Amazon Employees Speak Out About Workplace Conditions | NBC Nightly News

Amazon has a reputation among customers for speed and efficiency, but some employees at its fulfillment centers are speaking out to NBC News alleging the company prioritizes speed over worker safety.

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[JSaints]

I used to work there & i must say that Amazon was the one of the worst jobs I ever worked at. Very unprofessional and don't care about the employees nor their health. The 1st 2 days of my employment, they lost & didn't my paperwork in order so they sent me home. On the 3rd day, after the paperwork were done, they literally threw me into the field w/o ANY proper training. When I worked to the best of my abilities until i made some errands. Literally 10 mins later, they called me into their office, sat me down & threatened to write me up. I got into an arguing match with them explaining that i didn't receive any training & it was my 1st day on the floor. They literally had the balls & say, "ok we will get someone to train you but it will only be 30 minutes." I worked that shift but the next morning, i went out to go apply a new job & got it on the spot. Never return back to Amazon again.

[RLMUD]

DONT ASK THE KING HOW THE PEOPLE ARE DOING, ASK THE PEOPLE

[kingphillieman]

As a former employee, I must say, they need a union. The employee is not properly represented in that company.

[theinvisibleman]

A Friend of mine has worked a lot of odd jobs. He works for Amazon now and says it's the worse job he's ever had.

[sharonrosiakhurst]

My husband worked in the Delaware warehouse. He said it was the worse place he ever worked. He picked the orders walking an estimate of 15 miles a day at a slow running pace. You had to due a certain amount of numbers each day or they wrote you up. Once you did the numbers, they would up the bar and expect more. They were 12 hour days, forced overtime and he was keeping up with the young employees but he could not even move when he got home. He was already past retirement age and we both agreed his health was more important than any job and he left. It is a sweat shop.

[MillennialRight]

As a former amazon employee who got injured on the job. I had a back injury and they denied me going to get an MRI. So yeah the working conditions at amazon are poor at best. So glad I quite and got something way way better.

[johnzabik]

I don't purchase any more items from Amazon...its over

[paulden]

This is just awful. I am canceling my Prime account and not ordering from Amazon again until they improve working conditions!

[chinoseoul]

I worked at amazon fulfilment center in Florida for a year and I have to say that there should be more investigations on the working conditions that amazon provides. They get away with a lot because employees are unable to document anything due to phones being banned on the floor.

[neelambali]

Today i left job at amazon because of they misbehaved with me, they do discrimination, i was controlling myself that i have to tolerate because i need money as i m international student i have to pay fees, they gave me 96 bags plus 8 racks for overflow(we put outside big boxes from overflow racks because 8 racks are not sufficient to put), so imagine how much work they took, after finishing my work they gave me order to do work in another cluster that was full too but i refuse bcz i m not animal, i can't do too much, this was just sorting i done, after that they give staging task too, that is more hard thn sorting, when they ask me to do in another cluster i told them that i m tired nd totally broken bcz i did full one cluster alone thn they said if i will refuse to work more they will take action, they insulted me in front of all, even i cried alot it didn't affect them, my situation was so worst, after too much crying i was not able to breathe, then they sent me home. We have to carry too much big boxes that hurt my back, neck, everyday when i come bck home from night shift i can't sleep for frst 4 to 5 hr bcz of whole body pain. Plz don't go for amazon job it is one of the worst job.

[davidellis]

The city of Atlanta is bending over backwards to attract Amazon's 2nd headquarters. Anything called a fulfillment center. Is sketchy to me. Hope they stay away.Slave labor. Disgraceful.

[MasterVycen]

I work at Amazon. The issue, IMO, is not so much an unsafe environment (as far as warehouses go), but rather physically overworked employees. Everyone knows that once you reach a point of physical exhaustion (which is easy to do doing a repetitive task burning a few specific muscles) you are more likely to injure yourself. You lose focus and you are less precise due to exhausted muscles. You physically fall apart at this job and that's why people are more likely to get injured there. If they relaxed their emphasis on rates and have slightly longer breaks (I only get 1 hour out of a 10 hour day total), that'd be huge. People would be able to relax more physically and would thus hurt themselves less. They could also pay us more than $14 an hour, but that's a whole other issue...

[lillianregula]

People need to stop using amazon, and start supporting local businesses.

[BigBADArt]

I work under a contractor for Amazon. I deliver anywhere from 240-350 packages a day, I don't drive safe, I don't take breaks and I pee in a bottle to make sure I get the job done. I see many people come and go, it's a horrible stressful place to work. I hope Amazon hits the wall soon.

[lsraul]

I use to work one in the Central Valley and I agree whole heartedly with this video. Amazon builds fullfillment centers in cities of no to low job growth and hires knowing that they can get someone replaced not meeting quota for the job market easily. I worked for almost 11 months and was the hardest job I have ever done...

[RobertBrown-yhdw]

She's telling the truth, customers don't know what we go through

[maritzadillingham]

I have heard that people do get mistreated. Amazon makes so much money . Treat your people right !!!!

[diMizza]

Amazon is convenient, but I don't want people getting hurt in the process

[diogotito]

Bezos makes 260 million dolars per day. Let that sink in...

[coldtruthu]

I worked for Amazon for 6 years. All I can say is.. it was a great experience! All the way from the management, the wages, the benefits such as healthcare, vacation, ect was all state of the art! They made sure we had plenty of breaks, time for lunch, I almost felt like I was at home most of the time :) everyone was happy, we felt it was a true honor to have the blessing of working for Jeff Bezos.

Said no one ever.