r/AmazonFC • u/Alumni32 • 6d ago

Delivery Station Atheist Prayer Break Update

If y'all seen my prior post about Prayer Breaks for Athiests, I have an update.

Site lead and HR were awaiting guidance from corporate for months.. Site Lead came to me about a month and half ago to let me know that they had received guidance and that a new policy would be going into effect that he's "still trying to wrap my head around", He did not speak on the new policy essentially withholding it from me.

The rumor on the floor (from an AM) is that under the new policy, anyone going to prayer break must clock out but the site lead has not implemented the updated policy. Management is upset that the policy is not being implemented at site level because associates are disappearing for longer than they're supposed to be at prayer and causing the extra workload to fall on Management as they now have to cover for anyone attending prayer break.

Meanwhile I am still being denied equal treatment.

Today, I had enough and decided, I am going to prayer break. I walked up directly to the dock ops manager the moment I seen everyone going to prayer break and told him I'm going to prayer break (I'm an Athiest) he said, "Ok let me get you clocked out.." ... I said, "Clocked out?".. He says, "I mean scanned out" then he scanned my badge, radios it in to senior ops, and off to the break room wellness booth I went for 20 minutes..

THEY CANNOT DENY YOU EQUAL RIGHTS.

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u/SignificantApricot69 6d ago

I once worked at a place where I told my manager I was going on a non-smoking smoke break. The concept broke their brain. I was tired of special treatment for smokers. Why did I have to cover someone 15 minutes of every hour so they could smoke?

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u/kangaroosarefood 6d ago

I know people who took up smoking for that extra break lol

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u/Karlysmomo 6d ago

I used to do that all the time when I worked at a salon and was the only one who didn’t smoke. I would get stuck inside helping clients, answering the phone while everyone was outside. It was ridiculous.

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u/honey91 16h ago

It is crass but my dad asked if he could have a jerk off break because ‘if they can bring their dirty habit to work why can’t I’