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<blockquote data-quote="TUT" data-source="post: 1193283" data-attributes="member: 29298"><p>Amazon, what some british people think working there: (More of the same... be careful what you wish for, really)</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/ed6a985c-70bd-11e2-85d0-00144feab49a.html#slide0" target="_blank">Amazon unpacked - FT.com</a></p><p></p><p></p><p><em>"“They’re not seen as a good employer. It’s not helpful to our economy; it’s not helpful to the individuals,”"</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>"pay him his near-minimum wage. After three months, if he had performed well, he could apply to be an Amazon employee"</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>"Amazon’s software calculates the most efficient walking route to collect all the items to fill a trolley"</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>"each walk between seven and 15 miles today"</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>"“You’re sort of like a robot, but in human form,”"</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>"Every warehouse has its own “continuous improvement manager”"</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>"“We use a bunch of Japanese guys, they are not consultants, they are insultants, they are really not nice … They’re samurais,"</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>"What did the people of Rugeley make of all this? For many, it has been a culture shock. “The feedback we’re getting is it’s like being in a slave camp,”"</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>"real-time indication of whether they were running behind or ahead of their target and by how much. Managers could also send text messages"</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>"We are clear about this in our job postings and during the screening process and, in fact, many associates seek these positions as they enjoy the active nature of the work."</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>"A very large number were laid off after the first busy Christmas period, some of whom had assumed their jobs would be permanent."</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>"Our definition of a good employer is someone who takes on people and provides them with sustainable employment week in week out, not somebody who takes on workers one week and gets rid of them the next,”"</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>"there were still only about 200 Amazon employees, with the rest of the workers supplied by Randstad and two smaller agencies."</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>"Amazon was supposed to send the council employment data every six months, but it had not done so"</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>"“We had no idea Amazon were going to be as indifferent to these issues as they have been, it’s come as a shock to us"</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>"Amazon employees wear blue badges and the workers supplied by the agencies wear green badges"</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>"they perform the same tasks as each other for the same pay of £6.20 an hour or so (the minimum adult wage is £6.19), but the Amazon workers also receive a pension and shares"</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>"Jeff Bezos, its chief executive, told Forbes magazine last year (when it named him “number one CEO in America”" </em><strong>(MEANS A#1 DICK!)</strong><em><strong></strong></em></p><p><em><strong></strong></em></p><p><em><strong>"</strong>“Our culture is friendly and intense, but if push comes to shove, we’ll settle for intense.”"</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>"temporary jobs has swelled 20 per cent since the financial crisis hit in 2008, and the proportion of that group who say they cannot find permanent jobs has increased from 26 per cent to 40 per cent"</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>"total size of Amazon’s workforce in the UK is hard to pin down... Amazon official told a parliamentary committee the company employed about 15,000 people... Amazon issued a press release saying it was about to take on 10,000 temporary workers to deal with the Christmas... ompany’s 2011 UK accounts, it said its average number of employees was 3,023.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>"A group of workers having a pint on a picnic table outside The Colliers pub near the warehouse gates said they liked their jobs, albeit as their managers hovered nervously in the background. One young agency worker said he was earning about £220 a week"</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>"mixed feelings. They are grateful for the jobs Amazon has created but they are also sad and angry about the quality of them"</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>"“People expect a job for life, but the world isn’t like that any more"</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TUT, post: 1193283, member: 29298"] Amazon, what some british people think working there: (More of the same... be careful what you wish for, really) [url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/ed6a985c-70bd-11e2-85d0-00144feab49a.html#slide0]Amazon unpacked - FT.com[/url] [I]"“They’re not seen as a good employer. It’s not helpful to our economy; it’s not helpful to the individuals,”" "pay him his near-minimum wage. After three months, if he had performed well, he could apply to be an Amazon employee" "Amazon’s software calculates the most efficient walking route to collect all the items to fill a trolley" "each walk between seven and 15 miles today" "“You’re sort of like a robot, but in human form,”" "Every warehouse has its own “continuous improvement manager”" "“We use a bunch of Japanese guys, they are not consultants, they are insultants, they are really not nice … They’re samurais," "What did the people of Rugeley make of all this? For many, it has been a culture shock. “The feedback we’re getting is it’s like being in a slave camp,”" "real-time indication of whether they were running behind or ahead of their target and by how much. Managers could also send text messages" "We are clear about this in our job postings and during the screening process and, in fact, many associates seek these positions as they enjoy the active nature of the work." "A very large number were laid off after the first busy Christmas period, some of whom had assumed their jobs would be permanent." "Our definition of a good employer is someone who takes on people and provides them with sustainable employment week in week out, not somebody who takes on workers one week and gets rid of them the next,”" "there were still only about 200 Amazon employees, with the rest of the workers supplied by Randstad and two smaller agencies." "Amazon was supposed to send the council employment data every six months, but it had not done so" "“We had no idea Amazon were going to be as indifferent to these issues as they have been, it’s come as a shock to us" "Amazon employees wear blue badges and the workers supplied by the agencies wear green badges" "they perform the same tasks as each other for the same pay of £6.20 an hour or so (the minimum adult wage is £6.19), but the Amazon workers also receive a pension and shares" "Jeff Bezos, its chief executive, told Forbes magazine last year (when it named him “number one CEO in America”" [/I][B](MEANS A#1 DICK!)[/B][I][B] "[/B]“Our culture is friendly and intense, but if push comes to shove, we’ll settle for intense.”" "temporary jobs has swelled 20 per cent since the financial crisis hit in 2008, and the proportion of that group who say they cannot find permanent jobs has increased from 26 per cent to 40 per cent" "total size of Amazon’s workforce in the UK is hard to pin down... Amazon official told a parliamentary committee the company employed about 15,000 people... Amazon issued a press release saying it was about to take on 10,000 temporary workers to deal with the Christmas... ompany’s 2011 UK accounts, it said its average number of employees was 3,023. "A group of workers having a pint on a picnic table outside The Colliers pub near the warehouse gates said they liked their jobs, albeit as their managers hovered nervously in the background. One young agency worker said he was earning about £220 a week" "mixed feelings. They are grateful for the jobs Amazon has created but they are also sad and angry about the quality of them" "“People expect a job for life, but the world isn’t like that any more"[/I] [/QUOTE]
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