shifts. I have done this all my life. Began at age 14. I am now disabled at 40, at 58, ready for back surgery, legs swelling from ruined veins, I am crippled.. TAKE CARE OF yourselves. This work , especially standing 12 hrs, will destroy your body!!!
our body was designed to stand lol
Maybe she has osteoarthritis
and it has to rest aswell@@IAmComicallyCartoonyYKnow
I had a job like this for three years. Lost a lot weight, fit and became a fuck machine. The downside is the pain will come no matter how healthy you are. And sex ain’t fun anymore.
Bbboink,huh?🤣So, you became a human piston??( Boy, my comment makes me look way more pathetic than I really am!) In reading your comment, good times, right? haha And it all starts when we "stop". Have a great day!!@@Bbboink
When he said he had to constantly eat to maintain his normal weight, when he said he wanted to cry, when he said you got 8 minutes to find the bathroom, use it and get back, when he said machines monitor his work output...it really is Disturbing.
Yes eat constantly. Before work, after work, and twice during a twelve hour shift. Office workers eat more than that lol. Everyone complains about the bathroom. 8 minutes is plenty. I worked at a place where I’d go in there and take a nap for 30 minutes.
@@mlo527 Wilbert, that you? I worked in a welding shop where the floor sweeper (Wilbert) would take his boots off and nap on the shitter. One day one of the welding leadhands heard him snoring on the pot and reached under the door and stole his work boots. I just remember him walking through the shop with no boots on..... That was his last day sadly. Really nice guy
Us amazon drives have to deal with it now too. We have a system literally recording us (as in its looking at the driver when they drive).
yeah I was thinking about working at amazon but after this fuck that
I personally know grown men who have cried on the job at Amazon
Slavery of modern time!
Why?
Yea ok
You dont have to work there!
@@sassouusasoo3607 some people have no choice in that area they live amazon builds warehouses where there is no other choice but to work for them and where amazon goes they put other buisnesses out of buisness
“Welcome my son
Welcome to the machine
Where have you been?
It's alright we know where you've been…”
Pink Floyd
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So true
Comfortably Numb !!!! Slavery's not over just a different application that includes 99% of us!!??
The future is managed, and your freedom's a joke
You don't know the difference as you put on the yoke
The less that you know, more you fall into place
A cog in the wheel, there is no soul in your face
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As a Amazon driver, our job isn’t as half as bad compared to the warehouse workers. No one is constantly micro-managing you, you have 10 hours to finish your route and you get help. The only thing that sucks is loading your truck. I hope things improve for the warehouse workers
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Wish you guys the best
Try working for fed ex express 120 delivery 24 pick ups and no help and you better be done by 5 and at the warehouse. I was traveling 120 miles a day average
@@michaelwachendorf2096 lol a regular day is 180 deliveres with 270 packages for me. They have been better on help but you aren’t guaranteed it.
What’s it like as an warehouse worker? I was thinking about trying to apply for a position locally, but not sure.
It’s not even the physical demands that are the worst, it’s the mental battle. You have to force yourself to do the same monotonous task over and over again for 10hrs. It’s just torture and pain man, you can see it in his eyes.
Especially when the management suddenly says 1 hour overtime, this after having 1 hour overtime in your previous shift
Stfu it’s work get over it
It's only torture if you never been tortured much worse. For me. Amazon is heaven. It has no mental effect on me probably because I went a lot horrible inhumane experiences before.
@@OldSchoolL4D-zb2ktoh, man. Wanna share your story w me?
@@SigurdThePink molestation abuse self low worth abused neglected by everyone not a single good person even existed entire growing up period since being a toddler lot people in similiar situation end up dead neglected misunderstood by your own family not protected no safety people see you hurt they hurt you for it even more going through horrible job places highly disrespected inhuman treatment isolation suicide attempts thoughts since no good people existed at the time terrified everyday being around people hiding wishing never was born so on damn if only had to work at amazon make some money people don't bother damn what a dream would it been. Now by this time I done lot of inner work. I been working out specifically to do these jobs been therapy and so on and came out very strong mentally due my experiences. As op said. Doing tasks you hate. You looking the wrong way doing something you hate makes you stronger. Improves your cortex. Doing something you like makes you weaker. Pretty much resisting discipline makes you super human. I might didn't have a life early on but because of it I can build most amazing life now how experiences made me stronger now it makes me happy being pushed powers improving and stuff and getting stronger better and better its like an addiction. Like at amazon now job I do. Recently my manager and some big guy from determined came congratulate and give me nothing but compliments saying I'm one of the best in whole FC I get lot of respect and so on this boost me confidence and definenty carry over other industries and interviews getting other jobs it was hard but it getting easier and easier now I have million of goals I want to achieve I said isolated hiding from people before now I hang out lot of loving amazing people. Then I look at amazon I say its easy money
I hated working for Amazon. I quit after a month. when you’re body hurts just walking into the shower, you know something’s wrong. I couldn’t take a normal dump cuz I literally didn’t have enough time during that stupid 15 min break…using the restroom was considered your break. Screw Amazon.
its -15 in toronto today i had to wear my winter coat and tuke during the whole shift and i was still cold u think they could afford proper heating
@@kidpoker9408 man seriously?…I was sweating through my whole shift. Find another job…screw Amazon
He explained this too Damn politely
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But he still works there. And he got promoted. So overall, he's happy there. Anyone who doesn't enjoy it there (I wouldn't) should simply find another job. There are lots of employers in my area, complaining that they don't have enough help and also don't have enough applicants for available jobs.
