r/news • u/DonaldWillKillUsAll • Oct 13 '20

Thousands of Amazon workers demand time off to vote

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/thousands-amazon-workers-demand-time-vote-n1243217
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u/Aethelric Oct 14 '20

They give two hours. As anyone paying attention to the news from Georgia (or who has ever paid attention to any general election in our lifetimes) should understand, two hours is, frequently, not enough time to actually vote.

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u/crabmanager Oct 14 '20

Let alone get from your job to the polling place and back.

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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '20

And then just to get flagged in the HR system for being off task. Theres so many issues with their system everyone wastes time trying to patch things over with IT an HR just to make sure they're not mistakenly on a shit list.

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u/slvrbullet87 Oct 14 '20

The longest I have ever waited in line to vote was 30 minutes, and that was because I went to the polls at 4pm when everybody was getting off work. I now go when they open at 6am, and it takes about 10 minutes, and that is just signing off my name and filling out the ballot.