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Amazon workers sleep in tents near firm’s Scottish depot to avoid travel costs
Posted on 12/12/16 at 2:51 pm
Posted on 12/12/16 at 2:51 pm
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Amazon workers employed at a major warehouse in Scotland to help out during the Christmas rush have reportedly been camping out nearby.
According to an investigation by local newspaper The Courier, "at least three" tents have been spotted in the "bitterly cold" wilderness near Amazon's huge fulfilment centre near the town of Dunfermline in Fife. One worker, who did not wish to be named, described Amazon as a "poor employer," while local activists have described conditions in which employees are forced to work 60 hours a week with minimal breaks for just a shade over the minimum wage.
What's worse, warehouse staff, most of whom are working on a temporary basis to help cover the yearly glut of Christmas orders, are forced by the agency they work for to allegedly pay £10 per day to take specially arranged buses to work—costing them roughly one seventh of their daily after-tax pay, effectively bringing it below the UK's minimum wage of £7.20 per hour.
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Posted on 12/12/16 at 2:53 pm to Street Hawk
Wait, there's people that work at Amazon? I kinda always assumed it was run by robots.
Posted on 12/12/16 at 2:54 pm to Street Hawk
CAD just came in his little anteater filled biker shorts.
This post was edited on 12/12/16 at 2:56 pm
Posted on 12/12/16 at 2:54 pm to notiger1997
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So find another job
kinda my reaction too...
Posted on 12/12/16 at 2:55 pm to Street Hawk
Everyone beats up on Walmart's business practices. Amazon is probably 100 times worse.
Posted on 12/12/16 at 2:56 pm to nolanola
quote:How so?
Amazon is probably 100 times worse.
Posted on 12/12/16 at 2:58 pm to nolanola
everyone beats up on Walmart because ever since Sam Walton died, the company has sucked big ones.
Posted on 12/12/16 at 3:00 pm to Street Hawk
Sucks. Scotland is beautiful but the economy / demographics is more or less West Virginia.
Posted on 12/12/16 at 3:01 pm to Thracken13
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everyone beats up on Walmart because ever since Sam Walton died, the company has sucked big ones.
This. They've done a lot of shady shite in the last 20 years
Posted on 12/12/16 at 3:03 pm to Street Hawk
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which employees are forced to work 60 hours a week with
Feel like they don't understand what this statement truly means.
Posted on 12/12/16 at 3:03 pm to Broseph Barksdale
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Scotland is beautiful but the economy / demographics is more or less West Virginia.
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Brothers and sisters are natural enemies. Like Englishmen and Scots! Or Welshmen and Scots! Or Japanese and Scots! Or Scots and other Scots! Damn Scots! They ruined Scotland!
This post was edited on 12/12/16 at 3:05 pm
Posted on 12/12/16 at 3:03 pm to The Mick
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How so?
Walmart gets blamed for putting small businesses out of business. Amazon is destroying B&M retail both small and large. I know I will be counter argued with survival of the fittest and "hey I want to pay $.90 for each HDMI cable I buy" but overall the death of traditional retail is very bad for the US. B&M retailers employ a ton of people directly and indirectly. Retail staffers, construction workers, property management companies, utility workers, HVAC techs and so on.
Posted on 12/12/16 at 3:05 pm to Street Hawk
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What's worse, warehouse staff, most of whom are working on a temporary basis to help cover the yearly glut of Christmas orders, are forced by the agency they work for to allegedly pay £10 per day to take specially arranged buses to work—costing them roughly one seventh of their daily after-tax pay, effectively bringing it below the UK's minimum wage of £7.20 per hour.
Sounds like they're getting fricked by the third party agency they use to find jobs, not Amazon.
This post was edited on 12/12/16 at 3:06 pm
Posted on 12/12/16 at 3:06 pm to The Mick
Posted on 12/12/16 at 3:13 pm to TennesseeFan25
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quote:
which employees are forced to work 60 hours a week with
This is my short week for the last 35 years.
Posted on 12/12/16 at 3:20 pm to notiger1997
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So find another job
Somebody has to do the job, moron.
Posted on 12/12/16 at 3:24 pm to Broseph Barksdale
West Virginia is beautiful as well.
Except where people are
Except where people are
Posted on 12/12/16 at 3:24 pm to Thracken13
quote:Walmart literally donates millions to communities/hospitals/food banks and provides food and merchandise at cheaper prices. Walmart beat the government in responding with food/water/shelter to those impacted by Hurricane Katrina. Walmart recently raised hourly pay (voluntarily; billion dollar impact to income statement) for its associates and provides training academies for those who want to turn their Walmart job into a career.
everyone beats up on Walmart because ever since Sam Walton died, the company has sucked big ones.
You can knock Walmart for having cheaper items, but to say they suck since 1992 (SuperCenter concept not even invented yet) is ridiculous. America would be f'd if not for Walmart.
This post was edited on 12/12/16 at 3:26 pm
Posted on 12/12/16 at 3:26 pm to LucasP
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Wait, there's people that work at Amazon? I kinda always assumed it was run by robots.
Drones dude. DRONES!
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