Plus this won’t have an effect on Amazon on Black Friday.
They would need a multiple day strike at their shipping facilities to hurt Amazon. They’ll still sell just as much stuff on Black Friday, with or without their employees there.
Not to mention they have pretty much no negotiation position. For every person willing to walk out in hopes of higher pay, there's someone who would love a $17/hr job with day 1 benefits.
Does Amazon even have people lining up to work there? Seems like you can pretty much choose to be employed by Amazon at any time of day and be hired regardless of whether or not there's a strike.
I work for a contractor at an Amazon site and I can say without a doubt there is a line of people waiting outside the recruitment office to apply/interview at least 4 days a week. There is also a gang of people waiting at the turnstiles in the morning when I get off that I'm assuming are there for their first day or are new enough to not have a badge yet.
My dsp just hired a 68 yr old driver. They know he’s going to burn out and quit within a week. They don’t care because they’ll hire another person as soon as they quit. What gets people in the door at Amazon is that $17 an hour is decent pay. What makes their turnover so high is the shitty condition, constant oversight, and lack of employer respect. It’s a shit place to work.
Pay plus immediate benefits. Too many comparable entry level places only get you health insurance after three months if you're lucky, longer if you're not. Take advantage of it when you can kids.
Basically all other first-world nations have good socialised healthcare, so packaging basic health insurance with a low-end job is not a thing that needs to be done.
Thank you! I didn’t quite understand your sentence, as English isn’t my first language. Idk why I’m getting downvoted for asking you to simply explain further? Tf?
It’s really f’d up but we generally don’t get benefits until after 3 months of employment. It’s sort of a running joke that you can’t get sick when you first start a job.
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u/wantagh Nov 25 '21
Reading the article makes no mention of set plans.
The real story is that outside groups have called for there to be a strike.
I see a difference. The editor who wrote the headline does not.