Amazon warehouses sound a lot like the prison from Andor
Posted Nov 3, 2022, 11:35 PM UTC
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I wonder if there are similar stories about working at Tesla.
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So what happens in an Amazon warehouse (yes they're still shit) is when you put the wrong item in the wrong bin (he was most likely consolidating or stocking shelves) you have to scan the item and the bin. The bar codes didn't match up, and the computer didn't see any scans correcting it, so it alerted management who went to him.
The 20mins thing is every scanner has a timer and 20mins send an automated message to management saying you've been not using your scanner, and they'll find you by your assigned area, and track you down through last-known scans (not hard, the layout of these places is super easy).
Not defending Amazon or anything, just clearing up some stuff people are talking about in the comments here. Offering a clearer image on the "how did they not find him after 20mins" comments. If it weren't for that scanner timer, he would've been laying there the entire shift, possibly until the next day, or until someone found him on their route. Management refuses to climb the stairs because they can send messages from their computer to your scanner and call you to them.
P.S. in the facility I worked in, eight (8) people died during its construction and production. One guy died like this one here, and was said to haunt the area he died in. When you work night shift, like he did, in his area, the motion activated lights will turn on as if something was heading toward you. The floors on the upper levels are like a thin metal and you could feel footsteps where nobody is seen walking. Fucking creepy.
P.P.S. fuck you Bezos, and fuck any of you who work in his management. Amazon is a heartless company to work for and anyone who worked there can tell you it's a soul sucker
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Why isn't bezos canceled yet
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Bullshit story is bullshit. I believe someone died but there's no damned way anyone caught a mis-stow the same hour, much less 2 damned minutes.
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Amen. AMs don't have camera access.
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Alternative perspective: no one happened to be watching the camera when he died, and someone happened to be when he made the mistake.
Look I know humanity is kind of a fucked up place right now, but I have to believe that someone did not ignore a man lying on the floor dead on camera.
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No offense intended, but that is a dangerously naive attitude these days. Believing the best of anyone is a good way to be let down.
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None taken. And to be more clear with the point I failed to make properly, by 'believe' I really meant 'tell myself'.
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To be fair, I don't think such a "reactive" management would ignore an employee not contributing for 20 whole minutes, nor do I think they'd want an employee dying on their hands and the scandal ensuing. Either way, there needs to be some thorough investigation, as something is deeply wrong here.
It is naive to expect the best of people at all times, but it's not productive to expect the worst too, especially when acts that seem malicious can be attributed to sheer incompetence (as in, management failing to notice an employee in danger when he should have been spotted on camera, or assumed to have had a problem out of sight).
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If you think that's bad, read Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle".