Workers Plan to Shutdown Amazon Over Christmas

I am capitalist but Amazon is out of control.

Workers of the World Unite!!

Worked for Amazon for two years. DO NOT work for this company. They do not give a damn about you. Everyone else I know that has worked there has since quit. Quit, outright, no two weeks, nothing. And they replace you like you never even worked there. You are not valuable to Amazon. I refuse to buy from them to this day.

I worked for Amazon during night shifts. On my days off, everyone else in the house was asleep. None of my friends were available to hang out at 2 in the morning, when I was still wide awake on my days off. So I didn't do anything but watch YouTube or other TV every night for 2 years. I barely saw the sun, while NEVER seeing it during the winter, when the demand was highest. When I had a mental breakdown one day while at work, I was recommended to see someone, don't recall exactly who it was or what their job was. I was asked to take a test. When I was finished, they said something along the lines of "We just want to make sure you're not a suicidal homicidal maniac". I don't recall the exact words all these years later, this was during the later end of the pandemic.

I don't recommend night shifts. But I especially don't recommend night shifts with Amazon. They're not the worst, I've heard some horror stories about some bio jobs out in the middle of the desert, disposing of body parts and obscure, dangerous chemicals. Amazon was not that, but they're a far cry from any of the other jobs I have had since. I have had three since. None of them come close to the degree of indifference, micromanagement, and despair I faced in that warehouse. I can recall several times when I looked down to the concrete floor and thought "it would be so easy". There were times where I went into the bathroom just to sit down. Because get this, you were only allowed to sit during breaks. Not a single work position allowed for you to sit. You either walked or you stood, for hours on end. And yeah, sure, I was pretty young and didn't yet really understand standing up for myself (haha pun not intended) but even now I still wouldn't take that job. The demands were stringent, the expectations were high. You couldn't slow down unless you wanted to have your supervisor call you down to chat about why you're going so slow. Every time you fall behind – which is often when you're barely even a legal adult – you have to haul ass to catch back up. The environment was ruthless, and even during breaks nobody gave a damn! You sit by yourself for half and hour, then you put that restraining harness back on and get back to work. And god forbid you clock out on time, people couldn't teleport to the time clocks. They expected you to work all the way up until break time, not a minute earlier. But you then have to travel all the way back to the clock, which takes a few minutes because the warehouse is so large, and you try to clock out on time to get your fair break compensation.

A lot of these are relatively minor frustrations with the job, but they compound. They weren't isolated instances, they all built on each other, grinding one's resolve down to a fine powder. The performance expectations, the bathroom breaks being micromanaged, the clocking out, the heights, the snagging, if you scanned the incorrect barcode too many times in a row you would get called out by the system. And on top of all of that, even on your nights off, you had to sit alone, by yourself, because the rest of the city had long gone to sleep. Sure, the pay was good, the benefits were nice, but when you look over that balcony and think "What's stopping me from climbing over this right now and just falling?" It stops seeming worth it.

Forgive my ramble. It's late where I am and I need to get to bed.

"workers plan to shut down Amazon over (insert Holiday). This is the same video we see over and over and NOTHING changes.

We need something like this in 2025 and 2026

It’s ok they’ll just fire you and and hire an immigrant at $5/hr who doesn’t mind working 18 hour shifts

amazon what a joke

Demonic😢

DO IT AGAIN

STRIKE.
STRIKE.
STRIKE.

Screw the company

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I'm sorry 30USD an hour is INSANE. Minimum wage here has gone up like 70 cents in the last 5 years. Everyone I know is at risk of death on a daily basis and we make like 9USD an hour during the holidays. Stop complaining. As far as AMAZON WORKERS go, you have it better than ALL OF US. And YOU are the reason the rest of us will NEVER BE ABLE TO UNIONIZE.
Dude what the actual fuck, I'm pro-union but like NO WONDER the rest of the world isn't. Get real.

I hate NYC and I hate Staten Island even more

YES YES YES!!!! I'm lovin it!!

Im from Germany 30dollar per Hour sounds insane

I just dont believe any of these low income people.. get a different job if you hate it that bad. You literally can go anywhere else. Nobody in this video looks like a hard working person, they look like low quality barely any effort type workers. Go somewhere else

From my experience where I work at a European Amazon the U.S location you guys have it so much tougher. At least here, they allow us to drink, use toilets and they have resting chairs all around the warehouse. All tho it's obviously done not by the kindness of their own heart. Surprisingly even the norms are not totally bad for the Christmas season. But you still get a hefty workout.