.@SenWarren (D-MA): “Have Amazon’s logistical operations improved, or have things just gotten worse …?
Courtenay Brown, Amazon Associate at NJ fulfillment center: “It’s definitely gotten worse … Amazon really doesn’t care very much … it’s all about speed and quantity.”
Courtenay Brown, Amazon Associate at NJ fulfillment center: “It’s definitely gotten worse … Amazon really doesn’t care very much … it’s all about speed and quantity.”
@SenWarren Amazon fulfillment center worker Courtenay Brown says employees are “terminated” when they attempt to prioritize quality over quantity:
“For Amazon, this only means they’re getting rich … Workers cannot do their jobs well because Amazon wants to make more money."
“For Amazon, this only means they’re getting rich … Workers cannot do their jobs well because Amazon wants to make more money."
“We work until our bodies are basically, they're past the emergency stop button — we delay bathroom breaks, we miss lunch ... We would literally take like 30 seconds to cry it out for a little bit, and then get right back to it.”
— Amazon fulfillment worker Courtenay Brown
— Amazon fulfillment worker Courtenay Brown
Fulfillment center worker Courtenay Brown answers Sen. Elizabeth Warren's question about racial/gender discrimination at Amazon:
"Amazon, they will hire any and everyone, that's true," but "they’d rather promote, usually, a white guy over someone that looks like me.”
"Amazon, they will hire any and everyone, that's true," but "they’d rather promote, usually, a white guy over someone that looks like me.”
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