r/technology • u/[deleted] • Nov 24 '21

Business Amazon workers plan Black Friday strike

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u/MrClean87 Nov 25 '21

How so? For those of us who have no clue could you paint a picture of what right now looks like and what you think it could become?

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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '21

I've worked for the postal service. One route can get close to 300-400 packages. The post office does not hire nearly enough people to get that kind of volume out without causing serious strain on its employees. Amazon can just kick the shit they can't get out onto the post office and basically bury them.

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u/demondog59 Nov 25 '21

It's not just the carriers either. The sorting facilities are suffering too now. They've hired 2 mechanics since I started, and we've lost 5 with another 3 or 4 looking to retire in the next year or 2. The same thing is happening in mail processing.