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Capitalist Feelgood Story: Greg had worked in that Amazon warehouse for decades, 70h/day, and was loved by all his co-workers. So when he died on the job, they donated their own PTO and money to make sure Greg's body could be removed from the work floor and buried.
Cutting Amazon out of my life has improved my life a lot.
I now buy books from a local shop lead by a huge sci-fi and manga nerd. She's recommended so many great books I never would have found otherwise.
I try to buy as many things as possible locally, but sadly that's often impossible (or wildly worse) now.
But when I do buy online, I buy from smaller independent shops specializing on the thing I'm buying.
The problem is that there are a lot of smaller businesses that now rely on Amazon as a distributor. I often will go to order something directly from a site only to be redirected to Amazon. I recently ordered something directly from a site and then later was getting messages from amazon services about my package status. It really confused me at first since I avoid them at all costs.
Speaking of costs, no one is paying extra for others to be exploited. Most items are cheaper on Amazon, likely as a result of the exploitation. When I try to convince people to switch this is the biggest argument I get back. "But everything is cheaper on amazon!" "But you know why... Right??"
I agree with everything else you said, but oftentimes the reason an item is cheaper on Amazon is they have a clause that in order to sell on Amazon the item cannot be cheaper on another platform. Amazon controls enough of the market that sellers still need to sell through them for volume, but it’s just a way to lock customers into the platform by exploiting sellers.
I agree OP calls it a horror but the truth is most people will accept it as long as convenient parcels still arrive. They didn't know the person and don't care. I was an amazon user but cut it out. I was fallible but changed.
Ask people if they would give up their parcels...most look at me like I am crazy.
It is horrible, but the title is quite misleading.
Person keeled over unlisted reason
Someone started performing CPR
Management refused to let another come over to sub in when person 1 got tired because it needed to be management or the safety team. Presumably, the safety team would be the relief. My guess is risk of letting an untrained employee help was risk. The first person started cpr before management got there or they would have stopped them too.
Management told everyone to get back to work and not to gawk.
Person died
The news that it happened wasn't released for a week.
All brought to the surface by a Senate hearing on the lack of worker safety at Amazon.
So a person died, maybe work-related. The company gives 0 fucks about other workers' emotional state.
OP's version was indeed misleading, making us suppose there was a corpse on the warehouse floor for a week while management covered it up & made everyone keep working around it.
[email protected]'s explanation was much more detailed & accurate & appreciated.
It's a four-panel comic cartoon. Now that you mention there is a big blue link under it but most people are conditioned not to click those because we've been stung by too many cancerous links full of firewalls & ads & popups.
I'm more saying headlines dont contain all the context required, thats what the article is for. Article titles can't be misleading unless you won't read the article.
I'm from Europe and Amazon is known to have very shitty working conditions here as well. And then I remember there's America where you're not guaranteed to have (paid) sick leave or even fucking PTO -.-
An older man I work with used to work at Kenworth back in the early 90’s. He told me a story about a guy working the assembly lines installing the truck frame's to the cab, he had a heart attack and died right on the spot. The floor shift manager instead of calling 911 ran over and grabbed his leg and dragged him away from the line and yelled at everyone to “Get back to fucking work!” He guys body laid there for 4hrs before medical staff arrived.
Everytime I think the country has finally sank to its absolute bottom, there's still something left to morally shock me. What the hell is wrong with that place? It's like something out of a poorly written scifi novel...
These sellers post the same items on every marketplace and use their Amazon marketplace to fulfill it. It's easier to manage inventory and deal with shipping. So you never really know who's just shipping from Amazon.
The only way to avoid it is to buy from businesses directly, and not from the marketplaces they run.
also to clarify the body wasn't lying there for a week but a few hours
Still, if your coworker drops dead next to you, you shouldn't be forced to continue to fucking work.
Sure it's sad that a coworker has just died in front of you, but you know what would be even worse than that?
Letting down the shareholders 😢
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As part of our continued efforts to foster a caring community, please enjoy these 0.05 minutes of awarded productivity. As a reminder, unscheduled breaks is time theft, and time theft is a fireable offense.
Capitalist Feelgood Story: Greg had worked in that Amazon warehouse for decades, 70h/day, and was loved by all his co-workers. So when he died on the job, they donated their own PTO and money to make sure Greg's body could be removed from the work floor and buried.
Ah ok, then it's totally fine.
Lmaoooo
Isnt the problem that they were left at all?
I don't use Amazon for anything
I have never bought a thing from them
This shit only exists because of people being willing to pay extra, for other people to be exploited, so that they can enjoy some convenience
There was life before all these delivery services. They're not actually necessary
Cutting Amazon out of my life has improved my life a lot.
I now buy books from a local shop lead by a huge sci-fi and manga nerd. She's recommended so many great books I never would have found otherwise.