@@bowtoyoursensei554 But are they going to pay $15/hr and provide benefits.
Word just out is that Amazon's turn over is in excess of 10 million people a year by design.
They literally don't want you working there for a long time and they, by design, don't allow for upward mobility.
So someone there likes this kid.
because its not even bad, he is indoors all-day and im sure he neglected to mention the air temperature controlled rooms.
Ikr
Hopefully Jeff bezoz gets stuck in space when he goes .
True 💯💯
He's probably got a station
Out there.
Hopefully he gets taken wherever he travels by whom ever Doesn’t want them on their land.
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Too funny
@Mor
Okay?????
Until there is an actual robot to replace you, we need you to function as close to a robot as possible.
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These people are being dehumanized treated like disposable interchangeable BOTS.
Amazon should be reformed or be closed down
You heartless…
@@smedrano1964 Agreed, although they'll transform inevitably to all automated and cut humans out of the loop.
@@M.J.212
You're correct but that goes for all jobs.
That's why Andrew Yang's basic income is so important.
Learning about how Amazon treated its most valuable asset, its workers, has actually impacted my consumerism. I started buying far less from anywhere and much less from Amazon when a pregnant friend of mine had to work and was actually losing a terrible amount of weight working there. They make no exceptions and really don't care if their workers suffer. I have saved a lot of money and my home is cleaner now.
i make $2 hour less than i did in 2018. im seasonal but still considering mr Fuck face has profited more than anyone else on the planet due to the pandamic
But you still buy from them.
Good job at a clean house
The workers arnt a valuable asset... They are literally going to be replaced by robots as soon as possible.
Go to your local Mall. And stop shopping at Amazon.
#ProtectMalls
The Amazon (warehouse) position specifically, is NOT a job for the middle aged or the elderly that is for sure!!
Don’t worry, they wouldn’t hire you...not even at Whole Foods.
They pretty much just want to exploit the young and strong.
@@Mockduck2020 I AM young and strong!! 😆🤣
They hire old people in the warehouses. One lady is 70 just started and despite them giving you a month long learning curve the manager already asked her why her rate was low
jocee ky Most Jobs give you a few days to figure it out before you're canned. Amazon is what soft people think hard work is. I've done a hell of a lot worse for a lot less than $20 a damn hour haha.
@@incontinentiabuttocks5271 I know you could be swinging a sledgehammer in the hot sun in 98% humidity all day. This is a joke.
150% yearly worker turnover should tell you everything you need to know about Amazon.
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I didn't no that but yeah that's ALL u need to no about Amazon.
High turnover rate is good indicator of how horrible a company is performing. Either people didn't like the job, stayed for a temporary amount of time or the employer/boss treated them horribly.
@@Comeback180 so true. I once went thru a month of training at a company and 4 some reason the day b4 we started actual work they let it slip that there turnover rate was ungodly. I should have quit that day. It was a call center and the worst job I ever had.
Most people get terminated for over using UPT. My first year we lost around 800 I want to say. Not hard to not get fired though, just show up on time and don't leave early.
This is what it looks like when a billionaire never thinks he has enough and ithinks that he is so important that he can make the lives of other people miserable. Dehumanize them use them as interchangeable disposable bots.
NEVER IN A BILLION YEARS WOULD HE STAND FOR THIS TREATMENT FOR HIMSELF OR HIS FAMILY.
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Jeff Bezos used to work at McDonald's before he went to college.
@@reason6835 who hasn't?
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It would have been better if he stayed as a stand in for Ronald McDonald then what he is doing now
No, this is what it looks like when you are all grown up and need to take care of yourself. From what time of day you eat, to how responsible you are at work so you can keep your job!
I got IBS, I’d be fired within a day. 8 min bathroom break?? Bs.
Same honestly
So.if you taking a dump I guess it better be a quick drop and go
Actually, all employers are required by law to make exceptions for medical issues. Especially large corporations.
@@GulDukat479 they are, but good luck with Amazon's bureaucracy. Lots of people try to get different types of legally required exemptions, it takes too long, and something causes it to fail.
I saw a story online of someone pissing in a bottle because of his walking distance to the toilet.
Audience: That's despicable!
Also the Audience: I ordered my new toaster 12 hours ago and it's still not here! 2 stars.
These are probably the 56, 000 people that signed a peition to not let jeff come back from space ! Lol !
12 hour shifts at a shitty job like that is way too damaging to the body and should be banned. 8 hour shifts should be the max.
Amazon policy is no more than 11hrs per day or 55hrs per week. At least at my site. And if you work more than 10 hours you get 2 lunches (or opt out of it). Blame state laws not Amazon...
