Like the rest of you, we have always pictured Amazon's magical packing and shipping department as a pleasant oversized igloo on the moon full of merry little elves scurrying to and fro among piles of strawberry bon bons and gold ribbons. As it turns out, however, a newspaper investigation
New workers arrive in <b>Choose a shipping speed:</b> -FREE Super Saver Shipping (5-8 business days) -FREE Two-Day Shipping with a free trial of Amazon Prime --get them Thursday, September 22 (Learn more) -Standard Shipping (3-5 business days) -Two-Day Shipping --get them Thursday, September 22 -One-Day Shipping --get them Wednesday, September 21
I posted this story to my FB page and one of my &quot;friends&quot; (seriously...I never met the woman...how does that happen?) laughingly said &quot;so that&#039;s how I get my orders so fast&quot;. To which I responded, &quot;I too like my orders scented with sweat and despair&quot; and that gave me an idea. These sweaty downtrodden workers should wring out their shirts and bandanas into each package. That will give us 600k-ers a real scents of their dilemma.
i have a recurring &#039;you are a hero&#039; fantasy wherein i subject myself to some horrific trial by fire and then get to expose it and am a HERO.
but then i realize i would have to, you know, undergo that horrific trial by fire.
They say the problem is &quot;we lacked respect and humility &quot; but I say &quot;an increase by about 50% out of the blue for no clear reason&quot;.
Awesome...more amoral fucksticks. Christ on a Super Saver deal...is there anything I can buy that&#039;s not helping to fuck over some schlub? I&#039;d throw my Kindle (and yes...I&#039;m sorry I bought the fucking thing now) against a wall, but at least the books I buy aren&#039;t helping someone die of heatstroke.
Just what is it about the Amazon operation that made you think they would treat employees as anything other than completely disposable parts?
The internet business strategy that works is to become the lowest-cost provider. No matter where firms start, that is where they end up because that is THE way to make a buck on the WWW.
If the workers are illegal, they can be threatened that going to hospital will get them deported.
New workers arrive in <b>Choose a shipping speed:</b> -FREE Super Saver Shipping (5-8 business days) -FREE Two-Day Shipping with a free trial of Amazon Prime --get them Thursday, September 22 (Learn more) -Standard Shipping (3-5 business days) -Two-Day Shipping --get them Thursday, September 22 -One-Day Shipping --get them Wednesday, September 21
But without the surrounding lush natural beauty...unless you count the yeast culture growing on Carl&#039;s neck.
I posted this story to my FB page and one of my &quot;friends&quot; (seriously...I never met the woman...how does that happen?) laughingly said &quot;so that&#039;s how I get my orders so fast&quot;. To which I responded, &quot;I too like my orders scented with sweat and despair&quot; and that gave me an idea. These sweaty downtrodden workers should wring out their shirts and bandanas into each package. That will give us 600k-ers a real scents of their dilemma.
CLASS WARFARE!!!!!
i have a recurring &#039;you are a hero&#039; fantasy wherein i subject myself to some horrific trial by fire and then get to expose it and am a HERO.
but then i realize i would have to, you know, undergo that horrific trial by fire.
Bring out yer dead! Bring out yer dead!
They say the problem is &quot;we lacked respect and humility &quot; but I say &quot;an increase by about 50% out of the blue for no clear reason&quot;.
Ah, shit...I thought it was just me.
Yeah, that&#039;s bad and all...but I just saved 35% and got free super saver shipping!
Awesome...more amoral fucksticks. Christ on a Super Saver deal...is there anything I can buy that&#039;s not helping to fuck over some schlub? I&#039;d throw my Kindle (and yes...I&#039;m sorry I bought the fucking thing now) against a wall, but at least the books I buy aren&#039;t helping someone die of heatstroke.
yeah but what impact will this have on christine o&#039;donnell&#039;s dildo and majicks page?
huh. maybe i&#039;m glad i don&#039;t have a job.
WIN! For Ben Wa. Many years ago in San Francisco I had a bumper sticker made for my girlfriend - &quot;Ben Wah For Mayor.&quot;
She immediately put it on her car.
How much toot did Charlie Sheen do?
Enough to kill two and a half men.
Kirsten:
Just what is it about the Amazon operation that made you think they would treat employees as anything other than completely disposable parts?
The internet business strategy that works is to become the lowest-cost provider. No matter where firms start, that is where they end up because that is THE way to make a buck on the WWW.