I try to buy as many things as possible locally, but sadly that's often impossible (or wildly worse) now.
But when I do buy online, I buy from smaller independent shops specializing on the thing I'm buying.
That's the thing:
It's actually really easy
People are lazy and are sadly willing to turn a blind eye to the fact that convenience for them comes at the cost of someone else being exploited
All so Bezos can get even more disgustingly rich
It's funny because when I bring up the same thing but with food delivery everyone loses their minds.
I refuse to use food delivery either
The closest I have gotten was in a small place where the delivery drivers were actually employed by the company
The problem is that there are a lot of smaller businesses that now rely on Amazon as a distributor. I often will go to order something directly from a site only to be redirected to Amazon. I recently ordered something directly from a site and then later was getting messages from amazon services about my package status. It really confused me at first since I avoid them at all costs.
Speaking of costs, no one is paying extra for others to be exploited. Most items are cheaper on Amazon, likely as a result of the exploitation. When I try to convince people to switch this is the biggest argument I get back. "But everything is cheaper on amazon!" "But you know why... Right??"
Know? Sure. To the extent they can kniw something inconvenient. Care? Ew. Gross. No.
I agree with everything else you said, but oftentimes the reason an item is cheaper on Amazon is they have a clause that in order to sell on Amazon the item cannot be cheaper on another platform. Amazon controls enough of the market that sellers still need to sell through them for volume, but it’s just a way to lock customers into the platform by exploiting sellers.
I agree OP calls it a horror but the truth is most people will accept it as long as convenient parcels still arrive. They didn't know the person and don't care. I was an amazon user but cut it out. I was fallible but changed.
Ask people if they would give up their parcels...most look at me like I am crazy.
Unfortunately, such actions are unlikely to have a big impact on Amazon. Their cash cow is AWS, not the actual online store.
It is horrible, but the title is quite misleading.
Person keeled over unlisted reason
Someone started performing CPR
Management refused to let another come over to sub in when person 1 got tired because it needed to be management or the safety team. Presumably, the safety team would be the relief. My guess is risk of letting an untrained employee help was risk. The first person started cpr before management got there or they would have stopped them too.
Management told everyone to get back to work and not to gawk.
Person died
The news that it happened wasn't released for a week.
All brought to the surface by a Senate hearing on the lack of worker safety at Amazon.
So a person died, maybe work-related. The company gives 0 fucks about other workers' emotional state.
Its not misleading, both claims are true. If people refuse to read articles and only read headlines thats not on the author.
OP's version was indeed misleading, making us suppose there was a corpse on the warehouse floor for a week while management covered it up & made everyone keep working around it.
[email protected]'s explanation was much more detailed & accurate & appreciated.
Again, its only misleading if you never intend to read the article.
It's a four-panel comic cartoon. Now that you mention there is a big blue link under it but most people are conditioned not to click those because we've been stung by too many cancerous links full of firewalls & ads & popups.
disagree on the last part.
headlines cannot be outright false to their contents, it is acceptable to assume the headline is true to the article
that doesn't change that in this case the headline clearly has two separate claims
If false is your bar for misleading, nothing is ever misleading. Misleading statements need to be true to be misleading, otherwise they're just lies.
I'm more saying headlines dont contain all the context required, thats what the article is for. Article titles can't be misleading unless you won't read the article.
I'm from Europe and Amazon is known to have very shitty working conditions here as well. And then I remember there's America where you're not guaranteed to have (paid) sick leave or even fucking PTO -.-
In america, you're lucky to get unpaid sick leave instead of just being terminated for not coming in anyway whenever demanded by your owner.
Sometimes they geniuenly get pissed you didn't tell them you will be sick in two weeks beforehand.
Don't forget maternity leave!
Nah. Apparently these places burn pretty well. Can still wish for fire.
An older man I work with used to work at Kenworth back in the early 90’s. He told me a story about a guy working the assembly lines installing the truck frame's to the cab, he had a heart attack and died right on the spot. The floor shift manager instead of calling 911 ran over and grabbed his leg and dragged him away from the line and yelled at everyone to “Get back to fucking work!” He guys body laid there for 4hrs before medical staff arrived.
yipee! corporate tech dystopia sooner!
Maybe they were doing their family a favor by leaving them clocked in.
Infinite money glitch, only requirements: human sacrifice
Hell yeah
What the actual fuck lol
Everytime I think the country has finally sank to its absolute bottom, there's still something left to morally shock me. What the hell is wrong with that place? It's like something out of a poorly written scifi novel...
Sometimes when I buy things on ebay, they are shipped by Amazon anyway. I wonder if there's a way to avoid this?
These sellers post the same items on every marketplace and use their Amazon marketplace to fulfill it. It's easier to manage inventory and deal with shipping. So you never really know who's just shipping from Amazon.
The only way to avoid it is to buy from businesses directly, and not from the marketplaces they run.