What? I worked at a job that had you work 3/ 12 hour shifts and paid 40. I loved it 6am to 6pm - stop crying and always work harder than the other people
Ehh they arent too bad. It just depends what you do.
@@AFR383 This is the worst advice ever, working harder than everyone else is a sure way to get yourself used more especially when those doing the bare minimum get promoted faster.
@@spoiledsandi well that’s why I’m more valuable than you on the job site - you have a slacker mentality and are easily replaced
So according to him 4 years at Amazon is 800 years in hell
Lol
sounds about right
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Former Amazon employee here. Modern slavery. Got more medical bills than any benefits. I was get paid 15$ per hour for the unbearable work
I've worked a 26 hour shift doing retail inventory before and I wasn't half as tired as my first 12 hour shift at Amazon it is brutal I can't believe the labor that they make people do is legal.
Try sawmill work. That shit is insane.
@@loddytoddy4451 Try delivering mattresses for mattress firm. Nothing compares to how hard that job was, and i’ve worked construction, at amazon, painting, cleaning offices, and washing travel buses
@@aaronisbigg why?
and people still defend billionaires. No one works for a billion dollars. Lie Cheat Steal.
Nobody’s Making Them Work There🤷🏾♂️
This is why I stopped buying from Amazon.
This is why I must now make a choice.
They are disgusting. I use them as a last resort.
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I've boycotted Amazon for over three years. I actually took the time to answer a survey about some private non-profit service I'd used to get $20. I got to the end of the survey and there is where it stated that the $20 was an Amazon gift card. Took me about ten minutes to fill out the survey, but I didn't complete it and backed out all my answers, cuz I was NOT going to use that gift card.
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I never do surveys.
Working three 12 hour shifts per week = 36 hours = no benefits, no insurance , no pension = 💩 job
And he says it kills him
You forgot to say $23/hr
@@TheMrZombified Yea for 3 days lol no OT thats a scam
Honestly it depends upon the company. I have worked at a place that provided full benefits for all employees who worked 30 hours or more.
@@roblee4480 He also said he needs breaks to cry in the corner. On national TV. The voice of the new generation....
The fact that he lost weight, and then has to focus more on feeding and fueling, kind of negates a paycheck. Those days off are just to recover and heal. They're workers, not athletes. Their bodies shouldn't be screaming at them as loudly as their mental states.
I've worked in a cotton mill in the summer before and this sounds like a choice was made. I have a professional job that makes easy 6 figures a year now. However, while I was studying to get to this level, I did several of these types of gigs and it was for FAR LESS money and under more strict conditions. I'm watching the houses go up in my neighborhood while I watch this video and think, "how many of those roofers in the NC summer sun would trade with this guy?". We are privileged and also have a choice. It's a hard job, adapt or quit.
You hit the nail on the head. If you bought a meal there, you would spend half your paycheck.
The job is physical, but a lot of the physical issues are self-inflicted, and what's really nuts is how determined people are to do so. You're in a concrete-floored warehouse, walking 6-7 miles a day, and people show up wearing Crocs, flip-flops, an so on - despite Amazon offering free safety shoes from Zappos. Twenty-somethings talk about how exhausted they are, then mention they were up all night playing video games before starting a 10-hour shift.
@@epbrown01 *ok boomer* do better
Are you joking most jobs out in the real world work 40 hours a week and there are many that do four on three off with 12 hour shifts. How about we just recognize the newest generation is the laziest
I've worked in 5 or 6 call centers and they all have similar systems set up to measure productivity. You'll get in trouble if you take any bathroom breaks that aren't scheduled, and it will affect your pay. I was the best performing agent on site out of 500 in 2013 and I was denied a yearly raise because I was 1% off margin for taking too many bathroom breaks, I quit the next day
are you white? i know where i work they have to keep the diversity numbers up
@@kidpoker9408 same man, it’s crazy how people claim there is racism where most companies will hire you just cuz you aren’t white
man thats cray ... I would never work at such a place... not even for free prime !
I avoid buying from amazon now cause of the cruel work practices. I'd rather pay a little more and support other companies.
When I worked at Amazon I seriously didn't last long, my back was KILLING ME!! The supervisors knew about my pain but unfortunately there wasn't much they could do. I had no choice but to leave and boy do I not regret it! Its terrible for your body!
I wanna quit too and I have only been 9 days
@@Tegui4 people have no idea how terrible that work is! The money is great but it's not worth the pain. Do what you think is best
@@hosannamukawa9532 no I’m not even happy with my first paycheck
@@hosannamukawa9532 I can do the job but the effort is not worth it not even a little
@@hosannamukawa9532 I start thinking like "Is life really like this" I don't want it then
Time to charge Amazon and Bezos a 70% marginal tax rate
80% even better
Increase capital gains taxes.
Hope he doesn't get fired for that video confession .
Pretty sure he isn’t there anymore if he’s exposing himself
Every job now a days is like this! Metrics, Productivity! Working has become a nightmare! Call Centers are a perfect example!
“The biggest thing that has kept me there is the people I work with.”
Sounds like working at Amazon gave him Stockholm Syndrome.
