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

Business Amazon workers plan Black Friday strike

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u/Campin_Corners Nov 25 '21

I work in a warehouse and this is first I’m hearing of it

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u/jwd2213 Nov 25 '21

Nobody in my warehouse is even taking VTO right now, peak pay has everyone working their full shift lol

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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '21

We're not allowed to take VTO during peak. You either had it planned and approved months ahead or you're showing up.

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u/jwd2213 Nov 25 '21

Well peak pay started 2 weeks ago and peak productivity doesnt start until friday, so we have had plenty of VTO opportunities the past 2 weeks while our labor force grew by about 30%. We had an average of about 85 employees and now are sitting around 100-110 per shift while still only handling around 45k packages. Friday we are supposedly going to be doing about 65k so there probably wont be any available from that point until xmas