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Originally Posted by Azure
I don't want to defend Amazon here, but warehouse work is physically & mentally (monotonous work) demanding. I think if it were such a big issue people would complain more, but for a lot of people who have a problem finding decent shift work, I think they are happy to work for Amazon.
I've also read Amazon puts in a lot of effort to help their lowest class employees move up through the ranks. More than could be said for Walmart.
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If you read the articles, a good majority of Amazon's warehouse workforce bottom ranks is outsourced to temp agencies which allow Amazon not to provide them with benefits or any form of stability. The agencies have been reported to exploit their workers while Amazon can deflect blame or dangle the prospect of getting a "blue badge" in front of workers so they put in more effort but not actually translate into any sort of vertical movement.