Sounds about right.
$23/Hr to work on robots that could kill you? Get a union and make more.
3 days a week....That's like making nothing
More money than I made as a paramedic risking my life for people! I made 14.25 HR! The person responsible for keeping you alive long enough to get to the Doc barely makes minimum wage!!! When I was an EMT I left my job as a gas station cashier, took a 75 cent an hour PAY CUT to work on the Ambulance over a cashier.
@@jodirook71 That's sad
3 days a week but he said 12 hours shifts so that’s almost a full 40 hour week.
Amazon workers aren't the only ones that deal with this type of work enviornment. I've had a number of warehouse jobs where you work on your feet lifting heavy objects for 14 hrs a day with minimal breaks. You have a computer on you that records how fast you are going all day long. I was the fastest, strongest worker (all conference athlete in multiple sports and lift/excersice regularly) and couldn't keep the pace they expected. They would give a "bonus" for working hard and fast.. yet to get the bonus you would have to put yourself at great risk for injury. Fun days, I eventually said my life and health was worth more than the job.
I thought the slaves were freed in the late nineteenth century?
If anyone is familiar with pinch a penny. It was almost exactly like this working there. Most unsafe insane warehouse job ive been involved in
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Na. The old way is out and a new way is in.
Exactly... In my country the max load to lift is 40 lbs. I worked at a factory for making screws for roys royce or wtf its called and shit. I had to fucking lift over 200 pounds from ground to 1.2 meters high 10x a day minimum as a 15 y/o... Not to mention the small 50-120lb loads in bethween. Lets just say i slept for 3 hours as soon as i came home from work, i rather fucking die than work there again
Heavy work + A work environment dealing with many workers that might be annoying for hours can cause stress.
Now I know why more than 75000 people signed the petition to keep Jeff Bezos in space. :P
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doesn't matter he's stepping down as CEO but will still make money.
That makes me laugh 🤣
The Quran says SmMilk comes from Cow's bellies, the sky is laid out as a carpet
@@antiracistbaby1085 no one cares what the quran says
amazon is exploiting its staff like jerks. jeff bozos is luving it
Is it exploiting to have competitive pay and the best benefits of an entry level job pretty much out there? I work there and as long as your not in a fulfillment center it's actually a great job. If you don't like it exploit the benefits and work somewhere else. They pay for most of your school, CDL liscence, babysitting, get your teeth fixed cheep, use the insurance that's top tier, stuff like that. Use it and further your career elsewhere...
Then work elsewhere .. period.. none is forcing them to work at amazon....lets see where else the unskilled or uneducated can make 44k a year
Most jobs exploiting!?…I’ve been threw worst making 7.25 .. Shit They should let me tell em bout USIC my current job
LOL exploiting? They are not forcrd to work at amazon
@@josflorida5346 I've been working at a FC for more than a year now, part time (during school year) and full time.I personally find it easy compared to many other jobs, such as harvisting fruits, vegetables, etc, construction, among other jobs. Like you said the pay and benefits are great for a non degree job. It is however easier when you are in somewhat good shape.
My parents constantly asked me “why don’t I apply to amazon?”. This is why I never applied. I’m not the type to stand up for 12 hours a day.
I work there and I work 10 hr shifts. There's also part time jobs.
@@DGD4Landy quit wasting your time. Find a job that will lead to something. Don’t settle
$23 / hr to go to your medical expenses now
You shouldn't have to go find a place at work to cry that's slavery and being thought of as non human.
Slavery? They are being paid $15/hr. I don't recall slaves getting paid. Pick a better analogy next time.
@@itsRiske11 $15 a hour isn't shit seriously with the price of everything etc going up yeah right.
@@itsRiske11 Everyone is a slave on this planet no matter what race.
@@geoffreylane5606 It's double the national minimum wage. We can have a separate discussion about inflation, but $15 starting, with no education beyond a HS diploma required, is very good for the US.
Spent last 30 years breaking my body working like an animal in NYC construction. But I was paid a fair wage for a dys work with great benefits and a pension
UNIONIZE !!!
Don’t let the company store take advantage of the working class !
Problem is they dont let us. I saw a guy giving out panphlet in front of the warehouse, private police came and took him away. Plus the turnover is crazy, just a few last more than 6 months, and after 1-2 year 99% new low tier hire get let off because they dont want them to form a union or to pay raises or for them to slow down
Amazon literally work their employees to the point of exhaustion. They use algorithms to calculate how hard to push workers.
That's why I never applied to Amazon. I knew it wasn't going to be a good job... I don't care how much money they pay.
He has a nervous twitch, people aren't meant to live like this.
I've noticed that too....
@itserich yes they don't have a twitch.
@@kills26 He's definitely gay lol. I can tell by his lisp
Stop. The issue of gay vs what? The issue of labeling people...stop.
"People aren't meant to live like this."
Be lucky you're not working in a factory in China.
Rejoice young man, your labor has allowed Jeff Bezos to build himself a rocket, and like a Bond villain, launch himself into space.
