Amazon very quietly admits it lied about "the peeing in bottles thing"

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So kudos are in order, today, for Amazon, for bravely stepping up and admitting that it lied when stating that conditions for its workers were not so draconian that they’re often forced to pee in bottles rather than get penalized for going to the bathroom. And, sure: Did the horrifyingly massive retail giant do so via a sheepishly posted press release dropped on its press site late on a Friday night? Yeah. Did they neglect to propagate said press release through their many different social media accounts, including the Amazon News one that kicked this latest scuffle off? Of course. Do they spend large portions of the release quibbling with definitions, shunting blame onto others, and saying “Hey, everybody does it?” Well, yes. But still: Kudos! 

This latest critique of Amazon’s endlessly critique-able worker practices kicked off last week, when @AmazonNews responded to a tweet from Wisconsin Rep. Mark Pocan with a glib “You don’t really believe the peeing in bottles thing, do you?” Given the many Amazon workers who have documented instances in which they were penalized for leaving their stations to use the bathroom, this didn’t sit well with a lot of people—no matter how many cheerful Amazon employees that then hopped on Twitter to state their love for the company in ways that definitely made them sound like human beings, and not a horde of social media robots.

Last night, though, the company (kinda) owned up. While it still holds to the claim that warehouse workers don’t pee in bottles (“If any employee in a fulfillment center has a different experience, we encourage them to speak to their manager and we’ll work to fix it”), Amazon did admit that “the peeing in bottles thing” is, indeed, a thing for its delivery drivers. But that’s not Amazon’s fault! Traffic! COVID! What is a multi-multi-multi-billion dollar company to do?

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[StarstruckIllusion 53,580]

Bezos flop

Next time y’all vote, make sure to choose leaders who will make rich assholes like him live a nightmare. 

[JusKeepBreathin 19,311]

42 minutes ago, StarstruckIllusion said:

Bezos flop

Next time y’all vote, make sure to choose leaders who will make rich assholes like him live a nightmare. 

Meanwhile our Queen has an exclusive partnership with Amazon. 

[Awakened M 3,241]

Humans are just....conflicting and conflicted. I don't want to just...

**** it

I hate people. 

[RAMROD 117,291]

Love hate relationship with Amazon is what most of us have in this modern life. 

[PartySick 173,088]

Hire more drivers and give them less hectic routes  that costs money though. God forbid human needs put a tiny dent in their enormous fortune

[StarstruckIllusion 53,580]

1 hour ago, JusKeepBreathin said:

Meanwhile our Queen has an exclusive partnership with Amazon. 

Our loss  One of her worst choices...

[CameronSpears 2,138]

I literally buy almost everything from Amazon 

[HermioneT 1,998]

Please don't buy at Amazon, it is in most cases no problem to find whatever you are looking for in another online store, for example from a local shop or the producers online shop. I work in publishing (both books and board games) and let me tell you Amazon is having waaay to much influence on the market. They are literally forcing their wishes and specifications on the producers or otherwise they are not listing the products - resulting in less creative, original products and smaller producers going bankrupt while trying to achieve Amazon's standard. 

And all of that is just on top of the thing listed in the article above.

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4 hours ago, PartySick said:

Hire more drivers and give them less hectic routes  that costs money though. God forbid human needs put a tiny dent in their enormous fortune

Im thinking tho about the drivers during shutdowns the only solution i can possibly think of is allow them to go home a few times during the day or, pass by amazon locations cuz legit at least where i live theres literally no where to stop to use the washroom. Even if a place is open for takeout or something they will not let u use washrooms

 

For the warehouse ppl tho, penalized for using washrooms... id quit in a snap and be real loud about it to the media 

[RudraCNG 15,510]

Not that pic with that headline 

[homomo 23,883]

It’ll be a year next week since I last purchased anything from Amazon. I convinced my household to do the same shortly thereafter.

Whenever you find something on Amazon, just copy the name of the product and paste it into Google. There’s always a chance you’ll a) find it somewhere else, b) it’ll be cheaper, and c) if it’s slightly more expensive you have the novelty of knowing you just supported a smaller business and didn’t  just throw your money towards a corporation that makes $300,000 per minute.

For example: Last autumn, I was looking for some pumpkin spice syrup for my homemade iced coffees. But only Amazon UK sources turned up. However, after looking through the first few pages of a Google search, I found the company who makes these syrups directly. Not only were the syrups cheaper (I saved like €5 per bottle), but the company also sent me a letter and a bunch of free bits (like syrup pumps, chocolates, wafers, and such). They also sent me a coupon last month for €10 off my next purchase.

You don’t get this with Amazon. 

[Luke78619 23,559]

I hate when corporations say “if anyone has these experiences, they should report it to their manager”, as if their manager isn’t the one who makes them have these experiences