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[โ€“] MaoTheLawn@hexbear.net 93 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (18 children)

Mandatory Amazon warehouse story:

They have rate trackers, to track how fast a worker scans items or whatever. You get constantly hounded by supervisors if you don't hit your rates. On the screens by your stations, there's constant reminders to take wellbeing breaks and stretch breaks and stuff, even though that's an impossibility if you want to hit your rate.

Then there's these wellness booths. I believe they were soundproof. They were just little huts people would go into to have their breakdowns or to escape the constant noise of the warehouse.

Then there's the vending machines. You can swipe your worker ID card to get free painkillers. No, I'm not joking. They have vending machines for paracetamol.

It's crazy how often I reference my time at Amazon, when I only worked there for like 3-4 months.