😂😂😂😂 great comment
maybe when he go up in space ,he never come back
Dr. Evil…it’s frickin cold up here
@@johantrenier1685 about to make a dr evil comment
Evil kenevil
The richest man in the world can afford to give up a month of his pay and give benefits and raise the pay. He can afford a $20 an hour starting wage.
Bezos is a greedy S.O.B. At Whole Foods (owned by Amazon), the poor pay extra so the rich can save money; of course, you don't have to shop there -- but I still find it annoying.
I think this video was more about working conditions than pay. You can pay a person a lot, but if their working conditions are unreasonable and unhealthy, it is an untenable situation.
He can keep it at 15. Just give the workers better working conditions. Enough of this one day shipping bullshit. People can fucking wait.
clearly you don't understand how "wealth" is calculated. 1) it's a horrible business decision to pay people more when you are operating on losses. 2) his wealth isn't from some salary, rather it is the total value of his ownership in amazon and would have to sell off all his shares at the theoretical market price without triggering a shit storm to get it.
Amazon isn't the only employer who treats their employees like paid slaves instead of paid humans
Just about every production job in my area is terrible and all have mandatory overtime. All are fast paced. When Amazon offered a reduced full time 4 tens schedule I jumped on it. Im already used to getting beat up and I wont be surprised if some places ive worked at are actually worse than Amazon.
FedEx treat people better
So, dude says that Amazon pays well, gives time off in exchange for a little hard, physical work? I busted my ass for 35+ years till I literally broke my body and only earned $10hr.
Facts man. People just have to be willing too put up with the shit of warehouse work. I work here and am loving the pay.
I make $17/hr as a janitor so I couldn't imagine busting my ass in a warehouse where you are timed while working just to make $15/hr. But I just got a new job that starts at $26/hr so it's about to be irrelevant to me.
Pretty soon, Amazon will make it's employees living batteries to run their robots.
@Bobbie C I won't be surprised if Amazon or any warehouse will stay operating like the British Library’s National Newspaper Building where they use robotic cranes to retrieve the newspaper. Pretty soon most jobs will be taken by robots.
imagine people that due hard labor in fields. This is an example of immigrants, machines, etc doing jobs that people don't or won't. Amazon is not alone with these conditions, they just have a lot more technology.
And yet they pay no federal taxes so don’t contribute to the countries needs...that needs to stop!
@@Mockduck2020 that is not true at all. Have you actually researched this topic or just spouting talking points that aren’t in reality? You’re aware that many of the rich in this country, company and people pay $0 federal incomes tax right?
@@trebm3 google “does amazon pay federal taxes?” And pick which article you want to read.
And maybe research how much cities pay for infrastructure for these warehouses and then get back with me 😝
@@trebm3 by the way, did you have some kind of point in bringing up how so many rich people pay no federal income tax because it doesn’t seem to help your comments 🤪
This is a fake amazon warehouse. There's supposed to be a giant speaker playing jeff bezos' laugh on max volume for 24 hours.
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Amazon is proving the case for a strong unionized worker system.
The way Amazon treats its employees is horrendous. I have reduced my shopping with them significantly.
The richest man in the world keeps getting richer off of the hard work of the Amazon worker. He can blast off into outer space and keep going. Then let his company become employee owned.
Nope Jeff bezos created in first therefore it’s his hard work Amazon the employees wouldn’t have paid work without him
EVEN IF THAT GREEDY OWNER PAID HIS WORKERS A DECENT WAGE THE PACE WHICH EVERY WORKER HAS IS INSANE. A TOTALLY FIT GUY UP HERE WAS WORN DOWN, CAN ANYONE IMAGINE HOW OLDER WORKERS MUST DO OR GET KICKED OUT...AND ALL FOR BESO'S POCKET !!!
He does pay them a decent wage, he pays $15 an hour to start.
@@RuffStuff420 how much would you consider decent enough to make up for peeing in a water bottle to keep your job?
@@RuffStuff420 not enough
@@thisbushnell4824 yeah jeff bezos kidnapped them and is making them work.
Being fit doesn't mean you have the right muscle and endurance built up to work at amazon. I did a test. Then I started I'm fat lot of pain so I got a coach to train me specifically for my job. Now I'm still fat top employee and now job for me piss easy. It doesn't matter if you In shape or not. Get to the gym and train up the right muscles 💪
Before criticizing working conditions in China we need to fix ours, specifically Amazon and similars
This isn't that bad at all 😂
@@joshb2686 you are pushover if you think an Amazon job is ok.
@@strafer8764 lmao then don’t work there. Sorry I actually went and got an education. I have this thing called “leverage”.
I work in a warehouse for a different company. In 2020, we separated people into two groups in response to the pandemic, where each group worked three 12 hour shifts a week. When this started, at first I was assigned to be the cardboard operator. After a few days, they changed my assignment because my lower muscles were starting to give in. I did not request this change. They did it because they noticed I was limping.
These two things are most important; water and sleep. And don’t underestimate the influence of your diet; I don’t drink soda beverages anymore because they make my stomach bubble up, which can cause various problems. While it’s a challenge, I can honestly say I’m probably healthier than I was before I took the job.
None of these jobs is as brutal as working in a food factory!
Or BEING the food
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Restaurants, the deli, processed food from the store, even starwberries in December. You have those items bc someone else did the work at a low wage with no medical dental vacation sickpay, just enough compensation to be legal.
@@nicholasgallanis7539 and those folks probably dream of having a job like Amazon.
@Christians Stormed our Capitol simply, it's an unfairly low paid, high endurance demanding job. For every year, working in a food factory (specially meat processing centers) you'll look about 3 years older. On the 2 year of work, you are highly susceptible to develope permanent minor/major neurological or muscular diseases, and it's not covered by insurance in most countries.
Just a heads up, stay away from freezers, try to change your position by any means, after first hour your tear ducts won't work properly any more and the slightest blow, feels like you're eyes are on fire untill you go home and pass out in agony.
@stopthecrazyguy Most $15/hour jobs are crap, but you aren't going to hurt yourself putting corn in a can. Maybe you get carpel tunnel at the worst.
If you can't get 40 hours you're really making 12 dollars a hour
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He's making $23.00 an hr. for 36 hrs. which is $828.00 a week.
Take $828.00 divide that by 40 hrs. and that's $20.70 an hr. not $12.00...
As if we didn’t see this micromanagerial use of computers coming! What a terrible place to work! The only good thing about this sort of thing is that unions will come back into vogue real soon!
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Employees already voted against creating a union
@@femaledeer Bet they’re regretting that soon!
Unions suck at all levels nowdays. They protect only the sloths.
@@heritagekarma888 Some unions obviously were just as fallible as some companies. But without Unions we’d still have child labor, no OSHA regulations or minimum wage laws. Unions can serve a very positive force for balance. Especially when corporations get too powerful. Unless of course you fall for their BS slave wages or happen to be the company sycophant!
Sounds like cashiering at Walmart. You have a minimum amount of items scanned and if you don't make the cut you will lose your job. I was a good cashier and almost never had a line but I got coached multiple times because I wasn't scanning fast enough. It doesn't take into account the time it takes to get price checks or customers looking for coupons or money. It only shows that your productivity is too low. But people need to eat so they need to work and they're willing to do crappy jobs. My years working at Walmart and FedEx have made me a true believer in the need for unions.
Wow Jeff is such a nice dude, he gives his workers six packs through making them work their asses off.
If this is a cry for help, blink 3 times
I mean if you've ever worked in the service industry it's not much different. Except I have never been payed 23/hr or had 4 days off a week. I'd try it out.
Or is that what Bezos wants me to think.... 🤔
I've worked that 3-12Hrs shift he mentioned. It's not all it's cracked up to be. If they don't want you to work any overtime. After recovering from 3, 12Hr days you end up with more like 3 days off.
Amazon will pay you a little bit more than other places, but you will move a thousand or thousands of pounds every day. If you work 4 days a week the 3 day you have off you will feel tired and sore and you will be sleeping more to recover. I don't think the typical warehouse employee makes $23/hr since you start at $15-$16. You also wear out your clothes, by constantly walking and rubbing up against things. Amazon started providing a pair a shoes one time per year, if that helps.
@Doug Thomson Amazon's saving grace is there is a constant flow of people turning 16 looking for work.
I think working at a busy restaurant is harder than working at Amazon
Workers in the restaurant and service industry deserve better too. They've been getting underpaid for far too long.
I made the decision to cancel any affiliation with Amazon. When they treat their employees better, then I'll return. It means nothing to Jeff Bezos and company, but I feel it's the right thing to do.
Why haven't you cancelled all affiliations with your local, state and federal govern_mentals as they were mistreating humans since it's inception in 1787. Right idea yet a lil too late for a 180° turnaround.
@@khalilminorel747 because I live in a society with other people. I realize that government for all its flaws, does provide services that as a lone citizen or small group of citizens wouldn't be able to provide on a large decentralized scale. Next.
@@EyeofRa41081 i hear that yet beg to differ in placing any confidence in the corporation of the u.s. The govern_mental agents have usurped the sovereignty of the individual, the laborer, the worker and made a homogeneous drone like society. They have committed strong arm robbery on us yet we as a country have retaliated against one another instead of against the true perpetrators ( government.) Sister have you ever noticed that damn near everything the u.s. govern_mentals do is contrary to morality and The Word & Commandments of THE MOST HIGH? Rebellion and insubordination before immorality and mental slavery.
@@khalilminorel747 I am no one's mental slave and I realize the unsavory nature of political systems and decisions made from that mindset. However, I am a staunch believer that when I change myself, I change the world. If you focus on being about your business on the micro level, it has a domino effect, that massively changes the macro level of experience.
@@EyeofRa41081 I concur with your staunch belief and methodology to change and I stand on it, and change has several vehicles to reach the destination. I think we have a common enemy yet we will fight individual battles to defeat em. My particular fight is gauged for me and ppl like me, yours for you and so on. As long as I have breath and strength I will never bow down to the world... I'm in it yet not of it. I can lead, I can follow, I can also get the hell out of the way if it ain't the correct way.
Damn… my Amazon warehouse is so chill. They don’t track how much work we do and my managers are really cool. It’s also a part time facility, so the only full time employees there are the managers. But you can pick up a lot of shifts, especially in busier times like this week. So I guess it depends on the warehouse.
Hey bro any tips for working there? about to apply
I worked at an Amazon warehouse from July 2020-May 2021. My managers were chill for the most part. But the only thing is, you’re not allowed to sit anywhere while working. No phone or music allowed while working (which I do understand). But there are warehouses that were much harder on their workers than mine.
no were allowed phones but its abuse by the blue badges like crazy they work 6 hours out of the 10 the rest is texting
@@kidpoker9408 phones and headphones ban is normal for all warehouse jobs, its for safety, when there's moving forklifts and belts and machinery, if you get distracted, you could get fatally injured easily.
@@freedomordeath89 forklifts are not even near people in these jobs. It’s all foot traffic. They don’t want people using electronic devices because of theft. People can pretend something they brought in is not something they took out of a package. Stop making up reasons for why they don’t allow things.
@@strafer8764 Its clear u never worked in a wharehouse lol no, these jobs are not separated from forklift, you gotta pass in foklift corridors all the time
@@strafer8764 Headphones is NOT for stealing reasons, its done in all companies. Not just amazon. Get a grip...hows headphones helping employes steal stuff? Use brain
That scan system is the very reason i injured my back severely! They dont even allow you the proper time to make sure you carry 50 pound boxes in a way that you dont injure yourself. After I injured myself I was sent to work at a thrift store that I later learned Amazon owned, along with many other businesses where tons of injured workers go work instead of healing at home. It was extremely sad and depressing smh. So they have these injury factories in every city because so many people suffer severe injuries at Amazon.
You guys need a Work Justice System, fuck billionaires
"Being able to pay bills more easily". It's called a living wage. Can amazon not afford to pay it? Can businesses not afford to pay it (when executive compensation has ballooned over the decades)? Come on people. Let's get real.
Can people not live within their means? It is called budgeting. Not just with one's money, but with one's time. If someone can't handle that, then maybe they don't deserve the job they think they do.
Amazon pays $20-26 an hour for warehouse. What more do you want? If they paid $30 an hour it still wouldn’t be enough. People will always live above their means.
@@mlo527 lol amazon doesnt pay 20-26. More like 15 dude. 90% of the workforce is low wage immmgrants and blacks that get hired with temp contracts.
They are too greedy for that.
@@mlo527 I only got payed 15 an hr
This reminds me of when I was 16 and Started Working at Walmart. But I was making 8.25 CDN an hour for 3 years. I was 150 pounds, skin and bones and literally surviving on one can of soup a day.
For the price of 2 cans of soup, you could have bought dried beans, 1 onion, garlic. Made a flavorful high protein meal.
Walmart is the easiest job ever compared to Amazon lmao
Amazon was the worst job I ever had. Amazon need to be investigated for the way they treat there employees. The employment turn around time is ridiculously high.
I lasted 10 weeks as a temp and I lived 14 miles away,same as my previous job. This was at their Chattanooga Tennessee fulfillment center. The guy ahead of me at the employment agency was hired and was moving his family and entire life from Tampa to Chattanooga...and I'm sure he didn't last any longer than I did!
Why didn't you warn him?
@@kingtutankhamun402 So he had this funny story to share years later.
that's sad, moved half way across the country and only lasted a week
You'll pay your bills now, but your body will make you pay later...
Unionize!!
23$ an hr... shit where do I sign up.... ?
I used to work 3 12-hour shifts every week and I loved it. It's like getting a mini vacation EVERY week.
Is anyone else just disguised with these working conditions in the USA today? We have laws against sweatshops! Unionize!!!
Everything is under the system, great!
So basically it's a sweatshop.
Jeff Benzos needs to pay more to his employees..
Agreed.We can do our part, too, buy buying elsewhere as much as possible, or just not buying at all.
$24/hr ain't bad
@@jaycuzman625 depends on the state some places have low cost of living but other have high cost cali, arizona, new York ect 24 and hour isn't much
8 mins bathroom break but that includes the walking time to the bathroom??? THAT'S CRAZY!!!
I used to work at a Amazon sortation center( part time), shifts are 4 hours, but it could go up or down 1 hour based on volume. It was not that bad for a warehouse job. I think fulfillment center is where it’s really hard.
Well, that sounds horrible. This made me appreciate my current job more.
That’s why u should learn kids. To avoid ending up in a place like this
Are u implying that uneducated people are the ones who work at Amazon warehouses?
If you have a BA or Masters ... I don't think you'd be working therr
There are plenty of college educated ppl working at Amazon and in other similar positions because there isn't work or their degree doesn't have relevance to get a great job. A whole generation was taught to think that any college degree will get you a great paying job.
Yep, totally avoid any job that offers to pay you a living wage for working less days a week than not if they expect you to actually do the job you were hired to do.
@@jaycuzman625 well you're wrong. There are ppl with advanced degrees working menial jobs in the USA. The system is dysfunctional.
Another 10 years and it will be fully automated anyway. Learn to code 😂
coding ? pfff, your ass will be out of business with AI's automated coding.
I wish it was that easy. I did learn to code. I'm struggling to find a decent job.
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Try nursing...most nurses also work 12 hr shifts,a lot of times no bathroom break,no time to eat and your blood sugar drops,stress to the max especially when covid came around and make sure you don’t make a mistake or patients could die.
This is madness. As long as workers are putting in solid efforts, there's no reason to micromanage like this. Everyone has bad and good days at anything. I get that people should be working at work, but this is excessive to put it kindly. I'm not one to rally fully for unions either (I'd need to know everything about a union before I'd support it) but people get hurt, people pee and poop, people need rest breaks, etc. Let them work to the best of their abilities. Example: Jack doesn't have the work speed of Joe but Jack can lift more than Joe. Sally might be slower than Sandra but Sally has more accuracy. Everyone has their own attributes they are good at. Let Jack, Joe, Sally, and Sandra work to the best of their abilities!
It was the same way at Walgreens distributions. I finally got up one morning and just said," I can't do this anymore ". I called in and told them to give my job to someone else. I've never regretted quitting like that.
Working at Amazon is equivalent to building a Greek coliseum...the people are doing the same amount of work ..
Amazon must be regulated by OSHA. Their policies must be reviewed by the department of labor.
Labor groups unions civil rights activist everybody must help these people. They are being treated like garbage.
They ARE regulated by OSHA.
@@reason6835 then OSHA has to be
reformed or be scrapped and replaced by a better agency.
These people are being treated like robots and not like human beings.
@@smedrano1964: Boo Hoo. Nobody forces them to work there and $23 an hour is nothing to sneeze at.
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You must be a manager at Amazon which shows why you're so heartless. Being paid to be heartless must be one of your strong points.
Hope you show this to your boss and tell them how you defended this modern day slavery maybe you'll get a promotion.
OSHA is not a Union. And the point of OSHA regs are not to make sure you remember to feed yourself, or to give you time off to cry. We also live (for now) in a free country. Earning over $40K a year for a single person who only works 36 hrs a week is actually a good wage. And plenty of people would like to have that job. If he doesn't want it he is free to quit and go elsewhere. Again, it is a free country.
I worked at Amazon for 6 weeks. Literally, the worst job I ever had
I quit Amazon warehouse job on my first day not even entering Amazon building 😂🤣😂
I haven't bought from Amazon in about 4 or 5 years. The company operates a system that crosses Charles Dickens with George Orwell and employees deserve their health and safety to be paramount.
Unless you are buying your food from a local farmer, never shopping in a retail store (Target, etc), or don't have any branded clothes (Nike, etc) you are being a hypocrite. What do you think those labor practices are? Does it only matter if it's not in America? 🤷♂️
With all the monitoring of staff movements, Amazon sounds like some sort of Bizzarro world Santa Claus.
Employee theft is a serious issue at retail companies. Gap estimated they lost $2.2million annually to inside theft aka employee and contractor theft. Kinda understand why Amazon does this.
I worked at Amazon Pallet Dock for 5 years, THAT is the hardest part of the warehouse. I had to leave in November due to many Covid cases popping, which Amazon doesn’t tell you who was sick until you got a text message stating somebody was infected. My wife has cancer and I couldn’t risk that. Now, my back and legs feel all wacked. Take care of yourself, your body can only take so much and listen to your body and always visit your own personal doctor, company doctors don’t care and will send you back to work with a dislocated shoulder.
Usps, fedex and UPS are the same.
Definitely I think for the younger people, I managed to pick up a job working at a Amazon warehouse where I live. Unfortunately I only lasted a week before I went off injured, my lower back just spasmed and I needed strong painkillers for about two weeks. After discussion with the medical professionals, it was decided not to put me back to work. So back on the unemployment it was for me . At the time I was 50 years old. I was pretty fit and healthy but a little overweight, but also I had always worked in an office prior to this. I am always seeing ads for jobs here, but I am not going back, don’t want to risk another episode.
About the losing weight....everyone at Amazon knows when they get the job they are gonna lose weight. I personally got the job for the exercise as a driver. Not as bad as the warehouses because you work by yourself and aren't micro-managed. Working for Amazon gave me better insight to when I needed to eat to keep up a healthier routine than I had working in an office all day. I eat smaller portions and more often. I used to only eat once a day for the convenience or twice if I ate while I drove somewhere. Working for Amazon fixed my bad eating habits by making it so that I did have to eat before and after shifts and sometimes during with a granola bar or whatever and taking frequent water breaks. I don't have sympathies for young folks who say, "oh it's so hard, oh my knees." Yeah, getting used to an exercise job is rough on the body no matter your age. I got the job right out of physical therapy for ACL replacement surgery to get better faster and push myself not because it's so satisfying delivering boxes. I was 36 when I joined as a driver. My knees hurt and Amazon has nothing to do with it.
Most of the bad stuff you hear from Amazon is in the warehouse and it is specifically about the TOT so this discussion doesn't really pertain to you. You being a driver and not being micro managed all the time.